A bit of history
A few years ago, I decided that I would never diet again. Unfortunately, I didn’t know what I know now and watched the stones creep up. Actually, I didn’t watch them, I turned my back and they attached themselves to me without me noticing
Then I decided to have one last diet and chose the Cambridge diet. The whole time I stuck to my promise that this really was going to be the last diet ever. Of course, this means that I can’t afford to put on any weight, as I can’t diet to lose it….and I’m as stubborn as a stain on a best frock!
At the beginning of December, I lost interest. I didn’t care any more. Well, I did care, but I just wanted to do my own thing. Not think about it. I still wanted to stay at goal, but I had lost the commitment.
I got by using a technique that I learnt in a home called “act as if” which really helped with damage limitation.
It was only a week ago that I realised what was going on. I hadn’t reinforced my commitment.
Want it or committed?
Look back over previous diets, I realise that I was ‘wanting it’ but not really committed. Not in the long term anyway. I was successful with diets, but only because not much stood in my way.
I saw things as a way out. When you are just interested in dieting or staying slim, you can only do it until something better comes along. Then it all flies out the window.
Any excuse is a reason to quit. A long plateau, cakes in the staffroom, feeling low. I saw each reason as a chance to stop the diet. I couldn’t do it, why should I? It was so unfair that I had to deal with it and I just couldn’t and food is so, so easy
What I was missing was the realisation that this was all just another ploy to throw me off course.
It’s so easy to diet when everything is going smoothly. I missed the learning opportunity is was presenting. I didn’t realise that this was something that I needed to work through. I just thought I didn’t care any more and I would only fight for so long. Hopefully the motivation would come back of it’s own accord.
Not caring
I now believe that ‘not caring’ is another battle to win. By it’s very nature, it’s a really tough one, but the hardest lessons teach the most. If I could work on getting the commitment back, then I would succeed.
Maintaining (or dieting) just when I felt like it wasn’t enough. I had to take responsibility for it.
Commitment means that I will do it anyway. I don’t wait until I feel like going to work, or feeding the kids. I do it because I have to do it; because they are important. So is keeping the weight off important to me? You bet it is!! So I realised that regardless of how I felt, I had to do it anyway.
And wow! What a great feeling when you come through after it’s been tough. It gives you much more satisfaction than managing when it’s easy.
So, are you committed?
Will you stick with it no matter what? How important is this to you? How do you increase your motivation…keep yourself committed when you feel like you don’t care anymore?
A few years ago, I decided that I would never diet again. Unfortunately, I didn’t know what I know now and watched the stones creep up. Actually, I didn’t watch them, I turned my back and they attached themselves to me without me noticing
Then I decided to have one last diet and chose the Cambridge diet. The whole time I stuck to my promise that this really was going to be the last diet ever. Of course, this means that I can’t afford to put on any weight, as I can’t diet to lose it….and I’m as stubborn as a stain on a best frock!
At the beginning of December, I lost interest. I didn’t care any more. Well, I did care, but I just wanted to do my own thing. Not think about it. I still wanted to stay at goal, but I had lost the commitment.
I got by using a technique that I learnt in a home called “act as if” which really helped with damage limitation.
It was only a week ago that I realised what was going on. I hadn’t reinforced my commitment.
Want it or committed?
Look back over previous diets, I realise that I was ‘wanting it’ but not really committed. Not in the long term anyway. I was successful with diets, but only because not much stood in my way.
I saw things as a way out. When you are just interested in dieting or staying slim, you can only do it until something better comes along. Then it all flies out the window.
Any excuse is a reason to quit. A long plateau, cakes in the staffroom, feeling low. I saw each reason as a chance to stop the diet. I couldn’t do it, why should I? It was so unfair that I had to deal with it and I just couldn’t and food is so, so easy
What I was missing was the realisation that this was all just another ploy to throw me off course.
It’s so easy to diet when everything is going smoothly. I missed the learning opportunity is was presenting. I didn’t realise that this was something that I needed to work through. I just thought I didn’t care any more and I would only fight for so long. Hopefully the motivation would come back of it’s own accord.
Not caring
I now believe that ‘not caring’ is another battle to win. By it’s very nature, it’s a really tough one, but the hardest lessons teach the most. If I could work on getting the commitment back, then I would succeed.
Maintaining (or dieting) just when I felt like it wasn’t enough. I had to take responsibility for it.
Commitment means that I will do it anyway. I don’t wait until I feel like going to work, or feeding the kids. I do it because I have to do it; because they are important. So is keeping the weight off important to me? You bet it is!! So I realised that regardless of how I felt, I had to do it anyway.
And wow! What a great feeling when you come through after it’s been tough. It gives you much more satisfaction than managing when it’s easy.
So, are you committed?
Will you stick with it no matter what? How important is this to you? How do you increase your motivation…keep yourself committed when you feel like you don’t care anymore?
