Sep 20, 2021
Your biggest challenge when trying to drop weight isn’t the
food, it’s your mind.
More specifically, your all-or-nothing mindset.
Does this sound like you?
You don’t want to diet
You want to be able to eat
what you want
You want to be able to eat
as much as you want
You want to be able to eat
anytime you want
...without gaining weight.
You don’t want to diet, but you also don’t want to gain weight.
You know diets don’t work, because you haven’t been able to execute
them long-term and always regain the weight you lose.
But you fear if you reject dieting then you’ll lose control and eat
everything — without any boundaries — never stop...and gain
weight.
And so you continue on the hamster wheel of dieting. Never any
meaningful progress to show for it, but the act of doing
*something* provides you with a false sense of control. Even when
it’s not producing results.
This is your black-and-white thinking at play.
Not EVERYTHING you’ve learned through your years of failed dieting
is trash. In many respects, you HAVE developed some healthy habits
that are beneficial moving forward.
Just because you’ve decided to no longer follow a meal plan or
count calories, that doesn’t mean you lack common sense, does
it?
You still know what
healthy portions look like
You still know what foods
upset your stomach
You still know what
quantity of food makes you feel uncomfortably full.
Rejecting diets doesn’t mean you eat until you’re sick. It requires
common sense and a mental shift. It’s simply a different way to
look at your eating.
It’s embracing the gray. No more black-and-white thinking created
by food rules, diet books, and restrictive meal plans. It’s carving
out a pathway created by YOU and your body.
Trust yourself. You don’t need a diet to tell you what to eat and
in what quantity; your own internal and external physical
guidelines will show you the way.
Eat when you’re hungry
Stop when you’re
physically satisfied
Manage your mind so your emotions don’t cause you to seek comfort
in food.
When there are no food rules to “break” there is no guilt to be
had.
Join co-coach Steph Miramontes and me on this week’s episode of the
Fat Murder Podcast as we help you navigate your way into a
healthier relationship with mind, body, and soul.