Do you want to be fit and happy? Read this. Fit and miserable? Don't read this.

So, I was having an interesting chat last night with a client. We were talking about strategies for when she's faced with all sorts of tempting treats i.e., a party, event, get together, etc.

She said she didn't want to feel deprived. (Notice how we only feel deprived in the face of temptation?) And if she did, eventually, she'd overindulge.

The key here is:

over

indulge.

(See what I just did there?)

No one ever gained a lot of weight from one meal.

Or from one treat...

People gain weight, and excessive amounts of weight, from overeating consistently.

I want to be fit and happy. NOT fit and miserable. And I certainly don't want you to be fit and miserable.

Here's the challenge: Do you truly believe you can have a cookie or a piece of cake?

Then she said something I loved. She said,  "I'd like to be able to try something if it seems interesting."

I love that word.

Yes!

If I'm going to a restaurant that is known for xyz then xyz = interesting. If you're going to your favorite restaurant that = interesting. If someone bakes their "famous" cookies that = interesting.

Uninteresting, even though it seems interesting at times ---> bags of candy and chips, packages of cookies, most types of bread, etc. Things that you can get in any corner of the world. Hint: usually, they're in packages.

Is it really and truly worth it? That's the question.

And if it seems really interesting then by all means go for it. Yes, enjoy that dessert or enjoy that burger - if it seems truly interesting.

Here's where I need us to be careful though: There's a huge difference between indulging and overindulging.

Eating a pint of Ben & Jerry's is overindulging.

That literally can negate an entire week's worth of effort. Having a scoop or two is a different story but make sure you really want it, and aren't eating to change the way you feel.

"But I don't want to feel deprived!" is something I hear a lot.

I hear ya.

The reason why it's seems like deprivation is because food is the reward in our mind.

There's nothing wrong with enjoying food. But let's try to not use it as a reward.

The way to be fit and happy is to indulge only when it's really and truly worth it. The way to be fit and miserable is to never indulge.

For example, not indulging at all during birthdays, dinners with friends, holidays, special occasions, etc., is a perfect way to be fit and miserable.

I would never, ever, recommend that.

Because those things don't happen that often.

And if they do, you're in a fortunate position, and it's time to raise the bar of what's really and truly worth it.

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By the way, I have a really easy way of determining whether something is really and truly worth it.

And because I'm curious to see who reads all the way down to the bottom of these things, here's what I'm going to do.

Simply send me an email (adam at mybodytutor dot com) with the subject line "I want to be fit and happy" and I'll manually send you the easy way to determine if something is really and truly worth it.

-Adam

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