by Maria's Last Diet
When you are unsure about how well you will do at something you want to do well in, your self-esteem is always involved. This is certainly true if you are seriously trying to lose weight. How will your self-esteem fare through all the ups and downs of the weight loss process?
What’s been your experience? Have you suffered losses of self-esteem because of how poorly you did? Did your self-esteem take a turn for the worse when you tried with all your might not to blow your diet, but you blew it anyway? What about recovering your self-esteem? Did this happen when you didn’t eat away your feelings, but instead you expressed your feelings more directly than you ever thought you would?
As you can see, trying to lose weight presents a significant challenge to your self-esteem. You have to keep your self-esteem high enough so you don’t suffer from thinking poorly of yourself. To keep up their self-esteem while trying to lose weight, women engage in various self-esteem defenses. You probably used some of these self-esteem protectors yourself.
Setting up potential hindrances, such as leaving little time in the morning to get ready can cause the kind of tizzy that later on leads to high-calorie snacking for relief. Putting the kids first might be your mantra, but this could be another way to protect your self-esteem. If you fail to keep to your weight loss routine, it’s because the kids come first, and you’re proud of yourself for that. Sheltering yourself from anticipated failure by setting very low standards for weight loss is yet one more kind of self-esteem saver. In this case, you don’t lose weight, but you also don’t lose your self-esteem.