Losing weight requires mental toughness. It’s not easy. Food surrounds us. We can’t live without it. The right foods sustain our health. The wrong foods can contribute to all types of health problems. So, how do you eat healthy and lose those extra pounds? You have to figure out the diet and healthy foods that work for you. You can check out my Healthy Foods & Recipes blog post. It comes out daily. Once you decide on your eating plan here’s a mental toughness tip to get you to the finish line.
Mental Toughness Tip
The following tip works with any habit you’re trying to break or instill. A big problem with breaking a habit or trying to develop a different habit is that we get discouraged when we fail. Often, after a couple of failures we may say to ourselves, “What’s the use.” We stop trying. Okay, here’s what you do. Take a plain sheet of paper. Draw a line down the middle so you have two columns. On top of the left hand column mark a W. On top of the right hand column mark an L. W equals win. L equals loss. Each day that you win put a mark under the W. Each time you fail, put a mark under the L. Here’s what you’ll see. You’ll discover that you’re getting more W’s than L’s. No sports team has all W’s. Why should you? Stay with it for 30 days. At the end of the 30 days count up your W’s and L’s. You’ll discover you’ve broken the habit you wanted to break. Or, you acquired the habit you wanted to acquire. It’s the W’s that count. You’re not perfect, you’ll get an L or two, big deal. Let’s get started. You can do this!