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The Best Time To Start A Diet

by Julia Griggs Havey
eDiets Master Motivator

Forget about New Year's Day and resolutions. The best time of the entire year to get started on your healthy lifestyle journey is right NOW... this very second!

best time to diet Why? Because the next eight weeks are filled with tremendous challenges for those desiring a lean and tone body. Therefore the next eight weeks provide more opportunities than any other time of the year to strengthen your commitment to a healthy lifestyle and your desire to make healthy choices. Challenges that we face and overcome are the things that empower us! This time of year provides more chances to overcome challenges than any other time.

Sound impossible? Do you get anxious just thinking about the company holiday party or Grandmas special pecan pie?

Well, think of it this way: what was the office party like last year? How much did you eat last Thanksgiving? How many notches did you have to loosen on your belt? How many times were you disappointed that you didnt lose weight?

The time to make amends for last year's disappointments is right now. You have a chance now to remedy the mistakes that you have made in the past. You have the opportunity to greet this holiday season with confidence, strength and determination.

When you go to a party or family gathering this holiday season I want you to arrive prepared. It would be very wise if you ate a healthy meal during the day before the event. I realize this breaks with the custom of starving all day so that you can eat what is offered and not feel as guilty. You and I both know what that really serves to do. It provides you with a license to eat ALL that you want. After all, you havent eaten anything all day! All that leads to is overeating and regret after the fact.

IF YOU KEEP DOING WHAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS DONE, YOU WILL KEEP GETTING THE SAME RESULTS...

It is time to stop kidding yourself and prepare. Arrive at the function with confidence, knowing that a healthy meal has already been consumed. That way, you wont be as hungry and ready to scarf down the first morsel you see and you wont need as much to feel full. The strength that you will feel when passing up the mini quiches, saying no to the tortellini and bye-bye to the bon bons will further increase your determination to succeed at weight loss.

Every time you say no to foods that are unhealthy, you will strengthen your belief in your abilities. In addition, you'll be more determined to say no the next time the waitress comes along offering cheesecake... at any time of the year!

November and December are going to provide you with a windfall of opportunities to just say NO!

Doesnt this plan of action sound a lot better to you than opting for another season of feasting followed by months of anguish and self-deprecating coulda, shoulda and wouldas?"

EDITOR'S NOTE: You've seen Julia on the QVC home shopping network and The Sally Jesse Raphael show. She's been called "America's weight-loss Cinderella, someone with the passion of Tony Robbins, enthusiasm of Richard Simmons and the humor of Jerry Seinfeld." To get your copy of Julia's blockbuster motivational book, Awaken the Diet Within, From Overweight to Looking Great -- If I Can Do It, So Can You! 

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