Self Saboteur

Imagine working out so hard, eating healthy and everyone sees your body is changing and the next thing you are thinking "I have done excellent" therefore it is okay to eat a bowl of ice cream or deep fried chicken. Hello….I have been there, done that and believe me the aftermath isn't a wonderful feeling rather you end up feeling like a crap. Deviating once in a while only means we are human but if you are sabotaging your efforts and progress by constantly having
these rewards or meals because you believe you have done great is just not worth it.

Here is an example: you eat healthy from Monday to Wednesday then off you go on Thursday and you are back eating healthy Friday then weekend if off again. This cycle of healthy, not healthy will only take you back to where you started your journey…WHERE? Overweight. If you intend to lose weight and keep it off, the truth is that you can’t just eat anything. I believe in eating while losing weight but I know what to eat and what not to eat.

You might think that because you have loss 50 lbs or 25 kg that you can lose any small weight that comes with over indulging, if you are wise then you will know better that weights creeps in slowly. I have 2 kg to get to my goal but it’s taking me forever to lose considering that I have loss 73 kg in total. 2 kg is not small, even 1 pound. If you gain those weights back, you won’t lose it so fast. Ask those that have lose the weight and gained it back, it is harder than the first time because your body will fight you all the way. There is a probability that you might remain that fat for a longer time; you might even still end up depressed and repeating the eating cycle.

Sometimes I tell myself that I have done so great and my mind keeps giving me ideas of what to eat and am telling myself that by next week I will be back on track…..like am in control (yeah right). The next day, I start looking at other unhealthy foods and on and on and on until it becomes a trend and I start struggling to get back on track. Some people think am so good that’s why I have loss 73 kg and kept it off, far from it. I have struggled, failed and learnt from my mistake. Each time I gained weight I knew how it happened, that’s the truth. If you can’t tell yourself the truth, I wonder how you can move on. Making up for loss days in weight loss is not easy, re-evaluating your meals and workout over and over, trying to loss accumulated fat and the one you just added, depression, hatred, stress and disappointment.

Maintaining weight loss is very hard until you have spent like years in the process, if you have maintained your loss for months and thinking that you have it under control, you got to be kidding. It is very easy to regress back to the start-up point.

To end this process of self-sabotage cycle, identify a plan that works for your body and kind of lifestyle, something that you can sustain on a long term. Example: if you drank only tea for weight loss, you might have to continue because the fear of eating a meal might put you back at the beginning; it’s your responsibility to figure out how to outsmart your body if you can). I stick to eating healthy because I love food and anything that involves me not eating honestly won’t work for me. It’s all about what you can do; I know where my strength and weakness lies, no need lying about it.

After following a sustainable plan, then you have to understand that it is a lifestyle not show. You cannot afford to eat anyhow, this is the shocking part right? Yes you can’t eat rice 247 etc.  I can’t stop saying how important it is to have a meal you enjoy, in fact I was discussing this with a friend the other day, she was complaining about craving and binging. I asked her what she normally eats and her response was some boring food. Boring food will make you crave till you give in, if all you eat is salad and water or mango and water like I have seen then get ready cause the cravings are coming.
I love food, I can do anything with food, I can make unhealthy food healthy just to eat it. I love variety although sometimes I tend to eat a particular type of meal for a week but I diversify how its prepared. This week has been me and sweet potatoes, I have boiled, baked and mash them in every possible way I can and am enjoying it. Once I get bored of it I switch. There are a lot of things to do with food just look around or ask, eating while losing weight shouldn't be boring.

Another point is rewarding yourself with other things apart from food. We reward dogs with food and last time I checked we are humans. Once i meet my set target, am off to buy something I want. When I look at the item I know I earned it, I have bought items like bags, trainers, jewelries, clothes etc. to reward myself for a good job. Below are some of my rewards:

 

If you reward yourself with food, you eat it and poo and it’s gone. Sometimes you get to worry about how many calories you have eaten after and the memory leaves you once you had the last bite of it.

Okay enough said ……..lol