Serial Dieter?

Are you a serial dieter? 

I was. 

I tried every sexy sounding new diet that came out. Anything that promised faster, easier results, I was totally into it. 

Result?  Within weeks after stopping those ‘magic’ solutions, I was back to where I started from. Namely BIG.

But you probably knew that. And I think that even you’ve been in the same boat at some stage. 

Most of us would love to find a quick solution that will not only deliver fast results, but be permanent.

So why on earth are we so attracted to crazy fad diets, even when deep down we actually know that’s not the answer? I suppose because we’d like an easy way out with instant results. 

Sadly fad diets, including the popular ‘not eating’ diets [fasting] are nutritionally deficient, don’t work for permanent weight loss AND often disturb your metabolism. So in my books, they are to be avoided. 

There is no fast elevator to a permanent slim body. You need to take the steps.

I know. Not so exciting. 😕  Not so sexy. Does not sound magical.

But you know, …in the end it actually is. Because if you eat the right way, boosting your health with amazing plant foods, retrain your eating habits so they become a part of who you are, then sustainable weight loss can be finally yours. And oh boy, that is such a good feeling. A great space to be in. 

And once I finally got that, I stopped being a serial dieter. I sat back, went for the bumpy road, one meal at a time, I hid my bathroom scales and said to myself: this is how I am going to eat from now on. This is my ‘forever diet’. Not a short term plan, but my new way of eating. 

And you know what happened? After several months of cruising along, even with the odd relaxed boundary meal out with friends and family, I woke up one day and saw that I was actually slim. Me. Slim.

And what a novel feeling that was! From the age of 5, I had been ’round’. There were of course short periods in my life when I was less round, but I had never been slim.

Even now, after several decades of keeping my weight stable without any further corrective diets, it sounds so nice: I am slim.  

And the cool thing was: I hadn’t fretted about eating OR weight loss…and I still got there. In a healthy way.

Healthy for my body.

And healthy for my mind.

None of those fretting moments that then decided the mood of the rest of my day: had a lost another pound? 

You can do this as well. It’s more of an attitude thing. You need to get into the mental ‘zone’ of eating healthy food in the right amounts. 

You’ll also notice that when you follow a clean and healthy eating plan, you don’t actually get attracted to damaging junk food. Even if you have one or two ‘off plan’ meals a week, you’ll get the slim body that you had longed for anyway. 

It might be a bit slower than you’d wished for, and your eating plan may not have a fancy name, but the result….?

It’s so worth it. 

Until next time, yours in Health,

Nicki Kelly. 
Vegan Wellness Coach