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I have to admit that losing weight is tough because I am a wimp when it comes to eating fast food. I find it so easy to satisfy my hunger by pulling the car into the drive thru and placing my order through the box on the pole. It is all too easy for me to rattle off my desires and be driving away in only a few moments with the aroma of burgers, fries or maybe even a fresh piece of fried chicken. The only problem is that I have done this all too often and the continuous intake of the harmful calories that fast food provides has made me gain too much weight and unfortunately…fat. The issue that is in my life now is that I still find it easy to anonymously swerve into the drive through even though I know it is harmful to my very well being. The question now is why can’t I stop doing this to myself?  Does this sound familiar?

There are many times that I look into the mirror and am fairly happy with the weight loss that I have achieved thus far. There are those days that I stand on the scale and congratulate myself for losing that pound. Unfortunately. there are those days that I get on the scale and start to regret that double burger with cheese I had the day before. As I start to travel through my day I start to listen to that voice of reason in my head that says I am on a life long journey and the occasional burger is not going to cut my life short, as long as I keep it in perspective. After losing over 40 pounds in the last year I can now look back and relax if I eat that occasional fast food meal. What is important is the realization that a successful diet is a lifelong journey that encompasses a series of choices. As long as I get out there and exercise a few times a week and eat more healthy choices than poor choices I will be alright.

I am not saying that it is alright to pull into the golden arch arena every day of your life but it is unrealistic to think that you will never let a slice of pizza past your lips again. Losing weight is and should be a lifelong marathon and not a sprint to the finish. Losing weight does not happen in the vacuum of a TV show but instead it happens in this thing called life. So, as you travel through your life and your weight loss journey you must not beat yourself up for every pit stop for a burger. By allowing yourself a treat every now and then you are really allowing yourself a better chance at success.

You know yourself better than anyone and you know when too much is too much. You, and only you, need to allow yourself a treat every now and then which will help you on your weight loss expedition.  Stop beating yourself up and go have that burger, after you lost those 20 pounds. Heck, one burger is not going to make you fat, it will motivate you to lose that next 20 pounds and before you know it you will have lost all the pounds you wanted to lose.

Weight loss is all about choices. Just make better choices more often and the weight will disappear.

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