DON’T SET YOUR GOAL AT LOSING A CERTAIN # OF POUNDS IN A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. This never works out, because our bodies simply don’t
operate that way. Losing the weight takes whatever time it takes, and you can’t
force it to happen in a pre-set time frame.
DON’T PICK A DIET THAT SEEMS MUCH TOO STRICT TO YOU. This is
a perfect storm--a recipe for sure failure. Even if a diet is wildly popular, if
the food plan seems too hard to you right from the beginning, listen to your
instincts and find something that feels more doable.
DON’T START DIETING TO PLEASE SOMEONE ELSE. This may sound
trite to you--you’ve probably heard it many times. But it is as true a dieting
principle as there is. You can’t lose the weight for someone else. You’ve got to
have your own reasons. It’s the only way to be successful.
DON’T TRY TO DO TOO MUCH WHILE YOU ARE DIETING. Losing the weight requires a great deal of
effort and attention. If you take on too many other tasks and responsibilities
at the same time you are engaged in a serious dieting effort, it is almost certain
to interfere with dieting. Life doesn’t have to stop, but pick a time to start dieting when you are as free as possible from other very pressing demands.
DON’T MEASURE SUCCESS ONLY BY THE NUMBERS. Some weeks you may
lose less some of the weight, or possibly none at all. So if you measure your progress only
by # of pounds lost, you’ll be very disappointed. Instead, measure how you are
doing by the learning that’s taking place--for example, how your eating behavior
is changing, how you are learning to have a new relationship to food. These are
the true measures of weight-loss
success.
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