When you add it up; too much of a little, can become a whole lot!
Allow me to persuade you to believe that all those little seemingly harmless bites and tastes during your week can be the determining factors of the success in your weight loss goals.
To determine if I'm describing you, I have a simple test. It goes like this:
Allow me to persuade you to believe that all those little seemingly harmless bites and tastes during your week can be the determining factors of the success in your weight loss goals.
To determine if I'm describing you, I have a simple test. It goes like this:
Q#1 Do you have a weight loss goal?
Q#2 Do you complain about your weight often?
Q#3 Are you no closer to your goal than you were a few months ago?
Q#4 Are there certain little snacks or sweets that you can't resist to take a little taste of?
Q#5 Do you feel it's wrong to deprive yourself of the foods you like?
If you answer yes to three or all five of the questions; you're a prime candidate for weight loss frustration!
People I see for weight loss are often sceptical of my insistence that their little treat sneaking, plays such a big role in their inability to shed weight. Let's just say that as they become open to the possibility and start resisting urges, their weight starts to come down.
It's particularly self destructive to constantly miss the mark on your weight loss objective because of lack of discipline; and later get down because you're not attaining your goal.
Your behaviour has to be congruent with your goal, and it's the behaviour modification that people have the hardest time with. It's precisely for this reason that many weight loss products that don't encourage lifestyle changes are so popular. "Take a pill; Lose weight."- "Eat a cookie; Loose weight."-" Women, do you feel fat today? There's fat trapped in your colon wall like spackle or paste that can't be lost with exercise or dieting!" And the list goes on.
Many individuals resist lifestyle change, and it's that resistance that keeps them in self destructive behaviour patterns.
I'll leave you with one bit of advice. For one week, don't even bother modifying your meals; just resist those little tasty temptations you give in to so easily. Which ones? You ask. How about that little piece of "dark" chocolate 70%-85% cocoa, the little candies in the bowl at the reception desk, a lick of the ice cream your daughter pleaded for, the couple of French fries that "came" with the meal, 1 or 2 chips from the bag, that little corner cut of the bagel, the 1/2 of a desert you split at the restaurant,...... well, you get my point.
Perhaps it's time to decide whether the short term pleasure of just a little taste of that tempting morsel is worth the frustration one feels when their goal constantly slips beyond attainment.
Q#2 Do you complain about your weight often?
Q#3 Are you no closer to your goal than you were a few months ago?
Q#4 Are there certain little snacks or sweets that you can't resist to take a little taste of?
Q#5 Do you feel it's wrong to deprive yourself of the foods you like?
If you answer yes to three or all five of the questions; you're a prime candidate for weight loss frustration!
People I see for weight loss are often sceptical of my insistence that their little treat sneaking, plays such a big role in their inability to shed weight. Let's just say that as they become open to the possibility and start resisting urges, their weight starts to come down.
It's particularly self destructive to constantly miss the mark on your weight loss objective because of lack of discipline; and later get down because you're not attaining your goal.
Your behaviour has to be congruent with your goal, and it's the behaviour modification that people have the hardest time with. It's precisely for this reason that many weight loss products that don't encourage lifestyle changes are so popular. "Take a pill; Lose weight."- "Eat a cookie; Loose weight."-" Women, do you feel fat today? There's fat trapped in your colon wall like spackle or paste that can't be lost with exercise or dieting!" And the list goes on.
Many individuals resist lifestyle change, and it's that resistance that keeps them in self destructive behaviour patterns.
I'll leave you with one bit of advice. For one week, don't even bother modifying your meals; just resist those little tasty temptations you give in to so easily. Which ones? You ask. How about that little piece of "dark" chocolate 70%-85% cocoa, the little candies in the bowl at the reception desk, a lick of the ice cream your daughter pleaded for, the couple of French fries that "came" with the meal, 1 or 2 chips from the bag, that little corner cut of the bagel, the 1/2 of a desert you split at the restaurant,...... well, you get my point.
Perhaps it's time to decide whether the short term pleasure of just a little taste of that tempting morsel is worth the frustration one feels when their goal constantly slips beyond attainment.
