You shouldn’t get down on yourself about the way you
eat. Too many of us obsess over it. How much?
When? What? What about that party? How many fat grams,
calories, carbs, etc. We need to stop
this insanity and concentrate on one thing… There is no right way, there is no
wrong way, we simply eat.
Some days you eat a little and it’s all healthy and some
days you eat a lot is it’s not all healthy.
The point is that you need to forgive yourself for the days you
overeat. Allowing guilt to creep in will
only make it worse. No matter how much
you try, there will always be days that you overeat, or you eat something that
you don’t consider “on your diet”. Don’t
beat yourself up over this. Food is
flavors and sometimes you just need that flavor! Accept the fact that it will happen
occasionally and be prepared. Unless you
are superhuman, it is almost impossible to stay away from your high-calorie
favorites forever. I would get depressed
if I thought I could never again have my fill of fast food. That doesn’t mean I have to eat it every day.
It’s not our fault we enjoy good food. We were not raised grazing on grass in our
front yards as children. We were raised
on good food that got even better when we had family gatherings and
celebrations. We associate abundant,
rich, high-calorie foods with celebrations, good times, and good feelings. No wonder we link good feelings with good
foods. If we try to completely eliminate
high calorie foods from our diets we feel as if we are punishing
ourselves. This negative feeling will do
us more harm than good.
We have to learn to forgive ourselves. It seems that things we would forgive in
others, we can’t forgive in ourselves.
Don’t be hard on yourself because you feel you made a mistake by overeating. We all have a setback now and then. Learn to forgive and be patient. We are all human and we all make
mistakes. That’s what life is
about. It’s a learning experience. Enjoy the learning process. We get to start all over and improve a little
bit more every single day.
It’s a simple fact that one day of overindulgence will
not do much harm. It won’t even move the
scale much. If you get back in control
of your eating the following day then you have nothing to feel guilty about! It is important, though, to keep your
overeating to one day instead of multiple days. One day can be remedied quickly. Multiple days of overeating can have more
damaging effects to your weight loss goals.
It is common knowledge that you can regain lost weight much more quickly
than you lost it in the first place.
That holds true for whichever method you used in order to lose the
weight in the first place. If you lost
it slowly or if you lost it quickly, you will regain it just as quickly if you
go into multiple days of overeating.
The worst thing you can do after that one day of
overindulgence is think, “Oh well, I blew it!
I may as well give up. I’ll try
it again next week, next month, next year.”
Don’t do this. If you blew it for
the day then go ahead and enjoy that day but have a clear plan for what you are
going to do the following day. Plan
ahead! It is going to happen so make
sure it doesn’t sneak up on you without you having a plan for the following
day!
I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to have a
plan. Something that you know you can
fall back on after you lose control of your eating. Sometimes it’s best to have a structured eating
plan; one that you can easily go back to after that one day of overindulgence. My
favorite plan and method of getting back in control of my eating is cookie dieting. You should have a plan of your own. If you know ahead of time what you are going
to do after an extravagance then you will be prepared. Life is full of detours, obstacles and
temptations so we need to remain flexible in order to maneuver.
Whatever the temptation, remember that it is not bad to
overindulge occasionally. If it is
planned, it could even be beneficial. Don’t
give up. Go back to your structured plan
and eventually you will get to your goal!
Cookie
Dieting is a great way to take back control of your eating so
that you can lose weight fast.
Find
out how to take back control of your diet at R&D Diet Cookie. Now there is
also a low carb cookie diet for those of us who find that carbs are not our
friend!
