How to Start the First 30 Days of Your Weight-Loss Journey | My Fitness Pal

This increases your sense of autonomy or self-control and helps you shift your perspective from “I have to” eat healthier and exercise to “I want to” create new habits to get me closer to the life I desire, thus empowering you to make positive changes, adds Alan Chu, Ph. D., director of the Motivation and Performance Research Lab and chair of the Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology Program at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay.

Source: How to Start the First 30 Days of Your Weight-Loss Journey | My Fitness Pal