Getting Back on the Diet Track is So HARD!
Have you ever had one of those weeks, or even months, where you can’t seem to get away from constant social engagements, lunches, and bad eating opportunities, and you feel like you suddenly have no willpower to just stick to ordering a salad, or the healthier options on the menu with tons of veggies and a small serving of protein? We’ve all been through that.
Well, that is unless you have the iron will or those types of people we all love to hate like Victoria Beckham or some other ridiculously thin woman who has never had an extra ounce of meat on her bones!
Well, I’m trying to pull myself out of one of those unfortunate periods now. I’ve been going to lunches and getting the things on the menu that really just make me want to eat bad for the rest of the day. It’s notorious that when you eat badly at lunch, you continue to crave high fat and high starch foods for the rest of the day, so it’s like you’re setting yourself up for dismal failure from the beginning just by indulging in a bad lunch. My friends and I have all talked about this phenomenon at one time or another, so I think it happens to everyone. Don’t feel alone.
What you have to do is start to divide your portions differently, so that if you’re really hungry, you’re only allowing yourself a small portion of meat or some sort of starch, but you’re allowing yourself a lot of those veggies that are made in a tempting sauce or with a great dressing, or heck, maybe even a little bit of good old fashioned butter and salt!
Just starting off this way, by eating veggies that are lightly salted and have some sort of fat added to them, I can feel like I’ve indulged a bit without actually filling my body with too many carbs or other types of foods that will leave me wanting more and more of it.
I’ve also found that self-talk the night before, or even an appetite busting weight loss self hypnosis CD can really do the trick when I need that extra boost of willpower to tell my body to eat what it needs to remain thin and healthy. This really does wonders when you’re stuck in a rut, trust me. Sometimes, it seems like the only thing that will pull me out!
