Avoiding Temptations

Avoiding Temptations

Temptations, aren't they a beautiful ugly? It's always that piece of cake staring you in the face, that sizzling hot cheese steak. Whatever your dream guilty pleasure, imagine that. Now that you are imagining it, can you imagine shoving it away? Can you imagine having this food in front of you and being able to pass it up, because you are aware that it is unhealthy for you and that you have the mental strength to push it away?

This is all what this article is about. Having the mental strength to push away these things. This is probably one of the hardest things to do, because it's so easy to just say yes. It's easy to just eat these foods and not think twice about it. But you and I wouldn't have gotten this far if we took the easy way out. We train hard and we take the hard way when the goals are more beneficial in the end in this community. You guys are my warriors and I know we all have the ability to say no to our favorite unhealthy foods.

For a long time, I didn't have the ability to say no to any of my guilty pleasures. Goldfish were a love of mine and I swear every time I opened a bag, it didn't close until it was empty. I would sit there and just keep eating more fish and more fish AND MORE FISH! Until I reach my hand in the bag, and..there's no more! I felt so bad about it, but they were so good, how could I resist? I couldn't, I was weak, the goldfish had me and they knew it. Does this sound like you?! I know it sounded exactly like me for a long time.

It sounds so simple but all we have to do is say NO! No, no, no, no, no. Personally, it's easier to think about why I shouldn't eat this food and guilt myself into NOT eating it; instead of the other way around. Think about the negative things this food will do to your body, compared to something like a healthy spinach salad going into that stomach. This will probably make you not even want to eat the food anymore.

The best way to resist our guilty pleasures is easy, DON'T BUY THEM! If it's not in your house, not in your sight, you won't eat it. I mean how can you eat something that isn't there, you can't. We can't eat things we don't buy, so a lot of this can be done in the food store. Limit yourself to your guilty pleasure. Only buy it once a month, maybe on a specific date, so you know when you are going to have it and can hold out until then. If you limit yourself, then you won't feel as bad when you do eat it.

We aren't built mentally strong, actually we're all born as frail little weak beings. We learn strengths and we work on our strengths. Everything starts out as being weak and us warriors must put in the work and dedication to make ourselves stronger in ANY aspect of life. A person has to have a ton of mental strength to be able to push away a favorite food, it's just not an easy task. Accepting this fate is step one.

Most times, we all cave in and eat the food, right? As I've mentioned in previous article, we must learn from our failures to become successful. We have to build our mental strength from the ground up to be able to deny ourselves that tasty delight. Honestly, from my experiences, having the mental strength to deny my guilty pleasure is way more delicious than that meal would ever be. If you cave in, remember what you are working towards. Never forget the goal we have in mind: too deny that favorite food. We should be proud of every step closer we get to that goal. We will get to the goal and when we do, that meal of victory will be DELICIOUS! Have a great weekend everyone.

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