Yeah, thinking about the long term goal, the result, is what keeps you going. Imagining how good you'll look if you lost 20 lbs makes you want to exercise or ea

Yeah, thinking about the long term goal, the result, is what keeps you going. Imagining how good you'll look if you lost 20 lbs makes you want to exercise or eat healthy today. Maintaining a streak has more of a negative feeling, where you are committed to it but don't really want to do it. Also, what happens if you lose the streak. If you missed 1 day, now the streak and motivation is gone. 1 day turns into 2, etc.