FunnyFarm
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I've really struggled in the first few days, so thought I'd make a list of things to keep me going. I thought I'd share them here in case they help anybody else, and maybe people can add their own so we can have one long thread of reasons and things to keep us going!
CHOICE.
I need to remember that it's my choice to do this diet. I am not deprived of food, I am choosing a better life. I could have whatever it is I'm craving if I wanted it, I've chosen not to have it because I DON'T want it. I want to be happier.
TIME.
Whenever I feel like it's going to take forever, I'm going to remind myself that when I first started thinking about losing weight, if I'd started then I would've been at goal now. I've spent more time being unhappy with my weight, crying before I have to go out, avoiding my friends so they don't talk about me, feeling uncomfortable and hating who I am, than I will EVER spend on this diet.
GETTING THINNER.
This is a bit weird, but I like to imagine myself shrinking when I'm feeling like I'm struggling. Even weirder, I breathe in as I'm imagining it. Then I think about eating as expanding me. I try to think of it in immediate terms, because it's so much easier to resist. Do I want something to eat? Yes. Do I want to get instantly bigger? No. The reason it's harder to resist is because the reward/punishment comes up to a week after the decision.
REWARDS.
I've set myself rewards for reaching certain goals, I've got through a few cravings by googling the next reward so I've got something to look forward to.
I am clinging onto each and every one of these today! (day 4).
CHOICE.
I need to remember that it's my choice to do this diet. I am not deprived of food, I am choosing a better life. I could have whatever it is I'm craving if I wanted it, I've chosen not to have it because I DON'T want it. I want to be happier.
TIME.
Whenever I feel like it's going to take forever, I'm going to remind myself that when I first started thinking about losing weight, if I'd started then I would've been at goal now. I've spent more time being unhappy with my weight, crying before I have to go out, avoiding my friends so they don't talk about me, feeling uncomfortable and hating who I am, than I will EVER spend on this diet.
GETTING THINNER.
This is a bit weird, but I like to imagine myself shrinking when I'm feeling like I'm struggling. Even weirder, I breathe in as I'm imagining it. Then I think about eating as expanding me. I try to think of it in immediate terms, because it's so much easier to resist. Do I want something to eat? Yes. Do I want to get instantly bigger? No. The reason it's harder to resist is because the reward/punishment comes up to a week after the decision.
REWARDS.
I've set myself rewards for reaching certain goals, I've got through a few cravings by googling the next reward so I've got something to look forward to.
I am clinging onto each and every one of these today! (day 4).