cocktailprincess
Still rockin' it
Every single day we are faced with a reason to not diet.
Occasionally people around me try and encourage this behaviour with their “but it’s only….” Or “but you’re fine as you are” comments. I am also faced with the usual calendar of excuses (January blues, Valentines, Easter, Summer Barbeques, days out, Holidays abroad, birthdays, anniversaries, autumn and comfort food, Halloween and bonfire night, Christmas).
To succeed we need to break the “yes, but” mentality!!!!!
It would be so easy to give in to these little voices, I did it for years:
And after all this I honestly used to say ALL THE TIME that I had no idea why I was fat as I ate really healthily under ‘normal’ circumstances- so it must have been my metabolism that was slow!!!! The fact was that ‘normal’ circumstances were pretty rare as I could always convince myself why this one time I was justified in overeating.
This behaviour, despite my 'normal healthy diet' got me morbidly obese. And despite my weight loss I still have the same voice in my head trying to sabotage my efforts with it's "oh go on, it's only......."
So confession time- what excuses have you/do you make? And………….are you even now trying to justify it?
Occasionally people around me try and encourage this behaviour with their “but it’s only….” Or “but you’re fine as you are” comments. I am also faced with the usual calendar of excuses (January blues, Valentines, Easter, Summer Barbeques, days out, Holidays abroad, birthdays, anniversaries, autumn and comfort food, Halloween and bonfire night, Christmas).
To succeed we need to break the “yes, but” mentality!!!!!
It would be so easy to give in to these little voices, I did it for years:
- “Yes, but it’s only one bar of chocolate and thin people eat chocolate all the time”
- “Yes, but it’s the weekend and everyone relaxes at the weekend”
- “Yes, but it’s a special occasion (again!!!) so it’s not like I do this all the time”
- “Yes, but I’m ill…….. someone I know is ill………work was awful today…………unhealthy food is cheaper………..it’s not my fault it’s my genes………I am too tired to cook………….I was born to be fat…………someone made a nasty comment………….it’s just a one off……….etc
And after all this I honestly used to say ALL THE TIME that I had no idea why I was fat as I ate really healthily under ‘normal’ circumstances- so it must have been my metabolism that was slow!!!! The fact was that ‘normal’ circumstances were pretty rare as I could always convince myself why this one time I was justified in overeating.
This behaviour, despite my 'normal healthy diet' got me morbidly obese. And despite my weight loss I still have the same voice in my head trying to sabotage my efforts with it's "oh go on, it's only......."
So confession time- what excuses have you/do you make? And………….are you even now trying to justify it?