I made the decision to reduce my weight two years ago. And for two years I have developed a great ability to make an excuse for any diet-defeating behaviour. I have spent the last two years coming up with every excuse in the book for not sticking to my diet: "its only one", "but it's a party", "I will start again on Monday". If you can think of it, I have used it at some point in the last two years. My inner monologue had become very adept at authorising my diet procrastination!
However, the feelings that can come with procrastinating: the disappointment in yourself, the (incorrect) belief that you just can't diet, that you are destined to remain fat for the rest of your life are feelings that no-one should live with.
However, the feelings that can come with procrastinating: the disappointment in yourself, the (incorrect) belief that you just can't diet, that you are destined to remain fat for the rest of your life are feelings that no-one should live with.
Reading "No Willpower Required" each week has kept me trying. I am currently well on my road to slimdom; its been a long time coming and a couple of years of trying, but I finally have the strength to treat myself the way I deserve to be treated. My companions on this journey are two mantras that keep me on the straight and narrow:
Only the fool expects a different result if no change has occurred.
No food tastes better than being slim and healthy will feel.
I would restart my diet every Monday but by Thursday I was making excuses. However every Monday I believed that I really would stick to it, that "this time" was the last time, but the outcome never changed.
So how did I break this all too common trap? By changing everything - I started my diet on the Saturday, even going on a girly shopping trip followed by the cinema where I didn't have any popcorn or other junk food (my diet of choice is an abstinence programme). I made plans to be sociable with people, prior to this I had attempted to wipe my diary of all engagements so that I could diet "in peace" and away from temptation. I love to cook and during my previous attempts of an abstinence programme I would avoid the kitchen, however this time I was preparing dinners just for my partner. Any change I could make I did, even to smile and feel happy about dieting - the result being a different outcome to my previous diets.
So for those of you who keep trying each week to get on your journey - please remember to Try...Try...Try Again - but maybe try it differently this time.
You don't have to live with the effects of diet excuses. Just think; every time you cheat on your diet plan, however small, you are just putting off that wonderful day when you hit your goal.
You deserve to be a slimmer and healthier version of who you are and if you spend just a bit of time on your diet, you will be.
So be proud of yourself - because you are amazing.
Only the fool expects a different result if no change has occurred.
No food tastes better than being slim and healthy will feel.
I would restart my diet every Monday but by Thursday I was making excuses. However every Monday I believed that I really would stick to it, that "this time" was the last time, but the outcome never changed.
So how did I break this all too common trap? By changing everything - I started my diet on the Saturday, even going on a girly shopping trip followed by the cinema where I didn't have any popcorn or other junk food (my diet of choice is an abstinence programme). I made plans to be sociable with people, prior to this I had attempted to wipe my diary of all engagements so that I could diet "in peace" and away from temptation. I love to cook and during my previous attempts of an abstinence programme I would avoid the kitchen, however this time I was preparing dinners just for my partner. Any change I could make I did, even to smile and feel happy about dieting - the result being a different outcome to my previous diets.
So for those of you who keep trying each week to get on your journey - please remember to Try...Try...Try Again - but maybe try it differently this time.
You don't have to live with the effects of diet excuses. Just think; every time you cheat on your diet plan, however small, you are just putting off that wonderful day when you hit your goal.
You deserve to be a slimmer and healthier version of who you are and if you spend just a bit of time on your diet, you will be.
So be proud of yourself - because you are amazing.
