It can be difficult to start a new diet.  You might start out thinking how great you’re gonna look in a few months, but after that wears off, you start thinking about all of the foods that you’ll never eat again.  This is when the cravings kick in, and you might find yourself “falling off the wagon” to binge on your favorite foods.  Before you know it, you’re starting the cycle all over again.

How do you stop the cycle?  Give any diet 30 days to make a difference. 

The next 30 days are going to come and go no matter what you decide to do or not to do with them.  Do you want to continue on as you are and then look back in 30 days wondering “what if”?  Or do you want to give it your all to lose some extra weight and be proud of yourself at the end of 30 days? 

Think about things with this example:  a woman is overweight at 175 pounds.  With her current eating habits, she’s gaining approximately 2 pounds a month.  At the end of a 6-month period, she will have gained 12 pounds, making her weight 187 pounds.

Now take this same woman, and instead of continuing with her bad habits, she puts in a little effort to cut some calories and exercise.  She loses a modest 1 pound a week, or 4 pounds a month.  At the end of 6 months, she’s down to 151 pounds. 

What is the size difference in these two scenarios for this woman?  Of course, it varies tremendously between all individuals, but at the end of 6 months, there’s a 36 pound difference which could be a few dress sizes at least. 

So what’s stopping you from giving your diet 30 days?  Are you worried that you won’t lose enough weight in those 30 days?  Look at the big picture…look 6 months down the road and see how much 1 pound per week can add up. 

As mentioned before, time passes regardless of what we do.  We can either choose to change what we don’t like about ourselves, or we can continue on as we are and be even more miserable.

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