Promises We Make About Weight Loss to Ourselves
How many promises do you make to yourself while on a diet that you never fulfill? Like the way I wrote posts this month. I promised myself I would get a post written twice a week at least. I even have the subjects outlined. But, like when I eat off program and then promise myself it will be better next week, that I will quit cheating tomorrow, I didn’t.
This spring I have been going to my weekly check-ins and answering the same questions with the same answers for months. I know that I am not going to do what I say I will. And who are these ‘promises’ made to? To me. I am the one who will or won’t do it. I am the one who is effected by it. Not the lady I am talking to. Her life will go on the same - and unfortunately, so will mine. If I don’t even make an effort to change my habits, I won’t lose weight and I won’t get healthier.
The biggest damage I did by these meaningless promises was to enforce the feeling that I would not succeed. Not because I couldn’t, but because I wouldn’t. I fell back into the old trap of looking down on myself. I did manage to not beat myself up by calling myself names. However, I did drive myself into discouragement and the ‘whats the use’ state using my broken promises as the example.
I have been expressing this as my experience. I know it is not just mine. I know many of us do the same thing. I also know that part of the reason it happened is I only had 5-6 hours of sleep a night, worked 40 hours a week, and helped with my grand-kids everyday. Then I tried to watch some recorded TV shows and work online. In short, I was burning the candle at both ends.
This week I have written down everything I did, including ME time. I have written down everything I ate and drank. I have not been perfect, but I do see I did attempt to fulfill my goals for the week. I can take encouragement in my accomplishments. I can say that I attempted to meet my promises instead of ignoring them.
Please realize that if you are 80-100 pounds heavier than your healthy weight and it is not caused by a medical condition, you have issues which are more than just over eating. You have what some people call emotional problems, but actually comes down to self-image and self-worth.
What self-made stumbling blocks do you face in your weight loss journey?
on August 24th, 2008 at 1:07 am
I agree that there might be more going on than just a weight loss problem, but overeating as a problem does include emotional difficulties and psychological blocks. I also think many, many health problems are related to overconsumption of sugars. Everything seems to come back down to colon and parasite health, keeping sugars in check, etc.