subject: Be Nice To Yourself On The HCG Hormone Diet [print this page] Everyone's heard about motivationEveryone's heard about motivation. We know it's a good idea. And most of us (especially those of us that are on the HCG hormone diet) have heard of different options for motivation like rewards and goals and weight loss journaling. But what about just being nice yourself while you're on the HCG hormone diet?
There are some days when just being nice is very, very difficult. The nice is just not available. We're stuck in a rut thinking of the same things over and over. It's all about what we haven't done and what we need to do and how hard it's going to be to get there. When this happens...remember that you are already doing something to get there. You are on the HCG hormone diet. You've taken your first step. And the first step is often the most important.
While you're working toward drastic weight loss...you should be careful that you aren't too hard on yourself. You have goals and that's terrific. If you aim for the moon and you miss you'll still land amongst the stars...isn't that the way that old saying goes? Remember that you have working towards a goal. That doesn't mean that you will achieve perfection; just that you are going to continue trying even after you've seen a big disruption in your plans.
Plans do change. We all learn this at a very early age. A "plan" almost never starts and finishes without some sort of mild to drastic deviation occurring. And that's perfectly natural. Deviating from the plan can sometimes be a minimal swing away from the approved food list. Or it could be a HUGE blunder like deep dish pizza followed by birthday cake and ice cream. We're all human beings and being human...we make mistakes.
So when you are in the spot where you realize you've just deviated from the plan; you've made a mistake. Give yourself just a moment to recognize it and then remind yourself of your goals and that you're on the right track. You just need to turn away from the mistake and focus on your goal again. You've got your destination. And you've got your plan; get back on it. You'll have fabulous days and you'll have rough days. That's just the nature of the beast.
And when you have a hard day (or two, or three) all you need to do is remember that you can start fresh in the morning. You can decide that tomorrow you're going to have another fabulous day. Sometimes you won't get it quite right. Instead of that fabulous day you planned to have...you'll have another rough day instead. But the aim is important. If you decide what you want and you aim for it...it's that much more likely that it will actually happen.
Identify problem items that pull you away from your goal of succeeding on the HCG hormone diet. It might be specific foods. It might be specific places. It might be specific people. It's hard to say until you actually notice what led you to a mistake on the diet. Problem items are those things that lead you away from your weight loss goals. It's only a few weeks. Identify them and stay away from them while you're focusing on the HCG hormone diet.
Encouragement is generally a positive thing. So that means that if your form of encouragement is to stare at yourself in the mirror and repeat over and over in your head negative things like...you are fat or you need to lose weight or you can' even fit in your favorite dress...you aren't actually encouraging yourself at all. That's more properly called discouragement. Find something inspirational and make that your mantra. Remind yourself everyday how much weight you've already lost and how much you are likely to lose if you stick to your diet another week.
