![]() That's when you attack yourself, saying that you are failing, you'll never be truly healthy, you'll only gain the weight back. That's when the negative thoughts come in. Or you're sick of your gym routine and can't find the energy to go. Or you've been eating really well for almost a month, and then you have a bad weekend and you gain a little weight back. There is that high when you start to lose weight from working out or eating well, and then you plateau. By making these small changes, you'll soon find yourself that two healthy dinners a week turn into three, four or five. Instead of eating unhealthy dinners all week, choose one or two days to make a conscious decision to eat a healthy meal, whatever you prefer. Instead of eating fruit snacks after a long day at work, grab a bowl of fruit. Shouldn't you be able to love food and still eat well? I think so. And I shouldn't have to force myself to eat food I hate. I will get bored with the foods, or the food plans will call for me to eat foods that I don't like. Again, they can work for people, and could be a great jumpstart to a new lifestyle, but I know that for me, they will not last. What was it? Was it full of chemicals? Who knows. I remember one friend who lost a lot of weight eventually stopped one of those smoothie diets because he was putting in a packet of unknown powder. Or where you eat a bunch of different smoothies all day, everyday. Or one could eat deep fried food, but not other things that I would put in the healthy category. One friend was allowed to eat as much meat as they wanted (bacon, burgers, etc) but couldn't eat strawberries. But I know they aren't for everyone, myself included. I've never been a strong dieter, which you've probably gleaned from my above text. ![]() Stir frys are a really good way to eat a lot of veggies. Introduce things one at a time, learn what you love and then learn how to incorporate them. And I don't think you have to eat them all to feel good about yourself. There's still a million things I don't like. I know that I love red peppers, peas, pea pods, celery, asaparagus, green peppers and a few others. So what changed?īetween working at restaurants, dating my now-husband and being around people that liked healthy and fresh food, I learned. Healthy food can be cheap too, but it usually involves cooking, something I didn't like to do. A lot of garbage food is cheap, so while I was poor in college, those were my go-tos. Trying to change from those habits was extremely hard. my parents would feed me real food, but it's not what I wanted. I grew up on some family dinners, but also on Lunchables, Spagehttios, Kraft mac and cheese, Pop-Tarts, Oreos, pop, fruit snacks and Doritos. So slippery and slimy!) and have a hard time trying new foods. I am extremely sensitive to textures (Jello is the worst thing in the world. To me, I'd rather have a little bit and savor it, than deny myself until the weekend and then going into a chocolate coma.įor reasons unknown to me, whether it is a physical or mental thing, I have food issues. I scoop a little bit of ice cream instead of filling the bowl. But instead of eating a candy bar every day, I take a few pieces and save the rest for the next few days. If I don't have some form of chocolate everyday, then something must be terribly wrong. My 25-year-old self would be stunned.Īs for chocolate. My first two weeks in Scotland consisted of one pop, shared with my husband. ![]() But these days, I don't crave it everyday. Did I drink pop on the weekdays? Heck yes. If I knew I could have a Coke on the weekend, I could make the healither choices during the week by drinking water. But for me and my personality, I liked the idea of slowly removing it from your day to day life. Maybe some of you would thrive more on going cold turkey and completely cutting it out of your life. Figure out what you want the most when you attempt to diet or make major changes. So what do you do? Figure out your vices. Have you ever tried to go to Applebees and eat healthy? It's laughable. Heck, for me, even trying to go to restaurants with friends is a deal breaker. There are a milllion things that could break your diet routine. You have a work crisis, you get extremely sick, you experience a major heartache and so on. ![]() Most of us reach this point in diet where you snap. In my experiences, trying to give up the things you love the most, makes dieting nearly impossible. If it were as simple as saying, "I'm never going to eat chocolate or drink pop ever again," then that'd be great. ![]()
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