Saboteurs are people and thoughts that are going to sabotage you when you are at all weak in your bid to better yourself. I can identify many internal and external forces that will try to stop me from what I want on an almost daily basis. Lets start with the outside forces first and then we can start blaming ourselves after that.
External saboteurs are family, friends and coworkers and can always be identified by their compassion for what you are doing. Lets see if you can pick out any of these terms: "Well it's not like I make cookies every day" or "You have sure been working hard at it, why not take a day off and go shopping?" or "You must be really proud of yourself for the changes, do you even miss chocolate at all?". These are all examples of the way that people try to be nice but feel like maybe you are sacrificing too much. If you look back now on how your life was a few months ago it probably seemed a lot less exciting, you had a rhythm and schedule you were happy with and that rut was comfortable for you, think about how others around you feel. Almost all people have a rut that they get in that makes their life comfortable and when they see someone either really excel or make a lot of changes at once it makes them uncomfortable it makes them feel that their lives are inadequate and it makes them want to make sure that they are not being left behind. Other people can not be blamed completely for their feelings as you always have an out with them saying that you just felt like making changes and are happy with the way things are going and oh yes of course I miss the chocolate.
Internal Saboteurs are much more dangerous. Just as others do not want to see things around them change quickly your mind reels from this as well. Every time you give up a bad food your body and mind will ask you why things were some bad and why are you sacrificing again. Every time you try a different kind of workout your body and mind will complain that things were going well before and that you are wasting voluble energy and are still to sore from before to make this change. I always am happy when I make a change in my life as I have fluctuated in the past from being in great control of my level of fitness, my diet and my exercise and have let them slip away easily again this is some times a part of life, when you are not looking your body decides to take a vacation.
There are some really great ways to make sure that your life continues in the right direction and that is with proper goals and with reasons behind these goals. I want to cover this in depth tomorrow so today just look around and see what maybe looming on the horizons for things that are painful to you that may be trying to break the spirit of your change and try to write these things down. I have written down ideas in the past and then when I went back to them months later am shocked to see what I had thought of before. Sometimes I kick myself for not implementing those great ideas I had in the past and forgot about but you can probably see from that statement what one of my problems has always been.
Bill Nadraszky is a lifelong health and fitness junkie. You can see more about Diet, Fitness and exercise at http://www.nadraszky.com/fitness
efficient cleaning crew Northbrook ..There have been many diets and weight loss plans that... Read More
Finding Mad Cow in Oregon puts a new wrinkle in... Read More
Weight loss plans come in all shapes and sizes. Some... Read More
I learned about gaining weight when I heard the question... Read More
Dieting is not easy. If it were, we would probably... Read More
Use these tips to turbo charge your weight loss program.Take... Read More
Many people limit themselves to one soda a day especially... Read More
Do you know what the words really mean on food... Read More
The market is flooded with weight loss supplements that make... Read More
The scourge of obesity has reached such gigantic proportions across... Read More
Dieting will continue to fail most dieters, unless personalized weight... Read More
"I am going to start a diet tomorrow". How many... Read More
"THE SECRET REMEDY OF THE ANCIENT WARRIORS"Since what would seem... Read More
Hypertension is another name for high blood pressure. Blood pressure... Read More
Weight loss surgery is fast becoming a very popular way... Read More
Over the last 30 years, research into food and blood... Read More
Any dietary plan on the market has some portion of... Read More
FACT: Obesity accounts for 300,000 deaths a year in the... Read More
At the University of Illinois, a new research found that... Read More
Now I know you're always asking yourself questions.You know the... Read More
Obesity is a disease that is not caused by a... Read More
One Reality TV show, The Swan, thrives on makeovers. Often... Read More
Axiom Number Two: Hunger ControlTrying to lose weight without understanding... Read More
Here are 7 simple habits that can help anyone enjoy... Read More
Here are 5 solutions to slimming:1. Set Mini-Goals: Try setting... Read More
cleaning lady near Wilmette ..What is negative calorie effect? Whatever food we eat,... Read More
In a culture of blame-shifting we often look for someone... Read More
When we discover that we are heavier than we want... Read More
Motivation is a factor often overlooked when it comes to... Read More
Are you one of the many people who feel frustrated... Read More
Plan to eat two to three hours and pack health... Read More
If you've been pursuing a lighter, healthier version of yourself,... Read More
In this age being ignorant is like committing a crime.... Read More
According to the American Obesity Association, an astounding 64.5 percent... Read More
This is a layman marketer's observations on diets and weight... Read More
We all have aspects of health we want to improve.... Read More
I do not smoke, never have, and admit to being... Read More
Yesterday, out of the blue, without any foreboding gossip or... Read More
Going away for your holidays will also bring with it... Read More
Are you concerned about the lack of exercise your child... Read More
Diet tips for losing weight abound. Some are good, some... Read More
WEIGHT LOSS:Nutrition and weight-loss researchers say that some supplements can... Read More
Negative calorie foods are said to use more calories to... Read More
Maybe you've heard about body dysmorphia ? it's a mental... Read More
Good health is an invaluable bliss and you cannot simply... Read More
Weight loss programs often have big claims. Understand the "science"... Read More
For years we heard that a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet would... Read More
The average American eats about twice as much protein than... Read More
According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, writing... Read More
Any dietary plan on the market has some portion of... Read More
Weight Loss |