So many of my friends would say "Oh your on a diet" or "I bet you can't eat that on your diet" or "Can you tell me how your diet works?" Well guess what folks. My answer every time. "Im not on a diet." When they look perplexed I further inform them. "its not a diet. Its just the way I prefer to eat. Healthy, Clean. It's not that I can't have it. It's that I don't want it"
See most people start out trying to lose weight and get fit by trying to "diet". That right there will almost Guarantee failure. Why? Because haven't you ever heard that what we can't have is what we want most?
So how do you go from can't having it to not wanting it? Well, I'll admit, at first it was def can't for me. I told myself, you can't have that. I did want it more. So what I started doing was eating healthy and clean 6 days a week and on my 7th day I'd give myself a treat. one of my favorite meals that isn't on the Clean menu. Only I cut my portion in half. After my very first what we'll call "cheat" meal, I felt so guilty that I didnt have another one for 3 weeks. I also learned that most of the time I would crave things because I forbid myself to have them. If I gave in an ate one bite, I'd realize i didnt really want it after all.
The point is not to give in to every craving. The point is change the way you think about your eating habit. If you think of it as a diet and I can't have this, you'll want it. Trying telling yourself it's not a diet, it's a lifestyle and the way I CHOOSE to eat. When you get that craving instead of letting your mind say, "Well, I can't have that because it's not in my diet" think "I could probably have a bite and be fine and I may even decide I don't want it anymore. But if I do eat that foot that isn't healthy and clean, how will it help me? How will I feel afterwards." Don't forbid yourself to have something but tell yourself again why it's not a good choice.
What are your goals? To get fit? To lose weight? to just be healthy? Think of the hardwork you put into your daily exercise. How closely you monitor your calorie intake and burn. Is it really worth seeing those numbers skewed just to have that bite of chocolate bar? Or piece of pizza? Depends on how bad you want your results. Depends on how bad you want to get fit, stay fit, and meet your goals.
It's all in how you think about it? Do you have to? or do you want?
Me, I want to. That keeps me on track!
