Figuring Out When to Start a Diet
The process of starting a diet is probably one of the most difficult steps you can take when you’re getting started on the road to fitness. It’s not easy to commit to making changes in your life, especially if they are big changes, and it is all too easy to keep putting them off. Years later, you still may never actually get around to starting that diet.
Setting a specific date for a diet may not work either. Once again, it’s all too easy to push it back until you just forget about it. How many of us have said, “Oh, I’ll start my diet on Monday… Tuesday… Thursday…” and it just never gets done? If you don’t think that you can stick to a specific date or time, it’s probably best to avoid using this form of motivation to get on a diet.
Another major concern is the overall timing for your diet. There are things in our lives that we cannot control, and starting a diet in the middle of chaos is a great way to set yourself up to fail. Let’s look at a few big events that should never go hand in hand with a new diet.
Starting a new job –
This is a killer for many people. You want to make a good impression, you want to look your best, and naturally, you may think about dieting. However, with the added stress that comes with starting a new job, the need for the right kind of energy, dieting at this time is not ideal.
Right before school starts –
Once again, we’re dealing with a stressful event, whether you’re the one going to school, or your kids are. It’s all too easy to get swept away by activity and lose your focus on your diet. You’ll need extra energy and a strict diet at this time can just be too difficult to maintain.
Family crisis –
You can’t really plan these and they usually strike at the worst possible time. However, trying to diet through grief, or added stress is not recommended, especially if the diet is strict.
So, now that you know when to avoid starting a diet, when you should start? The best answer is today, right this second in fact (as long as one of the above events is not looming). Make that move right now to say I am now on a diet. I’m starting this second and I will not put off until tomorrow what I can get done today. It’s a cliché – but it works. Stop putting off your diet plans, but don’t beat yourself up if something outside of your control throws you off.
As soon as you are back on your feet and settled, start that instant towards getting back on your diet plan. The less time you waste, the less you put off the inevitable, the more likely you’ll be able to achieve your weight loss goals – starting today.
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Originally posted 2008-11-19 05:09:31. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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