Do you ever find yourself "negotiating" concerning your food intake? "Well, if I allow myself to eat that high-caloric food source I will do Phase 1 tomorrow." Or something like 'I can have those 3 glasses of wine but I will exercise more tomorrow."
Keeping awareness of your food/drink intake and offsetting derailing behaviors with a response the next day/week is a necessary part of long-term weight loss. There will be many situations where you will be confronted with challenging food sources and if you do not think through these issues, weight is certain to go back on.
I do not think you need to do this on a day-day basis...but as I have mentioned ad nauseum, WRITE your weight down on a clipboard next to your scale once a week and if that weight has gone up, have a PLAN as to what you are going to do to get this down again. We get into the most trouble with weight control when we stop thinking about it. We find ourselves resorting to old behavior problems and this results in weight gain.
Always try to keep on the forefront of your mind why you are choosing to be healthier and happier and implement the necessary steps to make yourself successful.
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Thanks, Dr .Posner for today’s and yesterday’s blog. They were very helpful especially.. while away from the safety zone, home. The sight of those favorite restaurants.. smell of good old favorites and the sight of them in others’ dinner plates are tempting…! It is a huge tug of war within! Reading your blog brings some sense ..makes it little easy to keep the focus! Thanks.
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