Guest guest Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 THE DOMINO EFFECT Wednesday, 05 October 2011 Has it ever happened to you? You're out having a lovely dinner with a friend and, at the end of the meal, she decides to order the most delectable dessert you've seen in a long time. It's a big hunk of caramel pecan apple pie, oh my! She tries to get you to try a piece but you're being so good! You're thinking to yourself... Your friend, who doesn't have a weight problem, keeps eating her slice of pie and telling you how good it is. I've been working hard to lose weight and I've done so good. I've lost 15 pounds already. I am not going to have a slice of that pie! Your friend, who doesn't have a weight problem by the way, keeps eating her slice of pie and telling you how good it is. Very innocently, she pushes the plate over and insists that you've just got to try a bite...just one. So you finally indulge your friend's wishes and your own curiosity by having a bite. And oh my goodness, was your friend ever right about how good that pie was. So you sneak another bite. Your friend even saves a little corner of pie for you. Okay, so you indulged just a bit, right? Well, there's an "oh-oh" to this story. See, as it turns out, those bites of pie have started something. Since you had that half-slice of pie yesterday, a few extras on your salad aren't gonna hurt, right? The next day at lunch, you want to make up for those bites of pie and decide to do a salad bar. You fill your plate with lettuce, spinach, tomato slices, carrots and celery. And hey, looks like you've reached the salad "accessory" foods located at the end of the bar. Let's see, they've got bacon bits, feta cheese crumbles, sunflower seeds, garlic & butter croutons but wait, there's more. Just look at that selection of rich, homemade salad dressings! You end up thinking, what the heck. You had that half-slice of pie yesterday so a few extras on your salad aren't gonna hurt, right? But at dinner that night you keep going, slathering a good bit of butter onto a roll. But, you know what...that roll was kinda small so you decide to have another, with some more butter, of course! (Excuse me, but I'm hearing calories add up here!) Now let me ask, did you ever see one of those amazing domino displays on TV where tipping over just one domino creates a chain reaction and thousands of dominoes keep falling over. (Sometimes they do these really elaborate patterns with them.) They're like little polka-dot soldiers. One-by-one, those dominoes keep falling until every one of them has fallen down. Has your weight-loss program ever fallen victim to...the domino effect? So, has your weight-loss program ever followed this pattern? You know, like the one I just told you about? Has your weight-loss program ever fallen victim to...the domino effect? You know how it is. One slip up with the food here makes it easier for you to slip up with some other food there. And before you know it, you're gaining back the weight you'd worked so hard to lose. Yep, those are your weight-loss plans falling, falling, falling...just like dominoes! I don't have to tell you how bad it feels. You feel just like one of those dominoes, it's like you've fallen down, too! Now I do have to tell you, I'm tempted by food, too...all the time. But you know what? Over the years, I've gotten very good at saying NO to all of those foods rearing their tempting heads. If you've lost weight, I don't want you falling victim to the domino effect when it comes to what you eat. I want you to keep off the pounds you've lost and continue marching toward your goal. Let's practice doing just that... No, that slice of pie looks divine but I don't want to see it on my behind! I'm sticking to my fruit cup. I'm not adding those hundreds of calories to my healthy salad. Then it wouldn't be healthy anymore! I'm not adding those hundreds of calories to my healthy salad. Then it wouldn't be healthy anymore! No to that bread and butter this evening. I'm not "wearing" bread and butter to bed tonight! See, your weight-loss dominoes are still standing. Hey, practice makes perfect! Love, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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