One of the major problems with my diet is the people who love me. Always offering me something out of love, but which compromises my diet. This is a problem of an extra special nature for me.
FIRST - I grew up with parents and grand parents who lived through the depression. Food was important to them. It was a marker of their love and their success. “Clean your plate.” … “Don’t let the food go to waste.” … “Eat this, eat that, eat everything.” I heard that over and over again while growing up and it’s hard to break the habit learned as a child which says I must not let food go to waste!
SECOND - When I was young, food was equated with love in many ways. Good food, tasty food, LOTS of food was always a sign of love. Rejecting food hurt people’s feelings. I still find it hard to say NO when someone offers me something out of love.
It’s so easy to say YES. It makes people happy. It makes my conscience comfortable … EXCEPT … it opens up a buried feeling that I ’shouldn’t oughta’. I know I need to lose weight, but unless I give it conscious thought, I can easily lose my way.
A key for me is to keep my head in gear and keep my focus on the goal. I know how much weight I want to lose, but it’s not something I think about every moment. I DO need to keep it more in mind though whenever I’m offered something that I know I shouldn’t have.