![]() ![]() I recognize that sometimes various foods need to be eliminated for food sensitivity or allergy purposes, but if you’re eliminating foods or food groups (like carbohydrates) simply because you deem them to be “bad”, recognize that that is going to make you want and obsess about them more. When this happens, it induces feelings of guilt and shame, but because you’ve already strayed from your food rules, you feel like you’ve “ruined the day” so the eating then continues until you’re met with a super uncomfortable belly ache. Your food rules are too rigidĪ natural response to the restriction or deprivation that comes with chronic dieting is overeating and in some cases, binge eating. In my upcoming FREE webinar, I’m going to be sharing how you can still pursue health without perfection and, in turn, stop starting fresh on Monday (woohoo!). There is little to no flexibility, which means the minute you happen to eat something that isn’t the most healthy, you see it as a failure, which invites in that “start fresh Monday” mentality. You’re either doing it “right” or you’re doing it “wrong”. What actually happens when we bring perfectionist ways to food, exercise and health as a whole, is that we live in the “all or nothing” mentality. This might seem backwards because it’s thought that the harder we try and the more “perfect” we are, the closer we will be to reaching our goals. ![]() Why You Keep “Starting Fresh On Monday” 1. So, why does this keep happening? I’ll tell you why! Often when people arrive at this point, they feel like they’ve already done enough damage, so they throw in the towel on their healthy eating habits for the day and have a free-for-all and say something along the lines of “I’ll figure it out later” or “I’ll start fresh Monday” (sound familiar?!).īut what usually ends up happening is later, tomorrow or Monday comes, and the cycle repeats itself with the diligent healthy eating for the day or a few days, before it all falls apart. For example, someone that ate “healthy” all day long but capped off the day with chips or ice-cream might feel like they “ruined the day” of their healthy or clean eating because they didn’t do it perfectly. The "start fresh Monday” mentality typically comes about after someone has engaged in behaviours around food or exercise (or lack of) that they deem to be “bad”. I’m also here to provide some insight as to why you might be constantly “starting fresh on Monday” and what you can do instead to avoid it. And hey, I’m here to tell you that I have had my fair share of “start fresh Monday” moments too. If you are here and reading these words, I’m guessing you’ve “started fresh” on more than one Monday occasion. ![]()
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