How To Stop Weight Loss Self Sabotage

There are few things more frustrating than trying to lose weight and realizing that you keep doing things to sabotage your own efforts.

Have you ever done this?  You’ll be going along fine with a new diet, feeling good, weight coming off at a decent pace . . . and then you call a friend and offer to treat him or her to dinner and end up overeating.  By a lot.  The next morning you’re horrified to realize that you just ruined all of the effort you put into your diet that week.

Why does this happen?  Why do you seem to deliberately sabotage your own weight loss efforts, even though you want to lose weight desperately?

The thing to understand about weight loss self sabotage is that there is always a reason that’s driving it.  Always!

You might think that you just have no willpower, or that you acted without thinking, or “insert any excuse here”.

But the truth is, if you keep doing things that directly contradict your desire to lose weight, there’s a reason for it.

Identifying that reason may not be easy, but here are a few places you can start looking:

#1 – Your Fears

Sometimes we self sabotage weight loss because we’re afraid to lose the weight at all.  It’s possible that you feel nervous about being slimmer and more attractive.  Or you might be afraid to upset your overweight friends or family.  If you aren’t sure if fear is driving your weight loss self sabotage, ask yourself, “What about being slim and attractive makes me feel nervous or anxious?”

#2 – Your Self Doubt

Is it possible that you doubt your ability to succeed at losing weight?  Have you tried to lose weight before but failed?  Have you lost weight before but gained it all back?  You may be sabotaging your weight loss because you don’t want to face the pain of disappointment again.

#3 – Your Pain

Is it possible that you’re using food to numb some deeper painful emotions and you’re afraid to face them?  This is really an indirect form of weight loss self sabotage, because you don’t intend to sabotage your weight loss goals but you just don’t know any other way to handle those turbulent emotions except by soothing them with food.

Whatever the cause for your weight loss self sabotage, it’s important to get to the core causes and resolve the issue once and for all.  Otherwise, it will just keep coming back up and influencing your behavior over and over again.

How To Stop Weight Loss Self Sabotage
How To Stop Weight Loss Self Sabotage
How To Stop Weight Loss Self Sabotage
How To Stop Weight Loss Self Sabotage

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