This is just the beginning...

Woohoo! Congratulations—you did it! You made it through our four-stage program.

I hope you feel like you are ready to conquer the world! While many other "diet programs" set people up for failure, I hope you now understand what makes SparkPeople different. SparkPeople is a different way of thinking that is designed to help you stay on track one small goal at a time. It is a big accomplishment to learn how to do this, so I hope you are ready to celebrate your accomplishment.    

I realize that 28 days is a very short time period. As you learned in our information about the time it takes to build healthy habits, many of the changes you have made and the skills you are building are probably just starting to become ingrained as habits.

The point is that, as excited as you are about reaching the goal to complete this program, if you continue working on everything in the program, things will only get better—likely dramatically better!

I remember feeling this way myself as I first built the SparkPeople program for my own goals.  The first month got me focused as I started reaching goals in a new way. Staying consistent for around three to six months, however, put everything to an even higher level of excitement, confidence and results.  This is where the true life breakthroughs are most likely to happen.

I hope you will stick with us and continue using SparkCoach to reach your goals to hit these levels I have seen in myself and others. While the 28-day program is finished, you can still:

1. Go back to re-read some topics if you’d like to tackle those more seriously.  This includes thinking about your core values and why you want to be healthy and fit on Day 2.
2. Read some of our optional articles and activities.
3. Continue reading my regular coaching blogs as part of SparkCoach, along with regular new articles and videos from the coaches on our team. In other words, the SparkPeople team and I will continue to be here for you!

As an activity for today, choose a fun reward for yourself—anything you’d like that fits this accomplishment.

I know from working with millions of people that the lessons and activities in this program now have you poised to reach amazing goals you may have never thought possible.

SparkCheers!

Chris "SparkGuy" Downie & the SparkPeople Team