When Your Diet Goes Off the Rails
Starting a diet is tough. Sticking to a diet is tougher.
Of course, starting from nothing, meaning no control over your diet, taking on a lifestyle change like a healthy diet can seem like a monstrous chore. I know that’s how I felt when I was just reading about it, and not putting it in to practice.
But a diet is more of a journey than a destination. There will be setbacks and roadblocks and detours and even destination changes. Keeping up with it all is a major struggle, especially when the rest of life won’t quit.
It’s in this way that I believe keeping a diet going is tougher than starting one out.
For those that are unwilling to try because you just KNOW that you’ll get bored with <insert any ol’ diet name here> with in two weeks, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with the thought of getting something started and having to stick with it for <insert fad amount of dieting time here>.
This is where I found myself a few years back. Feeling like something needed to change, but knowing that every other time I had tried to make a change, I failed. I would let life get in the way.
But I kept trying. And trying. I tried new diets, I tried elimination plans, I tried fasting and various types of exercise plans.
