As promised I am getting back into the blog of things. My first post is about dieting. I know, blah, but I promised.
Okay. I have to start off by mentioning that I absolutely suck at sticking to anything that has to do with bettering myself. I'm busy. Super busy. I'm lucky if I get to change my shirt on a daily basis or *gasp* soak in a bath tub. So naturally any diet I've tried has failed. I'm actually okay with myself. As long as I'm alive and breathing I'm doing good. Right? Anywho I've managed to find something that finally works. Here it goes...
Mindset. I hear about 24 day challenges and "I wanna weigh this much by this month or else I am stoopit". No ma'am. I don't have the luxury of planning anything two days from now. So I've come up with a new mindset for myself and it also was the birth of my own diet plan.
The One Day Challenge.
I'm sure you are saying "wtf" but hear me out. I've decided to take my diet plan, much like my life, one day at a time. If I get through that day then BAM I'm a winner! In my head I'm amazeballs. Woo hoo go me.
Here's what I do. Taking that mindset of surviving and winning one day at a time I make small changes to start. I don't have a lot of money so I can't go out and buy all kinds of healthy awesomeness. I don't have the time to prepare super healthy meals. My diet plan is realistic for me. There are many days I look at the clock and it's 4:30 pm and I'm like "crap" where did the time go? I throw in some frozen pizzas because I have an army of people who need food and NOW. Naturally it's easy to grab 2 or 3 slices of pizza and chow down then get on with my evening. My new plan is to grab one slice, blot it with a napkin(did you know that cuts 20-50 calories a slice?!), then grab some applesauce or some yogurt. Shazam I've cut calories, haven't over eaten on something bad for me, and I didn't deprive myself of something delish.
I'm a huge fan of green sauce. It's my go to snack, okay who am I kidding I can make a meal out of that ish. I usually put a bunch in a bowl and grab the bag of chips and go to town. Now I grab the whole bowl and put 10-20 chips on a plate. Once the chips are gone I'm done. No more. Walk away, Coco, walk away. Mindset. If I have a whole bag of chips my brain says "you've still got a lotta chips sister. Keep going. You can dooo eeeeet". Now when the chips are gone from my plate my brain automatically thinks "DONE".
So basically the diet plan is make small changes, don't deprive yourself, change your plating to fool your brain, and take the one day challenge to heart. If you end up screwing up one day move on and focus on the next day. There are 365 days in a year. Even if you have 1-2 screw ups a week you are still winning in a major way.
Do not set unrealistic goals. In a perfect world we could wave our magic wands and cure our issues with skittles and kitten breath. In my world, feeling like a winner one day at a time actually fuels me to keep going!
