Don’t all diets start on Monday? Mondays are famous for ruining your week when it barely began so why not add a diet to that? If Tuesday morning I eat too much cream cheese on my bagel I immediately console myself by saying that my diet will begin again on Monday. Not unlike Scarlet O’Hara’s philosophy that there is always another day, I say there is always another Monday. Messing up on diets is a very forgiving thing if you think in terms of how many Mondays there are in a year. Let’s face it you have 52 times to give it the ole college try.
I sit and wonder just how many pounds were gained by that line of thinking. When I casually dismiss a day missed of working out or one too many cookies with the thought I can try again Monday, I go ahead and eat like when Monday comes I will land on a desert island with no food. This philosophy gives one permission to overeat, not workout, and throw caution to the wind until Monday. When Monday arrives we try our best but knowing another Monday is only six days away we allow weakness to dictate how we conduct ourselves.
Do not confine your diet to starting on a particular day. Instead start today! Start taking care of YOU today. If you eat 100 calories too many do not make matters worse by then consuming a 600 calorie cheeseburger with 300 calories fries. Instead, go for a walk and make sure you eat better on your next meal. Every calorie counts and every meal counts so do not throw in the towel because you had a slice of birthday cake. Overeating or missing a few workout days is NOT the time to blow off your diet but the time to embrace it. Forget Monday…start taking care of you today.
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