All-or-nothing mindset

So I have always had a very "all-or-nothing" perspective. Every other year, this time of year I am always eating everything in sight, making the excuse that I had better eat what I want now, because come January 1st I'll transform my eating and start losing weight again.

Joining this $100 bet was the best thing I could have done for myself after getting a bit off-track from thanksgiving. I got into my healthy diet and workout plan already and even though I am currently staying with my family and eating what they eat (definitely not healthy), I am still limiting the amount I eat. I never do that! If i can't make my own food and know exactly how many calories are in it, etc, I always give up. ALWAYS.

But I'm glad I got going on this dietbet. This year I'm not just waiting around till New Year's. This year I actually care if I get any fatter over the holidays. I care! I'm not so concerned with actually losing until I get back into town but rather trying to avoid gaining.

I'm finally looking at it this way: holidays will happen every single year. I had better learn to deal with it, even though this is still very early in my most recent weight loss plan. But I'm viewing it as a way of challenging myself - proving to myself that if I eat medium or even high-calorie food for a few meals, or even a few days, it isn't the end of the world. I don't need to just stuff my face as much as I can and completely start over a week or 2 from now. That even if I'm not losing, what I have already lost is worth maintaining until I return to my usual schedule. However small, my progress is worth it!

That I shouldn't completely give up if I get a little off-track. Because thats what I always did in the past. This all-or-nothing mindset is gone. And it feels good.

I'm pretty proud of myself :) This is progress in my mind that I really need.

Kim D.

12/25/2014 10:49PM

I agree with everything you said! I've been the same in the past, all or nothing with my diets. It's so encouraging to read this post and realize when you get a little off track, it means you're just a little way away from getting back ON track, not to go off further. Thank you for this post!

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Ashley

Glad you liked it! Nice to hear somebody else has struggled with the same mindset. :)

ivana k.

Do you know the quote "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"....so, let's do just something, even if it is a little....a singly flight of stairs, a single plank or only a half of a cake...even if it is a little, one starts looking at the right direction. :-)

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