Anti-affirmations

shelbyfrootcake
shelbyfrootcake Posts: 965 Member
edited October 1 in Motivation and Support
Today I feel hateful towards diets. And I don't mean that I hate the label or the connotation that its a fad instead of a lifestyle change. What I mean is I'm hating the notion of having to limit myself for the rest of my life. I hate having to always 'be good'. I hate feeling guilty for not exercising because I'm out enjoying my life. I hate that I dislike my body just enough to feel the need to live like this. I hate how easy it is to fall off the wagon by eating a solitary cupcake. I hate that I'd told I'm over my sugar allowance because I've had two pieces of fruit. Most of all I hate that my love of food (all food, not just the naughty stuff) has been bastardised into this negatively skewed obsession.

Positive motivation is all well and good but sometime everyone must feel like just having a rant.

What do you hate/dislike/feel mildly aggrieved by through your 'dieting'?

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  • shelbyfrootcake
    shelbyfrootcake Posts: 965 Member
    Really???? Noone dislikes anything? Am I the only person not bouncing off the walls with jollies about diets/exercise etc?
  • Jelleebean
    Jelleebean Posts: 212
    i miss chocolate binges. limiting myself to 1 or 2 packets of thinsations throughout a day, when it used to be nothing to sit and have 1 or 2 'family sized' chocolate bars in a sitting.
    it's the calorie counting, and worrying about going over my intake alotment for the day when i used to just pile anything i wanted into my system.
    it's the fact that just the thought of french fries... my fast food best friend, makes me queezy now...
    it's not the big picture that bothers me... it's all the little subtle changes...

    thanks Shelby... i feel a smidge better now :)
  • homeport51
    homeport51 Posts: 198 Member
    Before I started this, I went through a period of being really angry that I couldn't eat whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted and not wear it on my hips for the rest of my life. I have since accepted that. Food is my downfall... not even food... it is the desire that has been my problem.
    Stinkin' thinkin' just leads to trouble, so I just don't go there anymore. It is what it is.
    You certainly have a choice and you have chosen well, so figure out what you are really angry about and deal with that. You will feel much better in the long run.
  • jellyfishjen
    jellyfishjen Posts: 1,787 Member
    I hate that this is such a long journey. I hate that it can take me a week to lose 300grams and a day to put on a kilo.
  • shelbyfrootcake
    shelbyfrootcake Posts: 965 Member
    Before I started this, I went through a period of being really angry that I couldn't eat whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted and not wear it on my hips for the rest of my life. I have since accepted that. Food is my downfall... not even food... it is the desire that has been my problem.
    Stinkin' thinkin' just leads to trouble, so I just don't go there anymore. It is what it is.
    You certainly have a choice and you have chosen well, so figure out what you are really angry about and deal with that. You will feel much better in the long run.

    I'm not a Buddhist monk, I can't be zen and accepting all the time. Denying yourself the right to be moody from time to time is denying a fundamental part of personality. There's nothing wrong with being angry about things sometimes. I listed what it was I was really angry about and I feel better simply for the cathartic experience of getting it off my chest and now knowing that other people have gripes as well.
  • shelbyfrootcake
    shelbyfrootcake Posts: 965 Member
    i miss chocolate binges. limiting myself to 1 or 2 packets of thinsations throughout a day, when it used to be nothing to sit and have 1 or 2 'family sized' chocolate bars in a sitting.
    it's the calorie counting, and worrying about going over my intake alotment for the day when i used to just pile anything i wanted into my system.
    it's the fact that just the thought of french fries... my fast food best friend, makes me queezy now...
    it's not the big picture that bothers me... it's all the little subtle changes...

    thanks Shelby... i feel a smidge better now :)

    Family sized is a lie. It really means tasty but naughty sized. No family could really share that size bar without a fight. ;P
  • shelbyfrootcake
    shelbyfrootcake Posts: 965 Member
    I hate that this is such a long journey. I hate that it can take me a week to lose 300grams and a day to put on a kilo.

    Thank you!! How does that happen? How is that even physically possible???? Nature and physics are cruel mistresses in some areas, that is one of them.
  • josaleigh
    josaleigh Posts: 73
    I hate the chains and restaurants that add so much crap to your food that you can't have a decent meal out without torturing your body. I hate the processing centers that load the food with crap so it sells quickly and with high profit without regard to what they are doing to the people that buy their products. I hate the mass marketing garbage pushed on my kids (and myself) for years until we are brainwashed into thinking this is how we should eat. I hate that as a Single parent (which I no longer am, thank goodness) I can't afford the good, healthy stuff for my children without nearly breaking my budget, the fresh veggies and fruits they would prefer. My kids are weird...

    If we are going to hate something, lets hate the things that got our society here. It sucks counting calories, but wow has it been an eye opener for me and my family. When a nice steak dinner with starch and veggies at home has the same calories as a single double-cheeseburger...something is WRONG.

    I won't even get into the hormones in the beef for now...
  • shelbyfrootcake
    shelbyfrootcake Posts: 965 Member
    ^^ Agreed.

    The fact that even the good restaurants cook everything with cream/butter/more cheese than you can wave a stick at etc is a nightmare.
  • Felesina1
    Felesina1 Posts: 142
    Lifestyle changes are the hardest - especially when it comes to limiting or eliminating things your like; yet see others eat without any problems. Just remember that is what cheat/off days are for - to help with the acceptance and cravings for all the crap! No one said this was easy or a perfect system. Just when you think you've got it figured out, your body adjusts and you have to start again with an new/improved version of what you've been doing. I actually find it amazing that our bodies are so mechanized and optimal at working with and thru what we put into it to adapt so quickly. Just keep on keeping on. Have your moody days where your unhappy with anything and everything; then remember why you are going down this path with either a previous picture on your bathroom mirror, or a goal written out on your mirror, or a yellow poke-a-dot bikini where you see it everyday. Good luck and happy catharsis!
  • Jelleebean
    Jelleebean Posts: 212
    i miss chocolate binges. limiting myself to 1 or 2 packets of thinsations throughout a day, when it used to be nothing to sit and have 1 or 2 'family sized' chocolate bars in a sitting.
    it's the calorie counting, and worrying about going over my intake alotment for the day when i used to just pile anything i wanted into my system.
    it's the fact that just the thought of french fries... my fast food best friend, makes me queezy now...
    it's not the big picture that bothers me... it's all the little subtle changes...

    thanks Shelby... i feel a smidge better now :)

    Family sized is a lie. It really means tasty but naughty sized. No family could really share that size bar without a fight. ;P

    that was why i did 'family sized, in quotes'. :D one of those 100g bars is supposedly 2.5 servings. HA.
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