Timing ,Driving Force,Objectives,Strategy
Timing: the best time to go on a diet is when your energies are high. When are your energies high? For most people it's when good things are happening in their lives, when everything is going smooth. But you can also find high energies when you are in a crisis. when everything is falling apart around you & in your life.
Maybe a diet, some order in your eating regimen is the only thing you CAN do. Sometimes one feels that he has no control over the events of his/her life,and here is one thing a person can control. We CAN control the things we enter our mouth. It's in our hands in more then one sense. So there is at least one aspect in your life that you are able to be in control of. Taking charge of this aspect of your life, the food you let in through your mouth, I assure you, will make you feel a bit better about your existence.
So what do I say? I say time is not an excuse, time is a resource. The dimension of time is limitless, its here all the time.
Being here and now enables you to realize your abilities, your choices. Don't dwell on the things you call past, don't live in the future, and be attentive to feeling the essence of your existence here & now. If you choose that, you can see that there is always time for a diet, or for what ever you choose to enter into your life.
Driving Force: One needs a driving force, a reason to go on a diet, a reason to go changing ones routines .Every reason is good as long as it can hold for a while. It should be strong enough to hold a period of time in which you can start seeing results & be happy about them. Then you can go on, relying on other reasons you create to help you walk through the valley of diet.
The basic reason should be living .Not living to eat but eating to live. Life has much more to offer us humans then food. There are many other things we can nourish on. Our souls also need nourishment, and the diet they need isn't the same as the physical body needs. When you find the ways to feed your soul you find yourself less hungry and much more satisfied.
Objectives: put your intentions on some reasonable objectives. You can also put them on some crazy dreamy objectives. Just have some intentions set .Set them on easy diet or fast diet, set them on lean & muscular body ,set them on improving your health or improving your looks. Set them on finding a partner or on leaving one .Set them on climbing a mountain or running a race ,on winning a prize or on spiritual evolution .Whatever works for you, you choose ,you are the one to make the links ,you are the one to walk the way.
Once you set your intentions on an objective start walking the way toward it. Make small objectives along the way .Small in the sense of easy to achieve, like short term decisions .Things you CAN do, things you can succeed in. You want to pave your way with small successful steps. If your objectives are too high or big you might get discouraged or break your diet. For example you can tell yourself that in the next hour you are not eating or drinking anything. If it's too easy take a bigger one like, today I don't eat any chocolate. I hope you got the drill.
Strategy:Each of us knows his/her weak spots ,its time to find a way to overcome them .You shouldn't do it face to face ,its more difficult that way , & even if you can do it ,how long can you hold ?For example, you don't eat anything for a whole day, that's a face to face strategy.Ok, some of you can hold a few days( -it's a Chinese method called refusing food Qi- Gong-I tried it , its not for a diet) . In a diet you need to find your balanced way of eating, a one you can keep on using fully or partly after you achieved your objectives. So you don't fight eating by stopping to eat, you come from the sides, you need strategy. An example for strategy will be not to have too much food stored in your house, or not to buy or have stocks of things you cannot resist. Have a minimal supply for one day, for a lean day .Have more vegetables as substitutions. It's hard to stand the temptations once they are within your reach. It's easier to overcome the thoughts about them when they are not present.
Mostly remember to be generous with yourself, love yourself. Look at the knotty kid in you, remember that you know all his games & excuses & hiding places. Try being there waiting for him. & sometimes let the kid in you have his wins, knowing that you see him & you let him win just this once.
Also you should know that there are many ways to get something done. Don't be fixed on one way. Not all the ways suit everybody. Choose a way with a heart, a one that is good for you. Be flexible and open to changes.
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This article was written by Gazit Cohen for http:// www.mavmadiet.com where you will find valuable information, reviews, articles and nutrition tips before you make an investment in a quality diet plan.
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