The MOST important element of success with a fat-loss diet is to have a healthy relationship with food. This means among other things that:
Fat loss diets DO NOT strengthen your relationship with food, they strain it. If it starts weak, it might fail and disordered thoughts and eating patterns may result… some of them long-term in nature.
If you don’t have the healthiest relationship with food, working on that BEFORE starting a diet is imperative.
There’s no rush to get healthy and certainly no rush to get lean. If you do it right, you can spend a lifetime looking your best and being healthy. If you do it wrong and rush the process, you may find yourself fighting diet-created demons that are even tougher than the ones that pushed you into dieting too fast in the first place.
I’m on a seafood diet. I see food, and I eat it. Except for cake, because that’s a lie. That’s not food, it’s happiness.
I’m not losing weight, I’m just letting my inner skinny person out for some fresh air.
My gym membership expired. Now I have to lift my spirits instead of weights.
I tried counting calories, but apparently, they’re like rabbits and they multiply too fast for me to keep up.
I’m not on a diet, I’m just eating healthier. Except for the occasional pizza. And ice cream. And nachos.
lost 10 pounds in two weeks. Unfortunately, it was the same 10 pounds I’ve been losing and gaining for the past year.
I’m not chubby, I’m just easy to see.
I tried to join a support group for weight loss, but it was so crowded I couldn’t get through the door.
I lost weight by running away from the fridge.
My favorite exercise at the gym is a cross between a lunge and a crunch. I call it ‘lunch’.
I told my pants I’m losing weight. Now they’re starting to take it literally and falling off.
