I only ate the cake because it was my coworker’s birthday.
So-and-so pressured me to go out to eat.
I had a long day, so I deserve this dessert
Have you ever found yourself saying phrases like these?
If you have, you might be breaking one of the cardinal rules of weight loss, and that is accepting personal responsibility for your eating and other weight management choices. When weight loss doesn’t come as easily as you might wish, there could be the temptation to pin those shortcomings on someone or something else. Blaming others and making excuses won’t help you lose weight. At the end of the day, the buck stops with you.
So, if you recognize that your sense of personal responsibility about your weight could use a boost, here are some ways you can get yourself into the right mindset: MORE …
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You bounce out of bed at 6am and head off to the gym for an hour-long sweat. After a good workout, you have a nutritious, veggie omelet with juicy ripe tomatoes you picked from your garden. The kids are already up and dressed, eager to get to school. You hit all of the green lights on the way to work, where you breeze through morning meetings and then have a fresh tossed salad with just the perfect amount of flavor. After a fun, productive afternoon you head home where a delicious, healthy dinner is already served on the kitchen table. Feeling satisfied, you play some board games with the family and head off to a peaceful slumber before doing it all again the next day.