This is my second article with other 3 tips on how to lose weight.
Make your diet public Tell people that you're on a diet. There is no reason to be ashamed of being on a diet. I discovered that trying to keep my diet secret was more difficult to say. In fact, say to your colleagues, your girlfriend, family, etc. will increase the sense of responsibility. To know that my colleagues and family knew I was dieting motivated me because I did not want to fail. I also chose typical picture "grease" and I put on my refrigerator, in my office and on the wall of my room. I wanted to have a constant reminder to lose weight. I know it's a cliché, but it was important for me to remind myself my ultimate goal. I would also like to point out that, even though I was more than 20 pounds overweight when I told people I was on a diet they often said to me "you do not need a diet." I found it surprising because it was obvious to me that I was overweight. Be careful because you will likely hear similar comments. I found it easier to accept the "compliment" and close the speech there, and not to prove them the reasons of my diet. Remember that you are on a diet for yourself and you do not need to excuse yourself.
Do not diet on the weekend This is another unconventional advice. I managed to lose over 20 pounds without dieting on the weekends. I realized that I was tired, depressed and unmotivated when I tried to continue my diet over the weekend. On Friday and Saturday (my weekend) had moments to celebrate 5 days of diet. You will not find it necessary especially in the early weeks of dieting. However, several weeks go by so much more at the weekend became a time for me to celebrate my successful week and be mentally prepared for another five days of diet. I consider it a mental recharge.
Do not sacrifice your life for your diet Sometimes you find yourself unable to eat healthy. That is due to lunch with your team, birthdays or special occasions, there will be events where you can not (or do not want to) eat healthy. A diet will seem overwhelming if you have to sacrifice special events in your life. The way I combat this is to exchange a day of bad mistake with one of those where I did not do the diet over the weekend. In other words, if I did not diet on Tuesday, I did a day of diet on Saturday.
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