14 Day Plan – Day 7

How to overcome the ‘sod-it’ mentality

It's easy to give up. It's easier to give up things than to stick with things – but what does that achieve? Nothing!

There are many wise sayings about this topic…

“There's no gain without pain”;

“You get out of things what you put into them”;

“You reap what you sow”…

… and so on. Sayings become folk lore because they are true. Making a commitment to real food and working to overcome the cravings for fake food is going to take some work. There will be times when all you want to do is to give in – but you have to remember that's the addict talking. Unless you want to stay an addict for life, you have to overcome addiction. And you have to do it sometime – so do it now!

It will be tough to start with, but it does get easier by the day. And the rewards of being natural weight, healthy, full of energy, enjoying great food are immense! Hang on to those rewards – that's worth the effort that you're putting in at the moment. Here are our top tips on overcoming any inclination that you have to give up...