Comments on: How To Change Your Eating Habits

By: Trish

Trish — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:01:18 +0000

Hi there. I’d just like to say I love your site and totally agree that there needs to be a man-revolution and blogs like yours can (quietly) lead the way. Also nice to know that diet is something guys think about, and having a slip-up now and again happens. Be kind to yourselves and celebrate your successes periodically to keep the motivation up! Let’s hear it for the boys!

By: TheManRevolution

TheManRevolution — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:59:49 +0000

Hmm, I never thought of it that way. You two bring up excellent points!!

I agree, a bad meal doesn’t hurt, but if you’re in the state of mind that “eh, it’s not a big deal, I won’t do it again”, thing is that YOU WILL do it again. Rather, you’ll do it often. You never want to be in that comfort zone.

I used to have that mentality to but I realized that the only way to get results is to stick to the program. If I go way out of line, I have to remind myself why I shouldn’t have. It’s not really beating yourself up, but keeping yourself in line.

I don’t let the fear and guilt bog me down. In fact, my motivation is to keep it up so I WONT have to feel guilty. I used to be 240 pounds (currently 175) and the only way I made such a transformation within a short time span (about 5-6 months), is that I was serious about sticking to my plan.

Yes, you should be critical about yourself but not to a point where you aren’t killing any optimistic feeling that you have. Being overly critical will only hurt yourself.

By: Mohto

Mohto — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:18:53 +0000

You know, I’ve honestly never thought of it the way Paul explained: “A bad meal doesn’t hurt as much as the negativity you take it to be, which actually makes it harder for you to get into the positive mindset you need to be in to improve yourself.”
It is very true that in adding the negative connotation to bad eating whilst in a diet causes a very dramatic mental strain (speaking for myself really) when you do give in the temptation. I’ve always made it such an evil to myself, and perhaps that really does hold back from the optimism you need to succeed at strict diets. Thanks for the perspective Paul, I’ve never truly stepped back an observed it myself, and this is something I think is important to correct in my mental approach to the “diet”

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:36:33 +0000

After having lost 25 pounds, here’s my biggest set back:

It wasn’t the break in diet or the missed day in exercising, it was getting back into it. A bad meal doesn’t hurt as much as the negativity you take it to be, which actually makes it harder for you to get into the positive mindset you need to be in to improve yourself.

Bottom line: When you screw up, admit it, accept it, and move past it.