It’s a new week
The last two weeks have been really awful between being sick and work. I haven’t been able to workout and I let myself abandon all dieting that last few days and I am paying for it on the scale.
I was so excited because I had gotten all the way back down to 152 which is very close to my goal and just 9 pounds from getting out of “overweight” and into “normal” weight and then I completely blew it.
I may have said this before, but it’s like I self-sabotage. I don’t know why. It makes me sick and I do it anyway.
I was only planing to stay on Nutrisystem through the end of July, but at this rate, it may take longer. Also, I find it so frustrating that to stay at the same weight I have to basically eat nothing, drink nothing, and exercise my butt off.
What I need to figure out is 1) why do I do this, and 2) how can I stop it…
Some advice from Peer Trainer on just this topic really opened my eyes.
What has to be true in your life in order for you to sabotage your weight loss efforts?
Read that a second time if you have to. It’s actually a basic logic equation. In order for a behavior like self-sabotage to be true in your life (and if you’ve read this far, then I’m assuming it is), then what belief MUST you be carrying that allows that self-sabotaging behavior to exist. If you sabotage yourself, then something else MUST be true in your life that allows that to happen.
I assure you this is not as complex as it sounds, and I really encourage you to take a moment to digest it. If you understand what that thing is, you will understand your self-sabotage, and you can then start taking the steps to reverse it.
The article hits the nail on the head and provides ideas on how to combat the self-sabotage mindset. Here is my takeaway/summary from the points:
1. Stop focusing on the wrong thing. Forget about the night out for dinner and drinks and focus on the 5 days you were on plan. Don’t give up and quit the whole program because you slacked off once or twice.
2. Be disciplined. Don’t let one day of overindulgence turn into 2 days or a week or more until finally you are where you started. Take action and stay focused. To be disciplined, you have to be disciplined. It’s that simple.
3. You feel like you don’t deserve to be thin and healthy. This is in your head. Don’t let anyone, including yourself, tell you that you don’t deserve to have the thin body and healthy lifestyle you seek.
4. You’re scared to be thin. For whatever reason, you are afraid of what life as a thin person will bring, such as jealousy of others or your family trait is heaviness.
I have definitely been known to do #1 but what I think I need to do is concentrate on #2.
