Post by irisinnia on Jul 19, 2019 3:51:30 GMT
Day 19 - Stop Fooling Yourself
Dieters have an amazing ability to delude themselves about food.
Do you give yourself a “fake” excuse to eat?
It’s okay to eat this because…
It’s not a whole piece
I’ll eat it only this one time
It’s not that fattening
I’ll make up for it by eating less later
It won’t matter
I paid for it
It’ll go to waste
I’ll disappoint someone if I don’t
Everyone els is eating it
I’m celebrating
No one will see me eating it
It’s just the crumbs
It’s free
I really want it
It’s a special occasion
I’m upset and I just don’t care
I’m craving it, and I’ll probably just eat it eventually
Create a “It’s Not Okay” Response card and pull it out whenever you think you’re at risk of not following your plan.
Measuring Up!
If your diet calls for you to measure the quantity of food you’re supposed to eat, don’t fool yourself into thinking you can accurately estimate it instead. You won’t have to measure food for the rest of your life as soon as you become adept at visualizing portion sizes you can stop. Of course when you introduce a new food you need to measure it. It’s good to measure foods periodically to make sure you’re still estimating portion sizes accurately.
How are you doing with not "fooling yourself"? Do you use any of the "fake" excuses?
Do you measure your food: always, sometimes, never?
Dieters have an amazing ability to delude themselves about food.
Do you give yourself a “fake” excuse to eat?
It’s okay to eat this because…
It’s not a whole piece
I’ll eat it only this one time
It’s not that fattening
I’ll make up for it by eating less later
It won’t matter
I paid for it
It’ll go to waste
I’ll disappoint someone if I don’t
Everyone els is eating it
I’m celebrating
No one will see me eating it
It’s just the crumbs
It’s free
I really want it
It’s a special occasion
I’m upset and I just don’t care
I’m craving it, and I’ll probably just eat it eventually
Create a “It’s Not Okay” Response card and pull it out whenever you think you’re at risk of not following your plan.
Measuring Up!
If your diet calls for you to measure the quantity of food you’re supposed to eat, don’t fool yourself into thinking you can accurately estimate it instead. You won’t have to measure food for the rest of your life as soon as you become adept at visualizing portion sizes you can stop. Of course when you introduce a new food you need to measure it. It’s good to measure foods periodically to make sure you’re still estimating portion sizes accurately.
How are you doing with not "fooling yourself"? Do you use any of the "fake" excuses?
Do you measure your food: always, sometimes, never?
