You can make "Just Say No", work for you

When Nancy Reagen was the first lady she started a campaign against drug addiction with the slogan "Just Say No!" That sounded pretty foolish to expect someone with a physical dependance to Just Say No. After all their bodies had developed a reliance on these drugs.

So how could Nancy expect them to go cold turkey?

Wait a minute you say. I'm not an addict so why are we talking about drugs and addicts?

We're talking about addiction because while most people who need to lose weight are not addicted to their bad eating habits but they have become "Habituated" and depend on the wrong sources to feed these wrong habits.

Well now we're back to talking about cold turkey and that's not easy, right? Well it might not be the easiest thing to do but I'll give you some clues on how it can become easier. And guess what?

It works.

Now for the clues:

(Remember: As we discussed earlier, Portion Control and Awareness are two of the most important keys to your success.)

Now, make a short JUST SAY NO LIST of the foods you eat when you start losing control and wind up falling off the wagon (seriously depart from you diet program). Write them down on a piece of paper that will fit in your shirt pocket. Keep it in your pocket or if you don't have pockets keep it somewhere that's real handy.

Let's say that when you're tired at the end of the day or when you get frustrated or when you have an unconfortable disagreement at work or with your spouse these foods just find you and pretty soon you're up to your ears in
ice cream or
beer or
cookies or
candy or
crackers or
bread or
pastry or
whatever.

Now you have your list and when that urge comes on you pull out your JUST SAY NO list and read it out loud. If it embarrasses you, take the list with you to the bathroom and read it softly, but out loud.

You know what good can come of this? If you have the right attitude and really want to succeed in your diet program, after you have taken 20 or 30 seconds to read your list and if need be repeat it, your temptation will subside. And when you keep doing this the urge will either go away or it will calm down so you can exercise you will to JUST SAY NO.

Let me know if this tip helped you. You can post a note on this blog or send me an email on ErwinRPh@gmail.com