Diet Supplement Blog

One of the threads started at WeightLossSupportGroup at Yahoo Groups today was about how we go about “denying” ourselves things we should not have when we’re on a diet.

Part of my response was motivational.  If you have a visualization board up for the way you want to look when you are at your ideal weight you may be albe to stop yourself from sneaking that midnight snack or eating that dessert.  Affirmations can work the same way. So can writing in a journal, or going through the posts at a group like WeightLossSupportGroup.  These can be extremely inspirational.

Today I watched the video on healthy life affirmations that is one of the freebies at mindmovies.com.  Make your own movie about achieving your weight and health goals. Those who believe in the law of attraction will understand that when you create the image of your dream and then spend a few minutes each day thinking about it, then you are much more likely to attract those things into your life.  Again, it becomes easier to go without something that you might otherwise crave, if you have that picture of what you want to look like implanted firmly in your mind.

Then there are less caloric substitutes that you can use to soften the denial of the high calorie foods.  I find that a handful of baby carrots along with a big glass of iced tea or water does quite well at satisfying.  Ditto with eating a cup of low fat yogurt in place of the fattening ice cream I might otherwise be tempted to eat.

So I prefer to think of the process of cutting back on fats and calories not so much as an act of denial, but rather as an affirmation that there is a higher and better goal that needs my attention. I can attract the good things in life by staying true to my goals.  It’s all positive; deny the negative!

Liz Nichols