Some things that have clicked for me -  
1.  I stopped setting some ridiculous goal to be "ripped" in 12 weeks. I'm sure
for some, it can be done, but I've stuck with it longer when I gave myself
longer to do it.  I still set a goal though.
2.  If eat something unauthorized..so what...next meal eat better.
3.  If I went too far on a free day and the scale went up...so what..it's not
fat.  When I went back to eating right, the bloat went way and the scale went
right back to where it was.
4.  Calories.  Doesn't matter if it is healthy food or not.  Once I got my
calorie budget in order, clothes fit better, complements came, people
noticed, and the scale dropped which made me want to keep going.
5.  More fitness/food-related/diet books. Don't know why, but it keeps me
looking forward to the next thing to do.  
6.  Eating the same thing in cycles.  May not work for some people, but I eat
stuff in cycles.  Once I like some things, I'll eat them til I'm sick of it.  I
always know what the calories were in it, it takes some of the counting and
having to pay attention away and I enjoy it.  It makes things easier. Then I'll
cycle another set of foods and start the process all over.   
7.  Leigh Peele addressed something to the effect of the constant need to
cheat.  Basically just eat the cheat food rather than trying to eat well and
then buckling and eating the cheat food anyway.  At that point, you upped your
calories when if you just would've eaten the cheat food you wanted only, it may
not have been that bad.  This can't be done all the time but for certain times
of the month it made sense to me.
 
Liza

--- On Sun, 7/5/09, chichi_fcco <chichi_fcco@...> wrote:


From: chichi_fcco <chichi_fcco@...>
Subject: [Body for Life Women's Club] Starting over...again
To: bodyforlifewomensclub2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, July 5, 2009, 10:48 PM








I don't know why I cant stick with this!

I did something different this time, I actually WROTE my reasons for this
challenge and specifically detailed several patterns of action that I know I
need to change. I also wrote down a few rewards I will do for myself when I
reach some milestones (one, two, three months of discipline etc). If I can stick
to my plan for eight weeks I am going to reward myself with something I have
wanted to do my entire life...learn to surf!

My husband and my long time friend are also restarting tomorrow. Any hints on
how we can stick with it? For real this time??



















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