Rather than thinking about weight loss as this lifelong discipline that is so hard to sustain, what it really comes down to is making split second decisions in the moment.
I know when I'm losing weight, I get very demotivated if I think of it as having to stay dedicated for 6 straight months or a year. But I get joy out off accomplishing numerous small tasks during the day.
You're cooking steak in a skillet. Do you grab the A1, or the pepper? If you're at Subway, do you get a chicken sandwich, or a chicken salad? It's just moving your hand one centimeter over to the pepper, or making your mouth easy salad instead of sandwich.
By the time that decision is made and it's long gone, it's not on your mind anymore. The suffering of having to make the right decision is fine, so your mind is fresh and ready to make the right decision this next time.
Just today, I had such a desire to eat the cookies my roommate made. I thought about my end goal, and realized it wasn't worth it. It took very little physical effort to shift my eyes a foot over to the cabinet, and grab brown rice instead. That decision was easy. But if I told myself that I had to make 30 right decisions each day until the end of time, it'd feel a lot more overwhelming, and analysis paralysis would cause me to binge.
Hell, tomorrow I'm going to IHOP with my girlfriend's family. All it'll take to keep my diet in check is to say "extra eggs instead of pancakes, please." I'm not even the one who has to make it or serve it, making that decision that much easier.
What right deciding have you made today? Doesn't even have to be weight loss-related, since ANY good decision will put you into the right mindset needed to make good dietary choices.
Hell, I told myself this morning I should probably take a day off of studying. But I once again thought of my end goal, and studied my butt off, feeling GREAT about it afterwards.
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