The Importance of Faith in your Diet
Just to make things clear, I want to define what faith is for me:
Faith is the belief that things are not random.
When you have faith, in God, in yourself or in a notion – you believe that good things can come true.
Faith is the opposite of cynicism, it means you are willing to trust.
All of these make faith an inherent part of your diet.
Faith is what helps us fight temptations
It reminds us that there is more to life than just this next moment,
It helps us understand that our hard toil will bear fruit one day.
It gives us the knowledge that we really can change for the better.
Without faith, it will be ten times harder to put in the required efforts to achieve your weight loss goals.
Now, let’s talk about crisis of faith.
This is what happened to me years ago, and it was disastrous.
After 6 months of dieting, I collapsed and went on week of gross overeating.
I gained most of the weight I lost within that week.
All of this happened because I had a crisis of faith.
I did not believe I can hold off temptations any longer,
I did not believe this diet will help me,
I did not trust myself to keep putting in the effort.
So I just gave up.
I have lost faith in myself,
I have lost faith in the notion of living a better life,
And to some degree I have lost some of my faith in God (I was that upset).
It took me a while, and a lot of help from my wife and my friends, before I realized that what actually happened was loss of faith.
The world has stayed exactly the same – It is me that changed, and not for the better.
All of this make the recognition a crisis of faith very important to your diet.
Because sometimes things won’t happen the way we want them,
Sometimes we’ll get weak and fall to temptations,
Sometime stress and routine will get the better of us and we’ll forget to workout.
These things happen.
You should know that, and forgive yourself for them.
You should not let it disrupt your efforts and stop your diet because of it.
If you lack faith in your abilities,
Find a way to restore it:
You can restore it by feeling compassion for yourself instead of anger.
You can restore it by reminding yourself of your goals and victories thus far.
You can restore it by focusing on what you can achive.
You can restore it by talking to a friend a relative or even a priest.
You have the power to really make a difference.
You always had it. You just have to find the right tools to do it with.
Let go of your cynicism.
Let go of your self-criticism.
Remember the faith does not necessarily mean that good things will happen each and every moment, it means that good things can and will happen eventually.
If you keep working hard, I’m positive you can reach your goals.
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