It’ll take some discipline and
willpower in the beginning, but after a few weeks,
you’ll see how your new routine will become the norm.
1) Eating late at night – make yourself a meal bedtime.
Put eating to sleep at 6, or 7, or 8 o'clock, whatever
is realistic for you. Make your eating bedtime at
least two hours before you actually go to bed.
2) Not exercising – Get a friend to join you three days
a week for a walk before you start your day. Make a
commitment to each other and hold each other
accountable. You may want to impose a penalty – $10
every time you miss a workout?
3) Eating too much sugar, bread or fast food - It’s
tough to reduce intake. Easier, I have found, to take it
out altogether. So if sugar, or coffee, or soda is your
nemesis, take that option off the table, entirely. You
will be amazed at how powerful, and healthy, you feel
once you do.
4) Beating yourself up – this is a big one. Do you look
at what you are wearing and pick out everything you
don’t like? Do you curse yourself for eating too much?
Stop it!
Becoming aware of what you are doing is the first step. When you notice yourself doing it, reverse it by saying something nice – even if you don’t believe it at first. Force yourself to praise yourself - surely you can find something that you appreciate about you.
This will change how you see yourself, how you feel
about yourself, and ultimately how you treat
yourself. That means the behavior that you have been
doing that has given you license to get down on yourself
will stop.
Healthy habits – get some.