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If you are experiencing deprivation in your current approach to weight loss then chances are you are in a diet mentality. If your current approach to weight loss is to restrict yourself or use words such as I can’t eat that or that is restricted then you are in a diet mentality. Imagine experiencing losing weight without the stresses of dieting. Imagine dropping body fat eating foods like burgers, chocolate, Mexican food. Impossible you might say? Not so. We’ll look at the signs of a diet mentality thinker and take an approach toward weight loss where you don’t stress out, where you don’t worry, where you don’t sabotage yourself.
Current dieting
Dieters today are concerned with keeping calories down and focus on deprivation.
When you are worried about dropping body fat to the point where you are
not enjoying the process then you are in a diet mentality.
The 3 D’s to diets
The first D of dieting is deprivation. When you set your mindset up for
deprivation it is only a matter of time before you stress about missing
out on foods that a dieter would eliminate from their diet. When stress
takes place then you worry about sabotaging your efforts. The second D
of dieting is disappointment. After the deprivation, stress, and worry
the next eventual step is disappointment. Chances are that all dieters
have been derailed from their diet and have eaten forbidden foods. When
that takes place, disappointment sets in. This then leads to the third
D which is depression. After the deprivation, disappointment depression
soon follows. A dieter gets depressed because their diet has set them
up for failure. Hope has been lost and their goals to drop weight and
keeping it off have been compromised. Depression sets in and the cycle
is repeated.
Living diet free
Living diet free means dropping body fat and keeping it off for good while
not experiencing the deprivation, disappointment, and depression of dieting.
It means not stressing out and worrying about gaining weight. It means
enjoying the process of dropping body fat instead of loathing it or hating
to do those steps required to drop body fat. Does it sound too good to
be true? Not at all.
You need C.A.P. to drop body fat
C = choice: you have to accept that you have a choice every moment of
your life. This lesson was taught to me by my mentor Robert Ferguson.
By acknowledging that you have a choice you keep your power. It means
you don’t sabotage or collapse. It means that you maintain and improve
and move closer and closer to living diet free.
A = acceptance: you have to accept that there are principles that if broken or compromised will result in undesirable results. For example, if you drink heavily (especially late night) you will gain body fat if not addressed or taken care of. If you eat the foods that cause body fat on a regular basis (and alcohol is one of them) then you will gain body fat. You have to accept the consequences when you do anything that jeopardizes your goals.
P = perception: self perception is one of the most powerful tools that you have to employ in your arsenal to destroy dieting. Your perception of yourself has to match your goals. In other words, if you don’t see yourself being lean, diet free then you won’t be. How many people have you met who have lost weight only to gain it back? Most of us. The secret to permanent weight loss is seeing yourself not ever being overweight again. Your self-image has to match the goals you want to achieve. It’s that simple. However, it’s only one tool of many to employ to live diet free.
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