Most people who are watching their weight tend to start by making large changes to their diet or physical activity habits. But large changes can be difficult to sustain over time because they require high levels of motivation.
Since motivation naturally rises and falls, it's no wonder these big lifestyle changes can be so hard to sustain.
This weight management
strategy recommends that people should decrease the calories they eat and/or increase the calories they burn by just 100-200 each day.
To put that into perspective, that could mean eating just one or two fewer chocolate biscuits or walking for an extra 10-20 minutes each day.
It's likely you will only need to make minor changes to your current behaviour to eat 100-200 calories less or burn 100-200 calories more each day.
These small changes might be easier to fit into your everyday life and, unlike larger changes, will not require additional time and effort outside your normal routine.