3 Action-Items For What To Do When You Plateau On A Diet Before, During And After

VIDEO SUMMARY: Instead of thinking you have failed, you must see your failures as chances to learn. In particular, you must isolate and analyze instances of emotional, binge, compulsive eating. These we'll call collectively "relapses". We need to drop our judgment of ourselves in these situations, have compassion, and shift into a learning mentality. When you reflect, learn, contemplate and evaluate these experiences with nonjudgmental awareness, there are 3 action-items for you to use: 1. Reflect before your relapse: - what sort of expectations were you holding? Did any of these put undue pressure on you? - how were your sleep and stress levels? Were you sleep deprived or stressed out? oftentimes fixing these variables can be the key to getting out a plateau - were you triggered? Did someone yell out you? A death in the family? A breakup? Were you in a vulnerable state? Nothing wrong with vulnerability, let's just try to understand what was going on before we relapsed 2. Were you present while eating instead of mindlessly eating? - mindful eating is hugely important. It's effective, free and easy to understand. People underestimate the importance of mindful eating. You don't have to be totally mindful for every bite, but just a few moments, notice the food, turn off the phone, be present - but mainly, a relapse occurs because we want to disconnect from our eating experiences. Does this happen to you? - When did the food no longer taste good? You may be eating on autopilot if you are unable to identify when food no longer tastes good. This may mean you are eating more than you need. 3. What can you do differently next time?