The Road to Weight Loss:

 

 

WEIGHT LOSS is not a short, straight line from Point A to Point B (dammit!), as this drawing so accurately depicts. If you think you should be strong enough, disciplined enough, have the willpower to adhere to a rigid diet without any room for straying, you will surely end in “failure”. There are times you will eat the chocolate bar (or three). The evening will come when you skip your workout for no valid reason. Not because you are weak- because you are HUMAN.

It’s amazing how hard I can be on myself if I have a single dietary discretion or a lazy weekend. And yet do I praise myself for every day that I successfully stay with my healthy eating program or push hard through a workout?  Nope- at least not until recently.

I suggest we all turn this around. Forgive yourself for slipping up- and then get right back on track. Equally important, give continuous praise to yourself for the steps you do take to improve your health and happiness. The more we criticize ourselves, the harder it is to stay on the path of healthy eating and exercise. I speak from experience.

 

-Catherine Bongiorno, Lift To Lose Fitness