The main problem with sticking to your diet is that life just gets in the way. The first few weeks are always the easiest to manage, because you’re highly driven and whether you’re doing it for better wellness or aesthetic reasons; your motivation is fresh in your mind. After a while, however, your progress begins to slow down and you lose interest, or it seems like it’s always someone’s birthday or wedding, and let’s not even mention Christmas, so the weight loss plan gets thrown out of the window.
Firstly, forget the past. Don’t dwell on that third helping you had at this weekend’s celebrations, but look after your mental wellbeing by forgiving yourself for forgetting yourself!
Otherwise, you will feel as if anything you do to lose weight is a lost cause. Life is full of diet temptations, and it isn’t worth panicking over a temporary slip. Thinking about it too much will only make you feel guilty, and you might end up eating even more to comfort yourself. Just leave the past in the past where it belongs.
The second way to maintain your weight target goes hand in hand with the first: go easy on yourself. Your unhealthy eating habits were years in the making, and it’s going to take a lot of time before you’re comfortable with your new ones. If your diet plan is giving you a hard time, don’t beat yourself up about it, just focus on the fact that tomorrow is a new day, and will be a tiny bit easier than it was today. You’re building a brand new you – that takes time!
Finally, if your diet plan is becoming just that bit too unmanageable, maybe it’s time to have another look at it and assess whether it’s the most effective plan for you. Maybe there’s something wrong with the plan itself, rather than your efforts. You might find that you are eating too few calories, which could cause you to get too hungry and go overboard with the snacks. Perhaps you simply do not enjoy the foods you are eating and need to change things up for a bit more variety. You’re working on a new lifestyle, so you need to make sure you’ll be enjoying your food for years to come. No matter what the reason for falling away from your diet, just step back, relax, evaluate and get back on track.
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