Next month you will gain 10 pounds back, and the month after you will gain 10 more. Now you are back where you started. And yes, you will gain even more weight in the third and fourth months.
I call this the diet disaster cycle. Go through this cycle a couple of times a year for a few years and you are really in trouble. Yo-yoing like this is very common and very unhealthy.
Many of the women that hire me as their fitness coach yo-yo like this for years, getting heavier every year, before they come to me for help. It's a self-destructive cycle, but there is a solution.
It takes a mindset shift to break the cycle and I am about to reveal to you how it helped my client Jen and how it can help you.
Most people - when they start a weight loss plan (if they have one) - are rather short-sighted, and Jen was no exception. When Jen started, her mindset was 'let me quickly take care of this weight thing, so I can get back to my normal life.' This is the destructive dieting mentality.
The problem is her normal life is what caused her to put on the pounds to begin with. So going back to 'normal life' is not an option. Ever.
Jen needed a new 'normal life.' She had to understand that she must focus on the long-term, and change her habits and lifestyle. She had to learn that she can never go back to eating crap every day and not exercising.
Don't worry, sometimes there is room for sweets.
Even if you don't realize it, you are probably a lot like Jen subconsciously. Take a moment to decide - do you want to lose weight and look good for a month, or do you want to live a healthy and happy life forever.
The second option requires much greater commitment, but is much more rewarding in the end.
Seek a permanent solution.
"Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty... I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.'
