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Staying Motivated for the Long Haul
Healthy Living | Last Active: Jan 29, 2023 | Replies (499)Comment receiving replies
@rosemarya - I'm learning, for me, that a little taste is better than no taste and keeps me from craving because mentally I feel less deprived. For example, while doing Jenny Craig I have finished my daughter's rootbeer (maybe 4 oz), eaten one forkful of her cheesecake, had 10 candy corns etc. with no negative impact on my weight loss. I find that if I don't have a taste then I have negative self-talk (I can't keep this healthy eating up, this stinks that I can't have anything sweet, this is too hard etc.) so a little treat actually keeps me on track. In the past I would have said, "I mind as well enjoy it" and drink an entire can of pop. Of course I can't do this with everything I see that I want so I have learned to decide what is really worth stealing a taste of. Obviously it would be best to have none of these things in the house but she had a birthday and I still need to cook for her.
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@lcamino Lynn, I am just the opposite, a little is rarely enough, so I end up eating too much. I am much better abstaining entirely.
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@contentandwell - As I have stated in past posts - you need to do what works for YOU and you know you CAN do it based on your past successes at getting healthy.
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You are lucky to be able to do that. I never could, pre-cancer. Part of the pleasure of eating was eating too much. Not having the stuff in the house was hugely important. It's amazing the lies we tell ourselves. Often I told myself that I needed to have the foods for my kids. I knew I was lying to myself as I was thinking it.