The lemonade detox diet (aka Master Cleanse, Maple Syrup Diet) is one of the healthiest, but toughest diets to be on. Once the 10 days are over, you will feel renewed, healthier, and very pleased with your accomplishment. But getting through those 10 days can be tough. To make it a little easier, there are a few motivational tactics you can use to help you achieve your goal.

Look how far you\’ve come. Seeing results can be very inspiring and boost your drive to continue with the lemonade detox diet. However, this tactic should be used sparingly, as it can become a habit all too easily. Try to limit this step to once every couple of days to keep your confidence up.

Visualize yourself succeeding. Each time you picture yourself reaching your goal and imagining all of the benefits that completing the diet entails, you will build up reserve confidence that you can use when you start to lose hope. Might sound crazy, but it works.

Recruit a partner. Drumming up support from a colleague can be very beneficial when trying to push through the cravings and hunger pangs. Ask a spouse, friend, or relative to join you in your quest to detoxify your body and build a stronger bond in the process.

Express yourself. There are many outlets today including journaling, yoga, and blogging. Creating a blog is free and is a great way to keep family and friends updated on your progress, as well as connecting with other dieters and encouraging those who come later.

Reward yourself. Make a deal with yourself that each day you follow the diet, you will reward yourself with 1 item at a store, will rent a movie, or will do something else that is enjoyable. Doesn\’t hurt to get your mind off the diet either!

Burn more calories than you eat or drink to lose weight. Once the diet part is planned, get to stepping. This means 30 minutes a day seven days a week of aerobic work.

Walking is a tolerable, low impact way to accomplish this goal and more importantly to stick with it for a long time. Here are some good walking tips.

Forget the idea of only three or five days a week, aerobic exercise is something you need perform every day forever.

Once the walking is established do some other activities to increase your physical output. This can include simple things like raking leaves instead of blowing them, silly things like playing tag with your children, as well as other every day habits such as parking in the furthest space from the store rather than the closest.

Intervals can be added once the walking has been established. Intervals are short bursts of increased activity sprinkled into a normal routine. Start out by running for 30 seconds every 10 minutes of the walk. Gradually up this to a one minute run every five minutes, which goes like this:

Start out by running for 30 seconds every 10 minutes of the walk. Gradually up this to a one minute run every five minutes, which goes like this. You walk for the first four minutes, then run for the fifth, then walk the next four minutes, run the next minute, and so on for the duration of 30 minutes. Keep in mind that a run is not a jog, it’s faster, like a sprint. So if you have to work up to run with jog at first.

Walking to lose weight is healthy, no doubt. But it’s also a terrific way to get around the neighborhood, meet neighbors, and see things you probably never see while driving around everywhere you go. If it gets boring you can ask a spouse or family member to exercise with you. Make it a family affair, or get the whole neighborhood involved.