Archive for the "Self-Sabotage" category

 

No Matter What You Eat, Love Yourself

 

We’re coming up on the weekend, a time when many people who stick to healthy eating and exercise habits during the week then turn to unhealthy habits over the weekend. If you do this, it could be habit, it could be emotional eating to relieve stress, or it could be because you are forcing yourself [...]

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Why Are You Stuffing Yourself?

 

Do you ever feel like you just can’t stop eating? Do you eat and eat until you can hardly breathe? Do you eat when you aren’t hungry, especially when you are experiencing an emotional upset?
If you answered yes to the previous questions, do you know why you are stuffing yourself with food? An even better [...]

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Have You Hit Your Bottom Yet?

 

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. ~ Charles A. Beard
Have you heard of hitting your bottom? This is a term that is used in alcohol and drug addiction: the addict has to hit bottom before they are willing to get help to change. Things have to get so bad, so unbearable, [...]

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Release Your Guilt over Past Actions and Build a Healthier Future Today

 

No amount of guilt can ever change history. No amount of guilt can ever change anything. ~ Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Here’s something that I’ve found myself getting caught up in before; maybe you have too, and are even experiencing it now: you want to lose weight, however you’re having a struggle getting past your habits [...]

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Are You Doubting You?

 

This is the 5th and last post in this week’s series on doubt. Why so much time spent focusing on the doubts you might be having about your weight loss program? Because doubt erodes motivation. Any doubt you have can quickly turn into an excuse to go back to old eating habits and sedentary ways. [...]

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5 Things To Do Besides Eat When You’re Angry

 

So, do you ever get angry? Nah? OK, then this post isn’t for you. However, if you ever feel angry and frustrated, and you’re are an emotional eater, I bet your first reaction is to eat, regardless of whether or not you are physically hungry.
At the same time, if you are overweight, you’d [...]

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How NOT to Sabotage your Weight Loss – Daily Motivation

 

Today I’d like to recommend an article to you that I have had on my wall next to my computer for months (actually it’s over a year now).
It pertains to the self-talk that you may find yourself indulging in after a week, 2 weeks, or a month of consistent healthy eating and exercise.
These are the [...]

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5 Tips to Avoid Night Eating and Sabotaging Your Diet

 

Can you go all day, sticking to your diet and exercise plan, but when the sun goes down you head for the frig?
Do you find that your attitude towards your weight loss plan “suddenly” changes at night? Are you continually telling yourself “I’ll start over tomorrow morning”?
I’ve found that the time that I am most [...]

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