HOw to get out of the I'll start tomorrow mentality

wheezybreezy

This may sound odd, but I try to separate myself from the "voices" in my head. I know deep down that I want to do what's right/healthy because that's what will bring me happiness. The real me is good!

The voices that chatter in my head sometimes aren't very good, though. But I don't have to let them have power over me - they are just random thoughts that I can choose to believe or not believe:
"Chocolate will make you happy - lots of it!."
"You'll feel better after a second plateful of pasta."
"Everyone deserves to have cheesecake once in a while."
"It will be easy to start your diet tomorrow."

So when I start having one of these thoughts, I try to recognize it as an invader that doesn't belong in my head. I remind myself that I can just tell it to go away. It helps to think of the bad thought as a separate entity that's not connected to me. I hope that doesn't make me sound completely psycho!

I'm still learning to catch myself in time, and I fail sometimes, but I'm getting better at telling the harmful voices to take a hike!

Definitely not odd. I think I'll start trying this. I've tried talking $h!t to myself, but it just makes me feel worse and I end up failing again.

This is a much more positive approach though! Thank you!

arcticfox04

Just start logging everything right now. Don't worry about calorie goal or anything. When to get use to logging then start worrying about getting to a certain calories & macro goals.

CynthiasChoice

Just start logging everything right now. Don't worry about calorie goal or anything. When to get use to logging then start worrying about getting to a certain calories & macro goals.

Great advise!!

hooperkay

Start again today.

this^^^ but right now! I started mid day...:)

BamsieEkhaya

remember the scale and weigh-in day

Deipneus

Ugh....how do you guys get out and stay out of this mentality. I can do somewhat well for a few days, then have one slip up and go into the "I'll start again tomorrow....or worse yet, on Monday, or next month" thinking. Then, of course, before "tomorrow or Monday" I go crazy until then! How do you avoid this??

I wish I had the answer. It's weird that I didn't do anything about getting fit for years and years and years and then one day last November, it was like someone flipped a switch in my brain. I haven't failed to log a day since that day. All I know is that this is as much mental and physical and nothing happens until we're ready.

Deipneus

Just start logging everything right now. Don't worry about calorie goal or anything. When to get use to logging then start worrying about getting to a certain calories & macro goals.

^^^ Makes sense!

NautiLife

I had a hard time scheduling a work out that I could stay consistant with everyday, then I saw a show where a guy made his employees do push ups after using the bathroom, although a joke he gave me a good idea of "Piss ups" and "sh*tups" every time you go #1 you walk out of the bathroom and rock out 10 push ups and every time you go #2 it's 20 situps. It's like having a personal assisant scheduling your workout for you. Tape a piece of paper on the bathroom door to log your events and you will find on average 40 push ups a day and 20-40 situps a day. Any workout past that is just added calories burned.:happy:

jazzalea

just get your @ss moving.... everything you do is burning calories... move a little more and burn them a little faster... accept that it won't happen over night... but it WON"T ever if you don't start..... and look how much time you've wasted already

disclaimer: not saying I know what I'm talking about..... just talking about what I know :flowerforyou: