Why Do You Keep Falling Back In Your Weight Loss Efforts – Part 2
Its finally time for Mary to get started with her program. If you have not read the first article, please go to Part 1 to read about Mary’s big preparations the week before.
Its Monday and the alarm goes off at 5 am. This is the time that Mary had enthusiastically set as the time to do a brisk walk on her treadmill.
But behold! The bed seems to have Mary firmly in it’s clutches. The voice in her head keeps telling her how tired she is and how important it is for Mary to get adequate sleep! She makes a deal with herself that the treadmill can wait until she gets home that evening. She resets the alarm to 6 am and goes back to bed. She assures herself that lack of sleep is extremely detrimental to her weight loss plans.
That evening Mary gets home, changes her clothes and fixes something quick for dinner. After all she has heard that its not advisable to exercise on an empty stomach. At this point the plan is to have a small snack and jump right on the treadmill within half hour. The voice in her head tells her that it is not advisable to exercise immediately after eating. So she sits down in front of the TV to allow her food to digest. Would you believe it! The TV is airing “The Biggest Loser”! She could get some motivation and pick up some pointers from this program. Before she knows it, it’s too late to exercise. After all, she’s always heard that one shouldn’t do cardio too close to bed time or one won’t be able to fall asleep.
At this point, the cycle has come full circle. Mary has missed her opportunity to start her “perfect” weight loss program on this first day of the week.
Its now Tuesday and she is definitely not planning to wake up at 5 am as she has already missed day one. She feels guilty and inadequate because its not been the perfect start! She wants her program to be perfect! She will now have to wait until next week to get the perfect start. The voice in the head tells her that one more week won’t make a big difference.
Later in the day, she decides to go out for lunch with her co-workers. Mary decides not to go with the grilled chicken salad since she’ll be eating plenty of those next week.
Some of the readers may relate to the behaviour above. This form of justifications arise from the All or Nothing Attitude. Its either you do something perfectly or you don’t do anything at all! Once one messes up on one part of one’s weight loss efforts, it seems useless to continue putting effort into it.
The message we need to get through to ourselves is that all or nothing thinking is a big loser. Read Part 3, which is the final part of this article.
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