Tomorrow is Always Another Day...

So the holidays destroyed my oh-so-intensely-motivated efforts of working out for an hour and a half everyday and eating only 1200 calories. Then, once the holidays were over, I fell to another age-old dieter’s trap.

This is what I like to call the “Tomorrow-is-Always-Another-Day Diet” or if you prefer, the “Last Meal Diet”. I get it in my mind that tomorrow will begin my new intense regimen… “I will eat according to a strict and well-mapped out plan beginning tomorrow, so I’m going to enjoy today!” Today, I think I need to get all my junk-food cravings out of my system so I can stand going without for a ridiculous length of time.

But somehow tomorrow never comes. When I wake up each morning, it is always still today...

And looking back, I have realized something else.

I don’t lose weight effectively during the winter months. I just don’t. I have no motivation to get out to the gym when it is dark and cold, and I crave warm, savory, and frequently calorie dense comfort foods. It’s a classic seasonal-effective situation. Plus, the “blah” of winter leaves me feeling more insecure about my appearance, making me more obsessive and depressive over my failures.

So I have made a decision to hopefully combat both of these situations…

I’m not going to try to lose weight. Not during this weather...this awful, miserable, cold season. No, ladies and gents…I am not going to TRY to lose weight.

I have resolved with myself that I am ok at the moment. My biggest fears come from gaining more weight than what I already have, so instead of losing weight, my efforts will merely be focused on maintaining where I am currently, and not getting myself in any deeper. And I think this was a great decision that could over a slower period of time than first hoped for, actually bring about some weight loss I’m not trying for.

Since altering my mindset, choosing moderation has become much easier! I would suppose that it is because I don’t think I will have to go without any junk food, so now I am feeling ok with choosing healthier options today. My “Tomorrow-is-Always-Another Day” outlook has been reversed and I think, “I should have some veggies for lunch today. I can always have greasy pizza tomorrow...” Let’s hope this motivation will be the motivation that keeps me truckin’.