Fear of failure, its often the excuse we all fall back on when we choose not to start something, not to try. In my experience, its a fear of success that truly stops us from achieving our dreams. No matter how many times we say "I want to be skinny", "I want to be rich", "I want to be successful", all of these things also mean change, and its exactly that that we fear! I may say I don't want to be overweight, but I've never been thin.. what if I don't like it? All of these thoughts had been floating around my head over the holidays until I realized I was just being a coward, talking myself out of something that could truly be great! and if its not.. its also reversible (lol). So instead of giving into those insidious thoughts, I shall plunge ahead into the unknown!
Over the holidays I didn't diet hard, or really at all, there was just too much going on. Unfortunately, I didn't have as much time to work out either, so I did gain a bit of weight back. But! That's all over now, and its back to my normal routine. Honestly I'm actually excited to get back into my diet, I missed not having that bit of purpose.
I started doing my traditional workouts again two days ago and I'm already seeing a real difference! It's never worthwhile giving up just because of 1 or 1000 bad days, its much easier to fix the damage than you think you just have to start.
One thing I really noticed over easter was how much power we give food. We tell ourselves chocolate and pasta are so so incredible and we must deny ourselves that which we hopelessly love to look good! I am definitely guilty of this, but this mindset just makes dieting unnecessarily hard. Once I was allowing myself to eat these things again, no guilt, no fuss, I realized that they're.. well they're just food. For example, if we told ourselves that eating copious amounts of caviar will make us deliriously happy then said no caviar! We would drive ourselves crazy until we could get our hands on the black goo. All of this, only to discover.. yeah, its good but hmm.. maybe if I eat more it will fulfill the expectations I put on it.
This applies to all junk food- We give these items too much power.
Obviously the girl in the picture is a little encouraging (or she makes you feel awful, whatever) but I really love the quote!
Tips from today
* Always get back on the horse! EVERY SINGLE TIME. DO NOT QUIT.
* Before deciding to sit there and fantasize about all that your missing out on, because they're just so life changing, those foods, those miracles of sugar. Put it in perspective. The sooner you achieve your goal, the sooner you can incorporate reasonable amounts of junk back into your diet. Junk food will still exist in a few weeks.
* Don't treat yourself like a rubbish bin. We've all done this, seen something unhealthy in the fridge and thought, "oh darn, this expires soon, I should probably just eat it". Why should you eat it? You could always inform someone else that it needs to be eaten, offer it to them, share it with them, or just chuck it. Its just food.
* and last but not least, even if you're a little hungry or bored, fighting those old habits, be happy! You're doing something amazing!
