Are You Human? Then Stop Beating Yourself Up!

I’ll gaze in my crystal ball for a moment. Just wait a minute. Mmmm. Yes. I see. It tells me that if you’re reading these lines, than you probably are human! How surprising, I am one too. And guess what: we are not perfect creature so why aim for the “perfect diet” and beat yourself up if you don’t follow the plan exactly?

In your quest for that ultimate new you, you can pretty much expect you’ll fall off the tracks once in a while, and either binge out, party, eat junk or whatever. That’s almost normal. What is not though, is staying off track. When you fall off the wagon, get back on. When you’re in a hole, stop digging. It may seem obvious, but way too many people use an occasional set back as an excuse to go off their diet “till next week”.

First, don’t beat yourself up if you go off for a meal or two. That’s life. It happens. A business dinner, a family gathering, a party, your spouse coming home with pizza, heck the pitfalls are many, and you were not born to deprive yourself of simple pleasures!

Second, if you did go off for a meal or two, don’t use that as an excuse to binge all week long! “You know, I messed up this Wednesday so I’ll go back on my diet starting Monday”. Really? That makes sense? If you have a flat tire do you fix it, or you simply blow up the other three tires while you are it? You can even stop yourself in the middle of a meal. That’s right. As that chocolate ice cream is getting rammed down your throat by an unknown invisible force – yeah right – you can actually realize what you’re doing, stop yourself, and get back on the program.

You’ll feel a lot better about yourself. The pride that runs through your veins, that new found power you’ve experienced, that will get you going for along time, all the way to what you’re shooting for.

By the way, eating for your nutritional type will make it much easier on yourself to curb your cravings. A good fat burning supplement will also go a long way in reducing your appetite and smash binging before they happen.