by Maria's Last Diet
Much of what we think of as
“can’t stick to my diet” can be put under the heading of “can’t solve a
problem”.
Dieting is one of those life
situations where if you can’t do it easily, there’s a problem in the way. The
problem requires an effective means of solving it. There can be more than one
way to solve the problem. But, at the very least, one way must be found.
Once a solution is arrived
at, it needs to be implemented so that it gets you to your goal—solving the
problem so you can stay on your diet and lose the weight for good.
Research comparing weight-loss
diets shows it is not the diet that counts; it is being able to get on the diet
and stay on the diet you choose that makes the real difference.
Willpower alone is an
unreliable source of energy for adhering to a dieting regimen. Willpower is
easily depleted. Instead of counting on willpower, a dieter is more likely to
stay on her diet plan if she solves whatever personal problems are interfering.
Examples of such problems are: vulnerability to temptations, emotional eating, feeling
deprived, negative thinking, hard to break habits, and low self-confidence.
When it comes to the
“sticking-to-it” part of a diet, the dieter is usually left on her own.
“Stick-to-your diet” helpers are not available the way food plans are.
Let’s take a look at some
problems that threaten dieting and see how a “stick-to-your diet” helper can
help solve them.
What if you can’t get
started dieting? You think: I have absolutely no idea how to
get motivated. I need to lose 30 lbs, no doubt about it, but I can’t get
motivated enough to start.
Or: you eat secretly. What could you do instead of
eating secretly? You have no idea. Can you take a walk? Can you take yourself
away from the refrigerator and take a bath instead? No, those things are
totally unsatisfying. So what can you do?
What if you get so hungry that you eat everything
in sight while making dinner for the family? When you’re hungry, sometimes even
just a little bit hungry, you lose control. There’s no way to put the brakes
on. You can tell something drastic is needed.
Here’s where you need help with your dieting that
goes beyond what your diet has to offer. The diet’s food plan can’t help you
with those hard-to-solve personal dieting issues. A honest-to-goodness
stick-to-it dieting helper, though, would be the right kind of help. It could
help you to:
· First:
zero in on the problem and make it crystal clear
· Next: come
up with a solution to your problem
· Then:
devise a plan to put your new solution right into action
· After that: see
where your plan could get hung up
· And last: fine-tune
your plan to make doubly sure it works.
A dieting helper like this would make dieting a lot
easier. It would give dieters the same kind of help on the psychological side
of dieting that the food plan gives them on the dietary side.
Psychologist, Kenneth
Schwarz Ph.D. of MariasLastDiet.com, recently developed just such a
“stick-to-your diet” helper. This new “stick-to-your diet” helper is called
Diet Tuffy. It does not replace your diet’s food plan. It is universal and can
partner with any diet plan. It is on the internet at www.diettuffy.com for
women dieters to use.
Diet Tuffy helps a woman
solve the problems that have been preventing diet adherence. The Diet Tuffy
system guides women dieters through all the essential parts of solving a
problem. It has been developed and designed as a help-yourself, internet
game—easy to access—that can be used over and over again to solve personal
problems that threaten successful dieting.
So wherever you are in the dieting process—thinking
about it, trying to get started, having trouble staying the course—take a look
at this new dieter’s helper, Diet Tuffy, and get help with your personal
dieting problem(s). Make the work of dieting a lot easier for yourself.
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