If you want to hang on to your excuses and your excess weight then stop reading now! If however, you want to get that DIET monkey off your back (and those inches off your waist), then by all means read on. In the past few weeks a few colleagues and I decide to start a BIGGEST LOSERS club in which we would all weigh and measure ourselves weekly (the measuring part was my idea and youll see why later). Now, no instructions were given regarding how to lose weight just the assumption that exercise would be required and that we would all be there to support each other should we falter along the way. All great intensions but, after the first day we lost one person, the rest of us however decided to get the party started for want of a better phrase. I ascertained from a fellow biggest loser that some of our colleagues had decided to go for the quick fix of shakes and pills, whilst some others decided on the Starve Yourself Mingled with Exercise method. So, I watch in anticipation of what will unfold in the coming weeks and whether that DIET MONKEY will fall off or hold on for dear life. As it happened, week two into our quest I went on vacation for four wonderful weeks doing what I do best, eating and sleeping, not really making any changes to my routine. Oh! Did I mention that my vacation time was during the beautiful summer Christmas period of the southern hemisphere. That means christmas yummies, day after christmas yummies, new years indulgences and the like. What a wonderful time I had. And yet I still managed to consistently loss unwanted inches despite the norm of putting on weight during this period, mostly because of my very simple GAIN BACK YOUR LIFE WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM. On return, I found that the DIET MONKEY for my fellow colleagues was indeed holding on for dear life, and not only that had grown into a GORILLA. I felt empathy for my mates watching them feeling dejected, feeling like theyve made no progress. Why you ask? Because they unfortunately fall into the 3 reason why we fail at diets FANATICAL DIETING, EMOTIONAL EATING OR CONDITIONING. As well at this they have followed the normal DIETING mishaps of thinking that the all mighty weight scales is going to magically change its mind in dramatic numbers from day to day, week to week, hence the reason why I suggested we should measure ourselves. Basically weighing yourself in this manner only promotes a sense of FAILURE and feeling bad about yourself. You dont take criticism from other people, so why torture yourself Im here to tell you to STOP BEATING YOURSELF UP. Give yourself a break, if you feel you absolutely must weigh yourself make it every two weeks and that DIET MONKEY will definitely start to loosen its grip. 7 weeks down the track and my colleagues are rejoicing in the total amount of inches lost in comparison to minimal weight lost or gained. It is a great thing in deed to see enthusiasm back in their eyes. Watch this space I am sure it will surely be a great race to the finish especially to see if that DIET MONKEY is still hanging around. |
