Stop stopping: Amber Sandberg: 276

Do you find you start and stop your your weight loss journey?

You decide you are so over talking about your weight, and so this is going to be it, you are finally going to to do it. You buy the books, you get the food, you buy a journal to write in, you have a plan, colored pens and you are ready to go. Week two comes around the corner and you are over everything you set out to do. Maybe you have been working out hard and feel too sore and can’t keep going so you want to give up.  Maybe you expected to work out really hard and lose weight and you have yet to see the scale move and you feel defeated. You are done making eggs, eating veggies and protein, you are so bored out of your mind that you can’t see yourself doing this one more day.

Next thing you know, you are going through the drive through of your favorite place, telling yourself that this is too hard and it’s not going to work anyway.  When we want to solve our problems with food this is where we want to start quitting.  We want to numb out, escape our feelings, and we think that our tried and true foods will help us avoid that discomfort. But what happens after we have eaten those foods to try so solve our problems is we start to feel guilt or shame for feeling like we let ourselves down which then we want to go eat more to run away from those uncomfortable feelings.  When we try to solve our problems with food, it only last for a little bit that relief before that rush of thoughts that come in and say  I can never stick to eating plans, I am never going to reach my goals.  So what makes us want to stop,  what is different from yesterday to today? Hear what I have to say about this topic and more on the podcast.

 

Hey, have you grabbed your free copy of  “How to get going with weight loss again” worksheet?  If not, make sure to do so! Head over to mominspiredshow.com/routine and get a copy that teaches you how to easily get back into your routine. Sometimes we get off routine by traveling, stress, family obligations etc. so this is what I love to use when I am ready to get back into my routine to go after my goals to lose weight or stay in maintenance.

 

If you liked this episode make sure to check out the episode I did where I talk about are your habits sustainable?  https://mominspiredshow.com/are-your-habits-sustainable-amber-sandberg-272/