Not being repetitive here, but noting from some of your comments/emails etc, many of you are falling for this old chestnut time after time!
Here’s a big tip that works, every time!
STICK WITH YOUR PLAN LONG ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE CHANGES YOU’RE BRINGING INTO YOUR LIFE TO COME INTO EFFECT. Simply throwing the towel in is not acceptable, and then blaming other people for it is really not acceptable! If making excuses is a way of life for you, then you need to stop right now or things will happen in your life that you’re not comfortable with, and change will not happen, that’s for sure!
Stop hammering/tearing yourself down for what you didn’t do and start praising yourself on what YOU DID DO!
If you remember one thing out of this post tonight, this is the one.
If you have just come off your good eating habits, what good is feeling sorry and crying about it going to do, you know you should be developing to tools, mental and physical to come from there by now. This site is about building yourself up and giving yourself credit. Appreciate that you’re doing something, or a lot of things to improve yourself, and if you start the challenge on the 17th January, then you be testing your mental and physical strength for a longer period than maybe you have ever done before, see it as exciting and not daunting!
This is the time to get it right and really look after yourself, to develop habits that can and will last a lifetime, it’s always best to make things simple, so not tearing into yourself for eating badly for one day is going to help. Praising yourself for making good progress is very helpful, nobody’s perfect all the time or even most of the time. It’s about doing your best and that should always be good enough. If you can honestly look in the mirror and say most day’s you’ve done your best, then how can you beat that? Nothing wrong with treats either, as long as they are in moderation of course and not every day. Learn to love food, and don’t see it as “i’m either dieting”, or “i’m flat out bingeing”!
The in between state of moderation is your key to long term success, so if you go off the rails, who cares, just get back to normal the next day and really appreciate the fact that healthy food makes you feel good, perform well and as long as you give it some time, will make you proud of your achievements!
Sticker or quitter? What a question! Think the answer to that one is YEP!! BOTH!!
It seems that we all have a bad relationship with food. We are either having a “good” day or a “bad” day. A diet day, a healthy eating day etc etc. This attitude started early in life for me. I was a “good” girl if I ate all my dinner. I was a “bad” girl if I ate more than a couple of sweets. No wonder I was confused and food became the enemy, and perversely the friend.
To look after yourself you have to value yourself, and that is a whole different subject!!
Want to know what the challenge entails.
ROLL ON the 17th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The details will be released this week, plus you will get daily support, you will be able to write your own 12 week story debts, one day at a time and we’re going to get it right, no pressure, just one massive result coming up for you. You experiences and honesty are very valuable!
the begining of the week i felt like saying quitter for sure.But has you keep saying that you have up’s/downs and i’ve been on a right downer this week.Fell into the old routines of picking whilst cooking for the family and eating not so much rubbish but just to late in the night!!!!! but feel a lot better than i did at the begining of the week!!!!!!!! this cold weather has had a lot to do with it!!!!! just felt hungry all the bloody time……..think my biggest downer was not using the bike for a whole week so just doing my Total Gym work.Which is better than nothing 🙂
You speak the thoughts of many cyril, and nobody is perfect. This is the darkest time of year for many, and remember its always darkest before dawn!
this is the darkest time of year for many.Right there dude.Dont ever seem to rember being has low has last week? just couldn’t seem to get fired up,still did stuff but felt it was a chore…….this week will be better x fingers anyway,lol,lol,lol.
last day or so of the snow!! for now so all good!
Hello Cyril. I think we are all feeling low. It’s the post Christmas blues and the weather doesn’t help. Can’t do anything outdoors safely and the cold makes us want to fill up on warm, comfort food. Be brave my friend. Keri says it’s darkest before dawn. So let’s set the alarm for the 17th and wake up to The Challenge!!
Talk a load of #### don’t I ? HEE HEE I don’t care!!!!!!!!!
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