Friday, April 27, 2007

Sporty: Coping with Diet Fatigue

From our posts this week it looks like we are all stuggling with "diet fatigue". Here is an excerpt from an article that makes a lot of sense to me:

"One way to think of approaching your weight-loss journey is to liken the process to that of running a business. In business, you begin with a detailed plan that includes specific information on your goals and what steps you plan to take to achieve them. Also in the plan is a list of possible obstacles you might face and the actions you will take to overcome them should they arise. Once you've thought through and planned for as many variables as you can think of, you open the doors and put the plan into play.

Over time, issues and circumstances will arise that you didn't foresee. But rather than declare the venture a failure and give up, you revisit your plan, fine-tuning it to address and overcome each challenge as it arises....begin with a plan based upon what you know about yourself and your lifestyle adjust it as needed over time to ensure continued advancement toward their goals... [develop] strategies for facing common dilemmas like plateaus and "diet fatigue" to tips for keeping up the momentum, overcoming slip-ups, and preventing the pounds from coming back...Often the reason people have trouble achieving their weight-loss goals is that they lack a comprehensive, long-term plan for achieving success... we find that taking [a] long-term "business plan" approach to the business of health is very effective."

I know that when dealing with diet fatigue the last thing we want to do is make plan but maybe it's worth a shot. What are other things we can do to deal with diet fatigue?

5 comments:

PB - AFineBalance said...

Thanks Biby Cletus.

Ginger said...

Sometimes doing things to "mix it up" helps me with diet fatigue -like switching from one style of food journal to another or doing free weights with Red instead of BodyPump. It's kind of a balancing act. I've found that I need the right mix of "same" to build habits + "different" to stave off boredom.

PB - AFineBalance said...

Hmmm...that makes a lot of sense. The journey is both consistent and dynamic.

djw said...

Think I have chronic diet fatigue...and exercise fatigue...and weight loss fatigue... and drinking eight or more glasses of water fatigue...and eating the correct portions of veggies fatigue....Just typing this up is leaving me fatigued....

PB - AFineBalance said...

LOL