You Might Be Your Own Biggest Enemy in Your Weight Loss Journey
Sabotaging your weight loss efforts involves more than just cheating on your diet

Have you ever reached a point in your weight loss journey when things are going well, you’ve lost a significant amount of weight and are so close to reaching your ideal weight goal, then “something” happens; you go back to your old habits. You start to say things like, “I’m fine during the day, but at night, I start to graze and pick. I will begin again tomorrow.” Sometimes, you feel like quitting and returning to your old eating habits that messed up your metabolism. Your s/o doesn’t make it easier for you either. As your diet is going very well and you are losing weight, instead of giving you flowers on your birthday, he gives you a box of your favorite chocolates.
Then you think it’s no big deal to take a bite of your birthday cake. Before you know it, you have munched off the whole cake and box of chocolate. I also often hear people ask, “Why can’t my spouse, friends, or family support my weight loss efforts?” “It almost seems like people are trying to make me eat and stay fat.” Although everyone has their own limiting beliefs, some are more common than others. This is very true when these beliefs relate to your weight loss plan.
So if you are wondering why your weight loss progress is stalling, here are five signs to help you stay consistent.
Stop making excuses
One of the simplest methods to identify limiting perception is to watch the things you are sorry for. This is because limiting beliefs are constantly disguised as an apology. Focus on information about the situation, not on emotions. When you cancel an excuse with information and logic, it is easier to see the B.S. If you understand that this is just an excuse, you will still struggle to get motivated. So make a list of inspiration statements to keep you consistent.
Make positive confessions daily
Once you’ve recognized your excuses, it’s time to move them. Replace negativity with optimistic goals. Practice with optimistic confirmations. Watch out for “I can’t do it” and “I don’t do it” statements and apologies. Then replace them with “I can” and “I will do it.” The next time you catch yourself in a loop of negativity and self-sabotage, use these optimistic statements. Keep repeating them until you can stop self-sabotage.
Stop procrastinating and take actions
Procrastination is another way to believe the major limitations that occur, especially in the case of a weight loss plan. It is always easy to find a reason why the timing is just not right, but all you do is keep yourself from doing what you are suppose to do. There will never be a time when everything will be completely aligned. When you apologize for the delay, you allow only that restrictive observation to prevail.
So if you want to avoid self-sabotage, set a plan and follow up with action and stick to doing one task at a time.
Stop obsessing over diet perfection
Perfectionism is great in Keto dieting. Changing your food sample is a huge step, and it makes sense that you want to do it completely. You need your weight loss plan to give you the results you want, so you feel that everything should be done right. The need to get everything right will actually be robust; this need can also be a limiting perception that prevents you from progressing. There is no one diet plan that guarantees weight loss. Don’t try to drive perfectionism on yourself and jeopardize your goal.
Don’t take criticism personally
You have no control over what people do or say, so why let them affect you? Noticing a fear is the first step to overcoming it.
Get over your fear of going to the gym because your friends say you don’t belong there. Or that you’re a failure or weak because you diet cheat.
You could be trying to protect yourself from the shame or embarrassment you think you’ll feel when you hop on the treadmill, and that is the problem. . People are entitled to their opinion, but what they think of you doesn’t mean is what’s best for you. You can’t let other people’s opinions derail you from your goal.
Parting words
It is very easy to get into a state of mind that prevents you from making real progress toward your goals. For some of you, mentality blocks only start when you have achieved your goals for food and physical appearance. Once you have established an unfavorable thought, whatever it is, you can exchange it with an optimistic message. There is no time like the now to reformulate negative beliefs. You have worked hard to get to where you want to be.
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