Discipline

I need some as well. There's a bag of M&Ms at my house, one from Costco! My boyfriend bought it over yesterday because he knows it's one of my favorite candies.

When results were more important to me than eating something I shouldn't, saying no was easy....

I've struggled with discipline for years. I've recently been seeing a therapist and this is what is now working for me....
If you're like me, you feel guilty and you're way too hard on yourself.
Instead of doing the bad thing while saying 'I shouldn't eat this. I should go run it off. I should do this. I should do that....' Stop using the word 'should'!!!!
Replace 'should' with 'want.' I have a list in my room with all of the things I want. "I want to love myself." "I want to feel confident in my body." "I want to be fit." When you're talking yourself in your head use the word 'want' also.
It's instantly more positive and self-loving. You'll notice the change. ❤️

Discipline is simply doing what you REALLY want to do. It's a string of choices of actions.

So in terms of weight loss it's doing what I need to do in order to reach my goal. It means writing down my food even if I'd rather not. It means stepping on the scale. It means making better food choices. It means sometimes passing up the easy but bad decision.

What it doesn't mean is being harsh. Sometimes I take a nap instead of my workout...I just have to make certain choices eating for the rest of the day. I have not given up chocolate chip cookies. I don't do workouts I don't enjoy.

ninerbuff wrote: »

ttfnweight wrote: »

So any tips for increasing self discipline?? Tried and true suggestions???

Consistent habitual behavior. If you exercise in the morning, put your clothes out in the same place. If you work out in the afternoon evening, make sure your bag is packed the night before (not the morning of).
Also being systematic in your eating helps. Meaning if you're eating the same things everyday (for at least a short period of time) you'll get used to routine.
It's when you're given unstructured options DAILY that everything starts going awry.

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Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

Pretty much this...

Establish routine and just do it...eventually it just becomes habit. Give yourself structure...pre-log if you need to...have a plan and follow through with the plan regardless of the feelz.

Habit and short-term goals.

Habit is ...
... doing a weekly grocery shop and buying the things at the grocery store which you know will fit within your calorie limit.
... getting off the bus a stop early every morning.
... taking the stairs (I think I've been inside the lift at work about 5 times in the last year).
... getting up and going for a walk at lunch, even if it is just to run a few errands.
... going for a walk after work.
... eating at the same time each day.
... eating similar foods at each of those times.

It's a comfortable routine. I don't need to fuss about what I'm going to eat or do for exercise ... it's just something that happens as normally as brushing my teeth, doing my laundry, loading and unloading the dishwasher, going to work, etc. etc.


And short-term goals ...

A couple weeks ago, I made the decision to ease back on my calorie intake a bit and to log regularly again in order to lose some Christmas weight. And I made the decision to stick with it until Australia Day (Jan 26). So far, so good! About 3 weeks isn't forever, it's doable. I will be taking a diet-break over the Australia Day long weekend, during which time I'll probably eat a few extra things (without going crazy), and then my plan is to get back to the logging and staying within my calories until the February long weekend. So if I happen to crave something higher calorie while I'm in a reduced calorie period ... I can wait until my next diet break to eat it.