How to diet and stick to it
Diet stress is immense during parties. Who doesn’t feel sorry for themselves, when on a diet and being at a party? Everybody is happily sipping their prosecco, but you. Tucking into a selection of canapes that all look delish’ and you don’t join in.
What I recommend is to go prepared. Eat beforehand, take snacks with you, drink water out of a champagne flute, so at first sight you aren’t any different from the others, take a few moments to center yourself and remind yourself why you are on a diet: what are the reasons, the positives?
When surrounded by temptation, what makes someone give in or stay put? There is no specific research, but what I can say, based on working with clients for over 15 years, and my personal experience is that the reasons for giving into the temptation are:
- Feeling sorrow for yourself and focussing on what you miss out……
- Feeling tired with no energy for a ‘battle’
- Wanting to blend in with everybody else
- Being hungry or unsatisfied
- Being fed up with being perfect
- Just want to let rip and come up with the never-ever working idea that from tomorrow I will never-ever do this again. Typical bulimia and other eating disorder behaviour
- Thinking you can handle a little bit of a treat
The ways to make it easy to not give into temptation are:
- Focus on what you want to achieve
- Make sure your eating is not battle but a pleasure
- Don’t focus on what you miss out on
- Make sure you are not hungry
- Remind yourself that healthy eating is good for you
- Be realistic and admit that ‘tomorrow I will change’ is always one day away and you know that doesn’t work…
- Be kind to yourself, give yourself positive reinforcement for not giving in and feel proud of yourself
One of the activities you can start is give your mind a break and do a meditation.
Experienced ex-bulimia coach
If you struggle with sticking to a diet, you know that it has nothing to do with just will power. There is an underlying sabotaging power at work and if you want to discover more:
a. You can order a FREE Report, that I have written in cooperation with nutrition coach Leonie Wright – click here to download
b. Why not book a FREE Clarity session with me, ex-bulimic, experienced life coach. Book a slot, let’s talk and you will have a better understanding of what is going on and how to move forward.