No Excuses

No Excuses

Have you lost weight only to gain it back? This cycle of loss-gain-loss-gain just burns my butt.

Personally, I manage my weight daily. I mean that literally. On most days I’m pretty good at it. I’ve had eight years of practice [www.noyoyodieting.com]!

But on others days at time, I do poorly. And there are always excuses.

Right now I’m coming out of three such weeks where the scale shows my lack of focus and poor habits that creep up on me. I haven't gotten frustrated yet, but that's probably because I've been more delusional than disappointed.

I've been lying to myself that the 12 pounds is nothing. “I traveled more this month..." " I’ve been more stressed because I’m working through some major projects and have five new weight loss coaching clients..." "I haven’t had time to exercise..." And, even this one: "It was that time of the month.”

Do those excuses sound familiar to you? And I bet you know that they can all be true, and it doesn't matter. The bottom line: the scale doesn’t lie. Those extra 12 pounds DO matter.

Key point: Don't deceive yourself. Every calorie matters; every pound matters; every day matters. Because you matter.