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Where Did My Diet Go Wrong? Time Management
Time is something most people don’t consider when planning a diet.
But actually, time management and stress have a big influence on your diet and you should consider it carefully.
The best scenario for dieting is when you have plenty of time
That is of course not very common in our world:
You have to work,
You have to raise your kids,
You have to take care of all the little everyday things.
All of those interfere with your diet.
Here are some examples of things you can overlook when you don’t have enough time:
1. Cooking your own meals - when cooking for yourself, you have complete control of what you eat, you know what’s in it and you can make your food as healthy as possible.
2. Working out regularly - Very, very important aspect of dieting, you must workout as often as you can, do cardio at least 5 days a week (sounds impossible right?)
3. Avoid Fast Food - when you eat fast food, you are shooting yourself in the foot, it is the very worst thing to do in a diet, but it is such an easy and quick solution that sometimes we find it hard to avoid.
4. Sleep right - this is a subject that is not often spoken of in the world of weight loss, but like it or not, it’s important, you have to sleep at least 6 hours a night (preferably 7, or even and those 6 hours have to be consecutive, with no distractions.
Believe me, I know how hard it is when you have little kids waking you up in the middle of the night, and I know that in certain ages you have to wake up for your kid 2-3 times a night and there’s nothing you can do about it.
But I want you to know that it has an effect on your diet.
5. Stress - living the busy life can very easily add mental and physical stress without you even noticing.
In the context of diet, it means your judgment is lacking, you tend to take easy choices with instant benefits - which usually means fat or sweet foods instead of healthy food and slouching in front of the TV instead of exercising. Basically, you allow yourself to slip because you are stressed out.
And besides that, stress affects your mindset - and therefore affects your diet.
All of the above are only samples which can affect your diet without you knowing about it.
So now you know about the effect of time (or rather lack of it) on your diet.
But I don’t want to leave you with nothing to do about it.
I want you to look at the 5 samples above and pick the one you are most likely to be able to overcome.
Now, think about how you are going to invest the necessary time to accomplish it.
You will realize that it is not only about time,
It is basically about awareness,
If you’re aware, you can fix these little problems without investing a lot of time in it.
So please, go and think about it, but do it one problem at a time.
Good Luck,
David

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Stress is one factor that affects our lives and everything we do,
Our diet is no difference.
The main thing stress does to us is impairing our judgment,
While our judgment is relevant to everything we do, it’s the most important thing about keeping up with our diet.
How does this work?
When In stress, the mind tries to act as quickly as possible in order to reduce strees instead of accumulating it. In order to do that, the mind relies more on instinct/habits than on slower rational thinking.
We can phrase it as “putting out fires”.
By “putting out fires” I mean handling everything that comes your way quickly and moving on to the next mission. Usually – the next mission is another “fire”. So while you’re busying yourself with the symptoms – the real problem is far out of your reach.
This state of mind can be the result of many causes,
But I find the most common one is having too many duties and not having enough time.
When you have a family and you realize you are not in first priority anymore,
It is sometimes hard to focus on yourself and try to solve the real problems.
So what should you do?
The most simple and probably most meaningless answer is:
“Avoid being stressed”
Well, with that out of the way, I can move on to the real answers.
Because of the nature of stressed life, you have to program yourself to have a better automatic response when it comes to your dieting issues.
For example, try to cross fast food off of your list of options.
I know it comes as a quick and easy solution sometimes, but it does huge damage and should be avoided.
Also - you should think of “pitfalls” you usually fall into and focus on eliminating them.
I have a weakness for sweets, as many of us do,
So I make sure I don’t have sweets around me, but what do I say to my kids than?
I try to have sweets they like and I don’t like so I won’t be tempted, and I keep it in a designated cupboard I don’t get near to.
This way, when I’m stressed I don’t have a quick way to slip while I’m on autopilot and not really considering everything I put in my mouth.
But the most important thing to do with stress is to separate it from your diet.
Don’t let your everyday life be an excuse to not keeping up with your diet.
Don’t blame it on your job, your kids, or your mother.
It’s all on you!
I’m not trying to imply that managing stress and acquiring breaking automatic behaviors is simple – it’s not.
But if you want to keep yourself from failing your diet – I suggest you consider this seriously.
There is something else you have to consider - you have to realize that your diet is not a bad, evil monster that tries to ruin your life.
It’s a choice you made because you want to make your life better,
It is not a punishment!
It is a journey, and as such it can be long and sometimes hard.
But it has a finish line and you want to get there, because if you stop now, your next journey starts back at the beginning
Good Luck,
David H. Mason,

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Overeating is such a big word, It is so general and it can touch almost anybody.
In our community, overeating is almost like a curse.
I believe many of you think of yourselves as overeaters,
But there are different kinds of overeating and different kinds of solutions for them.
The most common overeating example is sweets,
It is not only applied to overweight people but to anyone with a weakness to sweets.
I have been there myself, tasting one little piece of chocolate made me go berserk and eat every sweet thing in sight, luckily I was too lazy to go out and get some more.
The best way to solve this is to never take this first bite,
I know it’s difficult, I’ve been there.
If it’s really hard for you, just forbid all sweets from your home and remove temptation.
Another kind of over eating is emotional eating.
I can assume most of us are familiar with that too.
Emotional eating is when you eat to relieve stress, feel better or out of boredom.
This is a slippery slope, try not to get there if you can.
If you already have emotional eating problems,
You should replace the food with another stress relieving method.
You should try eating sugar free gum instead of eating a sandwich when you know you are only eating emotionally and not out of hunger.
This brings me to the next example, habits.
Bad eating habits can often cause overeating even if you are not aware of it.
For example, if you are used to eat before going to sleep,
You are effectively damage your own dieting efforts.
And it is all just because your used to it, nothing more.
The simple solution is to start and check yourself,
What are you eating? When are you eating? and most importantly:
Why are you eating?
You will notice that you eat for so many reasons while only one of them is hunger.
The last and most complicated overeating example is addiction.
I know some people who define themselves as food addicts.
It is a very tough situation to be in and some of those people really believe they have no power over food.
I have heard people say stuff like:
“It’s stronger than me”,
“It’s not my fault I’m an addict”
“I just can’t stop eating”.
I’m sure you heard it too.
But it is definitely something you can fix.
You can go to a support group, you can even go to a psychologist.
I even heard of a mother whose refrigerator contains only her diet food and she has different compartments for her husband and kids.
Most cases of overeating can be sorted to one of these four examples.
So try being creative, you know yourself better than anyone else.
You should find out what works for you and do it.
I hope you take action and make a change for yourself, no one will do it for you.
Good luck,
David H. Mason,

For more information about dieting psychology, weight loss, fitness and nutrition you are welcome to visit my site:
www.LivingRightLosingWeight.com