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Many dieters feel that, once they slipped up or cheated on their
diet, everything has gone down the drain. While it is discouraging, you
might want to look at the bigger picture…
Firstly, think logically. Do you give up on everything in life if you make one single mistake? Heck, no. If you did, you would never have been able to walk, ride a bike, knot a tie…
Weight loss is no different. If you have to give up every time you make one slip-up, you will never allow yourself to achieve your goals.
Secondly, consider the immensity of your weight problem. For most people, the excess weight is the result of years of poor eating habits or inactivity. It is not something simple or insignificant, so you would be unwise to underestimate the power of habit.
Lastly, get over the “all or nothing” mindset. A war is won one battle at a time – and not all of them are easy victories.
So how do you handle it when you slip up, or cheat?
1. Accept that you are human – which is why you are struggling with your weight in the first place. What we fail today, we can always try and improve on tomorrow.
2. DON’T make it worse than it already is. In other words, if you find yourself eating something you should not be eating, simply stop. Don’t throw in the towel and indulge “because you already failed”. You had a setback, that’s all. Yes, it does mean that it will take longer to achieve your goals, but it need not be the end of your diet.
3. Try putting up a few notes throughout your living space that will constantly remind you – not that you are fat and on a diet, but what you want to achieve. Don’t focus on the sacrifices you make along the way while you are dieting, but instead focus on what the end result will be.
So – give yourself – and your diet – a fair chance of success. Heck, even if it takes you a month to get past the vulnerability of cheating, you will still be closer to weight loss success than you have ever been before.
Always remember this:
Many great people have worked through many failures (or rather, falling down) before they were able to achieve success.
As with all things in life, falling down is not failure.
Failure is when you don’t get back up.
Guest writer: Bushra
Firstly, think logically. Do you give up on everything in life if you make one single mistake? Heck, no. If you did, you would never have been able to walk, ride a bike, knot a tie…
Weight loss is no different. If you have to give up every time you make one slip-up, you will never allow yourself to achieve your goals.
Secondly, consider the immensity of your weight problem. For most people, the excess weight is the result of years of poor eating habits or inactivity. It is not something simple or insignificant, so you would be unwise to underestimate the power of habit.
Lastly, get over the “all or nothing” mindset. A war is won one battle at a time – and not all of them are easy victories.
So how do you handle it when you slip up, or cheat?
1. Accept that you are human – which is why you are struggling with your weight in the first place. What we fail today, we can always try and improve on tomorrow.
2. DON’T make it worse than it already is. In other words, if you find yourself eating something you should not be eating, simply stop. Don’t throw in the towel and indulge “because you already failed”. You had a setback, that’s all. Yes, it does mean that it will take longer to achieve your goals, but it need not be the end of your diet.
3. Try putting up a few notes throughout your living space that will constantly remind you – not that you are fat and on a diet, but what you want to achieve. Don’t focus on the sacrifices you make along the way while you are dieting, but instead focus on what the end result will be.
So – give yourself – and your diet – a fair chance of success. Heck, even if it takes you a month to get past the vulnerability of cheating, you will still be closer to weight loss success than you have ever been before.
Always remember this:
Many great people have worked through many failures (or rather, falling down) before they were able to achieve success.
As with all things in life, falling down is not failure.
Failure is when you don’t get back up.
Guest writer: Bushra
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