Happy Monday! · The Lefty Reset

Happy Monday!

Just want to say out there, if you had a “cheat” meal/day/weekend for Easter, all good! Right back it strong today.

Been thinking about why I’ve craved/binged in the past. Here the 3 main reasons and what I’ve learned from my past mistakes:

My regular “diet” meals have gotten too boring/limited - Solution: get excited again about your meals. Try that new recipe, or even spice up one of the dishes you usually make. My healthy meals have to be at least somewhat enjoyable for it to be sustainable long-term.
Social circumstances (family gatherings, holidays, weddings) - biggest tip I’ve found is to plan ahead! Eat beforehand, look at the menu if it’s a restaurant. Or if you want to partake, limit it to just one meal and not have it snowball into a whole day/weekend.
Good ol’ fashioned stress eating - I’ve found that addressing the mental side is 90% of the battle. Most of my diet failures happen when I’m high stress at work or personal life. Address the stress in healthier ways, whether it’s a massage, a walk outside or therapy. Phone scrolling or even TV tends to put my stress on “snooze” instead of giving me true stress relief.

Just in general, when you figure out ways to make the new healthy lifestyle more enjoyable/joyful, it’ll really go along way. Then you’ll realize, you don’t need a pint of Ben& Jerry’s every day to live a happy life (but maybe like once a month, lol).

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