Be prepared for social pressure
Those who follow diets are constantly followed and criticized by those around them. Those who follow a diet have a desire to eat under the influence of social pressure.
Mothers begin to fear as their children lose weight. They support your diet decision at first, but then they start questioning you by asking "Did you lose too much, did you lose too fast, did you lose your strength?" Maternity concerns come into play.
If the person cannot regulate his eating behavior, cannot go on a diet, or cannot lose weight, the person in front of him who is dieting and losing weight is quite disturbing. This person may also be a member of your family. If one of the spouses is on a diet and loses weight, his/her spouse may start to feel very uncomfortable about this situation. As the dieter loses weight, his self-confidence increases, which can create insecurity on the other side. Those who fail to diet are disturbed by their spouses being able to diet. Jealousy may come into play. Offering food to his/her spouse, buying food, and eating in front of them may increase. Desserts and pastries that their spouses love are made more often. Friends begin to feel the sadness of losing their dinner companions with whom they had a comfortable meal. Especially if your friends cannot regulate their eating behavior, they reflect the discomfort of their situation to you, either because they emulate you or because they cannot eat in front of you. You can spend the time you spend at dinner with your friends by going to the theater or dancing. When you are forced to eat, you can talk about the health benefits of your diet (sleep pattern, performance at work, reflux, migraine treatment). Your friend may have lost his partner in crime in irresponsible eating, but if he cares about you, he will agree to adjust the time you spend together accordingly.
As you lose weight, various comments will begin to come from those around you. Even when people are trying to regulate their eating behavior, they do not have as much difficulty as they do with the comments coming from those around them.
- 'Your face collapsed'will be the comment that challenges you the most. Nobody wants their face to collapse. This causes the person to start eating again and try to get his face together. This means the end of dreams.
- 'That's enough, don't lose any more weight', 'You don't have enough weight to diet.' How much you weigh is a decision you make. You set the goal, there is no giving up until you reach it.
- No listening to those who say 'You can't do it'.
- 'Even if you lose weight, you will gain more later' This is a finishing comment. The person is very afraid of being tormented so much that he ends up in a worse place than where he started. You learn how to eat healthy and open the doors to a healthy life. Therefore, stay away from people who spread negative energy around you. Such people negatively affect your social life, your business life, and maybe even your love life, let alone your diet.
- 'You know, the road is too long' is one of the prejudices you need to break. Gaining and maintaining healthy eating habits is a process in itself. Losing weight in a healthy way requires the same process as gaining healthy eating habits. Just as you cannot gain excess weight overnight, it is also obvious that you cannot lose it in one day. Therefore, you must first accept that this change is a process. If the people around you constantly remind you that you have a long way to go and this demotivates you, you can try to warn them. Or you can remind them that you have not achieved anything in your life in one day, and that this change is a process.
- "How many kilos have you lost this week?"is one of the questions you will be asked most. It is a normal physiological process that you cannot lose weight at the same pace every week. Hearing this question may frustrate you in the weeks when your weight loss slows down or you cannot lose any weight.
At this point, see whether you can reach the realistic goals you have set on time. If you have achieved these goals, and most importantly, if you feel that you have improved your eating habits in this process, continue on your way without getting discouraged. An answer like "It's going pretty well" can stop these questions. If this does not bring a solution, you can state that you do not want to talk about this issue and that you are not concerned with the numbers.
- "Nothing will happen once" is one of the insistences that may come to your mind the most. You had breakfast with your schoolmate in the morning and went out for a business lunch at lunch. Imagine that you are invited to dinner with a relative in the evening. In all three environments, you are likely to hear the same words from the people around you. If you come across this phrase frequently, tell the other person how many times a day you hear this phrase. Sometimes, making fun of the process will be one of the easiest ways to get over it easily.
- "See death"is one of the sentences that drives dieters into a corner and sometimes drives them crazy. This well-intentioned sentence, usually said out of the blue by relatives at a holiday dinner or a special dinner, is a sentence that causes stress for dieters. When you hear this, stay calm and explain your situation calmly. He recommends you to talk about how "excessive weight and excess fat cause chronic diseases and how much the death rate due to this increases in the world."
- "You're good like this" It's one of the sentences he can say. We all have people around us whose eyes are like sensitive scales. These people usually determine at a glance whether our weight is normal and proportionate to our height, or even the amount of fat in our body.
- These comments can sometimes even be infuriating. In such cases, simply saying thank you and remaining silent will be a sufficient response in order not to increase your internal tension.
- "Don't lose too much weight, you will get sick"is one of the most common misconceptions we hear among the public. A healthy nutrition program. If you lose weight with the diet and do not skip your check-ups, there is no reason for you to get sick.
- "You stop dieting, you'll see, you'll gain back twice as much" is one of the unrealistic fears about dieting. If you are undecided, do not set out. The road is full of deterrents. If you leave once and come back, you may lose your self-confidence and respect. Your belief that you can succeed is destroyed. Make your decision and implement it.
- If you are undecided, do not set out. The road is full of deterrents. If you leave once and come back, you may lose your self-confidence and respect. Your belief that you can succeed will be destroyed.
Make your decision and implement it.
None of these comments can lead a truly determined, very uncomfortable, aware and intelligent person astray. He has set his goal. He is on his way. He knows that there are many mountains and hills to climb, many plains to walk, and many streams to cross. He dreams of his goal. He gets excited about his goal. He is very happy in his destination.
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