If you know you are going to go out to eat and its one of those places where you typically eat to much or order fatting food, then mentally prepare before hand. That will help in two ways:
- You can cut back on the calories before hand to help mitigate the extra calories at dinner and/or
- Mentally prepare yourself to manage what you eat at dinner. Maybe something a little lower fat from the menu.
My issues is with Mexican Food. I love chips and salsa. My problem is I can eat about 4 baskets of chip and salsa by myself. So tonight I’m having dinner with friends at a Mexican restaurant so I’m mentally preparing myself to limit the chips and salsa and plan on ordering something ala cart from the menu. I’ll let you know how this works out.
One thing to consider, don’t make your new healthful eating and unpleasant experience. It a new lifestyle you are after. So find a way to accomplish eating right and enjoy life at the same time. It just takes a little work.
To many time I have uttered the words, “if I could just drop a few pounds”. Sometime I do, sometimes I don’t. It finally occurred to me that I was living the “HAVE-DO-BE” scenario. Many of us live our lives wanting a result and agonizing over not achieving our goal. It is typically because we start from the wrong in. We say “I want to lose weight”, or “I want to get into shape” or “If I could have a good relationship I would be happy”. You are living the “Have-Do-Be” approach to life.
I believe this is what keeps most of us from turning our dreams into our life style.
Be happy and you will have a good relationship. If you “BE” what it is you want, you will “DO” the things that are needed to “HAVE” the thing you desire.
3 Easy Steps:
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BE - Commit yourself to your goal (healthful living, Be a Runner, Be a Doctor)
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DO – Align your life style with your values. (Eat right, exercise, Give of yourself, study hard.)
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HAVE – Feel better about yourself spiritually, more fulfilled, physically stronger with more energy, more knowledgeable.
Oh by the way, if you are BEING healthy you might just lose the weight you don’t need.
If you know you are going to go out to eat and its one of those places where you typically eat to much or order fatting food, then mentally prepare before hand. That will help in two ways:
