5 Reasons Why I Gave Up on Diets
Why I Gave Up Dieting I have a button that I bought at a novelty shop that reads: It took a lot of willpower but I finally gave up dieting It was sold as a kind of gag but I bought it for the literal truth it was.
I used to follow various diets over the years giving up this and shunning that.
But one day I reached my breaking point and threw it all away.
Since then I've never been happier, healthier and leaner.
Besides those obvious reasons I also had the following motivations: -I was tired of being so confused.
Each diet theory claims to be the one true answer, but after 15 years of doing it all, I couldn't find any consistency.
While one diet was against carbs another was for them.
While some diets are all about what's natural, others are all about buying stuff in pill or powder form.
I figured that if there was one true answer then only one solution would ever work and nothing else would work at all.
-All of the rules started to seem so trivial.
Along with all of the contradiction, I grew a feeling like none of the rules really mattered all that much.
How important could it be to stick to a set of trivial rules when I was able to lose weight and stay healthy without sticking to those rules? -I grew tired of the emotional rollercoaster.
Diets gave me a sense that my self-worth was linked to what was on my plate.
One minute was I noble and righteous, another I was unworthy scum.
It started to seem silly that a few candies should carry the emotional weight as lying to a best friend.
-I wanted to live for more than food Too much of my time and energy was spent making sure I could stick to my diet.
It was like each day was a new battle field filled with temptation and fault.
Food is important, but I decided my time was best spent on things other than planning every meal down to the smallest detail.
-I was sick of fighting cravings.
Few things in life are more futile than fighting a long-term craving.
If you "give in" you feel guilty and if you don't you feel deprived.
It's a lose-lose if I there ever was one.
Funny enough when the diets ended so did the cravings.
I always thought I needed a diet to help me take control over my eating, but it turned out I didn't have control until I took it back from the diet.
I used to follow various diets over the years giving up this and shunning that.
But one day I reached my breaking point and threw it all away.
Since then I've never been happier, healthier and leaner.
Besides those obvious reasons I also had the following motivations: -I was tired of being so confused.
Each diet theory claims to be the one true answer, but after 15 years of doing it all, I couldn't find any consistency.
While one diet was against carbs another was for them.
While some diets are all about what's natural, others are all about buying stuff in pill or powder form.
I figured that if there was one true answer then only one solution would ever work and nothing else would work at all.
-All of the rules started to seem so trivial.
Along with all of the contradiction, I grew a feeling like none of the rules really mattered all that much.
How important could it be to stick to a set of trivial rules when I was able to lose weight and stay healthy without sticking to those rules? -I grew tired of the emotional rollercoaster.
Diets gave me a sense that my self-worth was linked to what was on my plate.
One minute was I noble and righteous, another I was unworthy scum.
It started to seem silly that a few candies should carry the emotional weight as lying to a best friend.
-I wanted to live for more than food Too much of my time and energy was spent making sure I could stick to my diet.
It was like each day was a new battle field filled with temptation and fault.
Food is important, but I decided my time was best spent on things other than planning every meal down to the smallest detail.
-I was sick of fighting cravings.
Few things in life are more futile than fighting a long-term craving.
If you "give in" you feel guilty and if you don't you feel deprived.
It's a lose-lose if I there ever was one.
Funny enough when the diets ended so did the cravings.
I always thought I needed a diet to help me take control over my eating, but it turned out I didn't have control until I took it back from the diet.
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