No matter who you are
You will
At some point when trying to get in better shape
Eat more than you planned
It happens to everyone
And the funny thing is, the REAL problem isn’t that you ate too much
The REAL problem is your reaction to doing it
People usually fall into two camps when they overeat
- Those who think their progress is ruined so might as well continue overeating because fuck it
- Those who freak out and try and restrict food (starve themselves) the next day
Both of those approaches do more harm than good
Which one are you?
Both of these approaches do more harm than good. Here's why.
"My diet's ruined so fuck it"
If you dropped your phone and very slightly scratched your screen, would you then proceed to smash the phone to pieces because there's an almost imperceptible scratch on the screen?
Of course you wouldn't because that would make zero sense and be highly illogical.
So...why do you do the same thing with your diet?
If you have one bad day of eating and you get back on track the next day, it'll be nothing but a very small blip on your fat loss radar that you'll have forgotten about in a week because you're making progress again.
But if you decide everything's ruined and you continue eating like crap for the rest of the week, then that negligible blip turns into taking the radar smashing it to pieces and then throwing it in a microwave and leaving it in there until everything implodes.
Which means that you actually bring that initial thought of ‘everything’s ruined’ into reality because of how you responded
'"I overate so I'm going to starve myself tomorrow"
My advice on this one is simple
1. Move on. This is what it sounds like. You acknowledge you ate like an asshole. But you also acknowledge that one or two days of overeating aren't going to ruin your progress if you simply get back on track.
Remember: what you do most of the time matters more than what you do some of the time.
It is CRITICAL that we start having a healthy relationship with food.
Punishing ourselves for overeating is not the way to go.
Learn from it
Forgive yourself for it
And move on
Understand why it happened so you can avoid it happening too often
But don’t do CrAZY shit because of it
instead of being "all-or-nothing" (you're either perfect or there's no point in trying) try being "all-or-something" ('I had one day of eating more than usual, but nobody's perfect and I know if I get back on track I'll be ok'). It's a much healthier attitude to have towards everything, including your fitness goals.
This is the exact kind of common sense approach we take in shape up
Which is one reason why I get the results that I do in there
And if that sounds like something you’re after?
Then reply with the words ‘Summer Shape Up’ and I’ll get you all the details you need
Leigh
Ps - whenever you’re ready
Here are 3 ways I can help you take that first step to losing weight and feeling good about yourself.
- Check out the incredible testimonials from some of my members. They are mums just like you.
They had the same fears, doubts, and struggles you have.
I hope reading their stories might motivate you to think that the same could be possible for you too (or maybe even better, who knows..)
Click here to read them: https://leighwrafter.com/testimonials/
- Join my ‘6 Week Shape Up Challenge’
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If you’re ready to drop up to a size in 6 weeks (or less) so that you can feel more comfortable in your clothes with a PROVEN system designed to get you KILLER results as fast as possible?
Just reply to this message with the subject line ‘6 Week Challenge’
And I’ll take it from there.
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If you’d like to know more about what it is I do, and how I can help YOU?
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