I never want to go on a diet again, but I need to be thinner. I have been dieting since I was seven years old, so basically for forty years. You would think I would have the answer by now! The article I've found today goes some way to explaining my lack of success. I think a little lightbulb has just lit up, and I hope that reading this can help you too.
Weight Loss Psychology - Tips for Easier Dieting
Author: hoganhererion
Losing weight is 100 times easier if you are mentally prepared for it. This may sound elementary, but in my experience most dieters quit their weight loss plan not because they feel hungry or have difficulty with the menus, but because of psychological reasons. Either, they become bored, or dissatisfied with their rate of weight loss, or suffer a momentary lapse and become overwhelmed by guilt, or feel too “deprived” to continue.
Unfortunately, many dieters insist on trying to be perfect. As a result, when they do fall off the wagon (as they always do), they find it impossible to tolerate their “failure”, and become overwhelmed by guilt. So even though their lapse might have been relatively trivial (a weekend binge), they go to pieces. Because, as usual, it’s the guilt that does the real damage, not the bingeing.
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I think this article is worth going back to on the" dark days", and I expect there to be a few of them, a good one to bookmark. I am more determined than ever that this is my year, and I will succeed at this weight loss thing. I don't want to compare losing weight with stopping smoking, but with the latter, it's said that it's easier to do in a group, or at least with someone to talk to, I would like all out there to share their stories, their successes and failures. Together we may just win!
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