Post by irisinnia on Jul 24, 2019 2:07:40 GMT
Day 24 - Deal With Discouragement
Weight loss can start out easy when motivation is high, but, at some point, it gets harder. Life gets in the way, cravings become more intense, and some dieters start to panic:
- It shouldn’t be this hard.
- I’ll never be able to keep this up.
- I don’t want to do this anymore.
It’s normal to feel overwhelmed or discouraged or doubtful. You can allow this to erode your motivation or respond to these sabotaging thoughts.
Finding Encouragement
- Read your Advantages Response Card more often.
- Add up the difficult hours - Instead of saying I’ve had such a hard day/week, count up how many minutes/hours you actually struggled. It’s not nearly as much as you think in 24 hours a day/168 hours a week.
- Focus on what you can do today. “Thinking too far into the future is incredibly unhelpful.”
How do you stick to your plan when the going gets tough?
Weight loss can start out easy when motivation is high, but, at some point, it gets harder. Life gets in the way, cravings become more intense, and some dieters start to panic:
- It shouldn’t be this hard.
- I’ll never be able to keep this up.
- I don’t want to do this anymore.
It’s normal to feel overwhelmed or discouraged or doubtful. You can allow this to erode your motivation or respond to these sabotaging thoughts.
Finding Encouragement
- Read your Advantages Response Card more often.
- Add up the difficult hours - Instead of saying I’ve had such a hard day/week, count up how many minutes/hours you actually struggled. It’s not nearly as much as you think in 24 hours a day/168 hours a week.
- Focus on what you can do today. “Thinking too far into the future is incredibly unhelpful.”
How do you stick to your plan when the going gets tough?
