Today I watched a show where they were talking about 3 factors that doom every dieter. First is peer influance. If a dieter is around people who eat more then they tend to give themselves permission to eat more as well. Second was temptation is greater for a dieter than it is for someone who is not a dieter. Dieter's tend to be people who will continue to eat past when they are full just because it is there. The factor was stress. Many people will use food to calm themselves when they are stressed and therefore they will over eat. They said that the only difference between a dieter and a non-dieter is their mindset.
As I watched the program I realized they were talking about me. I face each of these three factors every single day. I have struggled everyday of my life with a dieters mentality. After two years of working so hard to lose the weight I still struggle. I don't know how to change this mentality. How do I allow myself to enjoy what I want but to stop when I have had enough. I am still learning how to make healthy choices and still allow myself to enjoy those things I would normally consider temptations in moderation.
I guess the question becomes what is moderation?
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