Get Motivated to Begin Your Diet Now
The Myth of Monday as the Day to Start Your Weight Loss Journey
Sep 26, 2009
Monday is the start of the work week. It is also the most popular day to start a new diet or get back on track with an old one. In the world of diets and exercise, Monday is synonymous with a new beginning. It is the day your health slate is wiped clean and you get a chance to be the healthy, slim person you’ve always wanted to be. Monday is the day that almost everyone succeeds in following their new diet and exercise plan. It is the day that your motivation and determination are strong, when even your co-worker’s birthday cake cannot tempt you to stray from your new commitment.
Tuesday Brings a Weaker Willpower
Tuesday is a whole other story. Tuesday is the day you pack five extra grapes for your lunch instead of the ten allowed by your diet program. Tuesday is the day you start to wonder if you can skip the grapes and have a small piece of the leftover birthday cake in the refrigerator at work. If it’s the same amount of calories, does it really matter? For some, this does not happen until Wednesday or Thursday. On rare occasions, when someone is young, fresh and perhaps taking an appetite suppressant, this does not happen until a few weeks after the start of a new diet. But eventually everyone falls off the diet.
Diets are Hard!
Diets are hard. It doesn’t matter what diet you are trying to follow. They are all hard. And don’t be fooled by those diets that are disguised as “a healthy lifestyle.” Those are diets too. And they are still hard. If you are the type of person who is looking for an easy way to lose weight, you might as well give up now. There is no such thing. The good news is that it doesn’t matter what diet you choose to follow. They all work as long as you follow them. But that’s the catch. You have to follow the diet in order to succeed at losing weight. So how does anyone succeed at losing weight if everyone eventually falls off the diet?
What is the Secret to Weight Loss Success?
The only difference between someone who succeeds at losing weight and someone who does not is that the person who succeeds never gives up. They never stop trying. People who succeed at losing weight will have many slips and falls along the way, whether it is a few extra grapes for lunch or a big piece of their co-worker’s birthday cake. But when that happens, the successful dieter gets back on the diet program that same day. For a successful dieter, every day is Monday and every meal is a chance to start anew. A successful dieter does not see the slip as an end to the diet or as an excuse to eat whatever they want for the rest of the day or the rest of the week until Monday comes again. A successful dieter views every meal as a chance to succeed, as a fresh start and a clean slate.
Make Every Day Your Monday!
If you want to lose weight, start right now at your very next meal. Do not wait until Monday. Make every day your Monday. View every meal as a chance to succeed. Forgive yourself for any slips or falls along the way and get right back on your program. You will succeed if you persevere. You will succeed as long as you do not give up.
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