We have all said it (or thought it) before.
“If only I had more willpower, I would be able to lose weight!”
When in actuality, your lack of willpower is one of the best things that has ever happened for your health and your body.
Willpower may give you short term success in a diet, but in the long term it just increases feelings of restriction and deprivation—you feel like you are missing out on the foods you love and the social life that makes you feel connected.
After a while of following a restrictive diet plan and exercising your willpower, you cave—often with a big binge—and revert back to your original habits because no one could live a happy and fulfilled life making those kinds of sacrifices in the long term. This continues the yo-yo diet cycle, which has negative effects on our metabolism, blood sugar and cortisol levels.
What we tend to label as a “lack of willpower” is actually attunement and connection with our bodies.
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It’s probably not what you think.
No carbs? Burn more calories than you eat? No sugar?
Nope.
The #1 rule of weight loss is...
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SUMMER is here!
Which also means barbecue and bikini season is upon us.
One of my close friends is celebrating her birthday this weekend, and from rooftop barbecues to brewery cake sessions, the agenda is packed with food, friends, alcohol, and more food.
In the past, this sort of itinerary would have given me extreme anxiety.
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Have you noticed how many diets there are out there?
The Atkins Diet, South Beach, Whole 30, Ketogenic… plans literally coming out the wazoo!
And yet we are still searching.
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