The Monday Dieter - pitfalls

The Monday Dieter

By the time you remember you wanted to start your diet on Monday you already ate a package of Twinkies and its Thursday.  Did you know that diets that start on Wednesday are just as likely to produce positive results as those started on

Monday?  Every day is the beginning of a new you.

Diets are Depriving

Depriving your taste buds will not lead to weight loss. The core issue is that many feel they are depriving themselves of delighting their taste buds with cupcakes while on a diet. No, you are not entitled to a cupcake. You chose to eat a cupcake. You can then choose to balance the cupcake with eating properly the rest of the day or going for a walk. 

Stress

If you are dieting and stress comes knocking at your door it may as well bring a pizza with it. Stress is just another excuse to go off your diet.  Life is hard so our determination has to be fierce. Too often we associate comfort with the indulgence of eating chocolate cake. Change your associations by de-stressing with exercise, a soak in the tub, or a low fat option.

Self-defeating Attitude

Convinced that somehow you are an anomaly to medical science and all forms of fitness plans cannot penetrate the fat on your body can only result in diet failure.   If you gained it, you can lose it. Be persistent when telling negative thoughts to leave your head. You can achieve your goals.

We all know the solution to weight loss. To lose weight you must burn off more calories than you consume. All the pitfalls discussed are weaved from the same cloth of negative attitude. The metal outlook of the dieter will determine the rate of success and failure. Before you can get rid of the fat, you need to get rid of your worst enemy - your negative attitude.