Others feel willpower is a mystical component of ourselves which is guiding us in the choices we make. You might not have an opinion about willpower, but feel comfortable using it as your excuse whenever you make the wrong choice about what you should be eating.
When you're digging around in the refrigerator at 2 o'clock in the morning and wind up devouring an entire chocolate pie, it's not willpower's fault - it's a decision you made and need to be responsible for.
You also shouldn't attach any guilt to that decision. Just because you hold yourself responsible for a dieting mishap, it isn't any reason to beat yourself up and label yourself a failure. There will be plenty more opportunities to prove yourself in the near future.
From now on, when you're dealing with an inner battle between caving in and quitting and staying the perfect path to success, stop and realize that there's a solid middle ground you can adhere to.
You desperately desire that chocolate pie, but the diet says you're not supposed to have any form of sweets at all. Instead of using the dieter's excuse of no willpower and eating the entire pie in just under two minutes flat, give yourself permission to indulge just a little bit. Even if it's a full slice it would be better than eight slices.
Take preventative action by giving yourself permission to learn and make mistakes and recover. Dieting and learning how to eat healthy takes time - it's not a skill you'll master overnight.
Make sure that before you make any decisions (even those which mean you'll steer off the dieting path temporarily), you take ample time to consider the consequences. Don't rush into anything.
Even giving pause to your good eating habits will only help to instill them into your daily routine. We're not programmed to think before we eat in today's world. We're usually on the go, in a hurry, or mindlessly doing other activities while we make eating decisions.
Don't let willpower (or lack thereof) get the better of you. There's no reason to fear failure if you're willing to take responsibility and learn from your mistakes as much as you celebrate your successes.
Unfortunately, I'm no exception to this rule. I was in the office one day and received an email from an ex girlfriend that I dated in college. It was not a pleasant surprise since we didn't end our relationship on the best of notes, but I was cordial and asked her how she found me. She said she used a database that specialized in finding the email addresses of people. She didn't harass me or anything like that.
She only contacted me to let me know of a reunion of college friends that was going to occur near the school that we attended. I made sure to ask her if it was ok to bring my wife, not that I was going to go, but just to let her know I was married. She said that it would be fine, since she was bringing her husband. My ego went right out the window. Later that evening I told my wife the story, expecting to get a chuckle from her, she was not amused.
I decided to go online to see exactly how easy it was. I typed my name into one of the popular search endings and was surprised to see my last few addresses show up, including my current one. It also showed my phone number. Sure, I'm listed in the phone book, but until my old girlfriend contacted me, I never realized how vulnerable I was.
Of course I do appreciate the fact that technology allows me to keep track of the people that I want to keep track of. My teenage daughter, for example. We gave her a cell phone for her birthday after she begged and pleaded with us. Our first response was to say no because we know how much she loves to talk on the phone. We figured that she would forget all about overage charges if she were in a conversation with one of her equally chatty girlfriends. Then we decided to give in and let her have it because it's a dangerous world out there and this way she would be able to call us in case of an emergency.
Now I can call her when I want to know where she is and who she's with. She hates getting these calls from me, but I feel better knowing that I can track her down. The phone also has a GPS chip that would allow us to pinpoint her location if she failed to answer the phone.
I am now considering getting an unlisted number for my home phone, for the sake of discretion. I don't know how much good it will do, since my address is on the web, but at least I can kid myself by believing that I can still have a little privacy.
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