Tips to Stick To Your Diet
By: Nathalie Lussier
It has happened to all of us at some point or another: we were
doing so well with our weight loss diet or exercise regime. Then
suddenly we fell off the horse and decided that if we had already
gone this far we might as well give up entirely.
There's an old Chinese tale about a father and his son who lived on
a farm. Together they raised sheep and cared for them. They lived
off of these sheep and were able to make money from the sheep's
fur. Every day both the father and the son walked around the field
where they were raising the sheep to check that the fence was in
good order. One night, the fence broke and some wolves sneaked into
the field and ate some of the sheep.
The son cried out to his father saying that all was lost and that
they were now ruined! But the father simply picked up his tools and
took his son to the fence to patch it up. Once the fence had been
fixed, the father told his son that just because there was a
weakness in the fence it does not mean that it cannot be fixed nor
that it is impossible for them to keep raising sheep.
Your diet or exercise regime is like sheep, it is always at risk of
violated or destroyed. The fence represents your will power and
your circumstances. It might happen that you're too busy to go to
the gym or go jogging every morning for a period of time. It might
happen that you were forced to stop at a fast food joint on the
side of the high way. It might happen that you cave in to eating
some chips, some chocolate, or any one of your other cravings. But
that doesn't mean you should give up and let your sheep continue to
be eaten by wolves. After you've stuffed yourself with what you
know to be unhealthy food: stop and think about it. It's not the
end of the world.
If you go end up on a binge of food, you don't need to eat more bad
food to "get it out of your system", to feel better or to make sure
it never happens again. You will be faced with times where you want
to eat something unhealthy, or you want to sleep in and skip your
step class. No problem, but don't let that one incident ruin your
motivation or your commitment to your diet or exercise regime. It
happens to everyone, but if you're one of the people who is able to
pick yourself up and fix the fence you'll be able to keep losing
weight and get healthier.
I hope this story has helped you to understand that not all is lost
if your resolve waivers for a day or a week, or what have you. You
are the boss of yourself and you can chose to return to eating
healthy foods and working out on a regular basis without any fear.
Trust in yourself and make sure you keep your eyes focused on the
goal since that's what keeps us all motivated.
Nathalie Lussier maintains the All Around Success Article Directory. She is also the owner of of a healthy weight loss web site and you can find out more about her at her weblog.
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