I just don't believe in myself anymore!

[thelittleredbook]

I feel like I do know how to lose weight, how to eat and track my food and calories. I know what sort of exercise I need to do and I know why I want and need to lose weight.

My issue is that I have let myself down so many times over the past 20 years when it comes to losing weight (and many other things) that I just don't believe myself anymore when I say it. I used to manage to at least make plans and start a healthier lifestyle before giving up but now its like I know deep down that no matter how much I want to that deep down I know I can't and won't. I've lied and made false promises to myself just too often to believe that I will stick to anything much.

I know this is a mindset issue and a perhaps an issue with subconscious beliefs about myself but I don't know how to fix it.

Does anyone have any advice for this sort of block, a book, a technique, hypnosis even?

Anyway to regain some sort of faith in myself?

I could write your post word for word. Sadly I don't have any answers, I go around in circles with weight loss / over eating. You're not alone though

Well if you give up and don’t try, you definitely won’t succeed whereas if you try you have a chance at least. I have also made countless attempts to lose the 3 stone I gained about 6 years ago. I have more or less done it this time (have about 5 lb to go) even though I quit so many times before. I thought it was hopeless but it just needed consistent work from my part.

You also need to make sure that what you’re doing isn’t unrealistic. If you’re planning a starvation regime, cutting out a whole food group or an extremely gruelling exercise programme, it probably won’t work. All I did was calorie counting and 10,000 steps a day (although I do 12,000 these days).

I think you need smaller goals and changes. Rather than a 'diet' (we say 'on' a diet, which implies there is an 'off'). Can you start by doing something concrete and achievable like start with drinking more water? Allow small changed to amount to something bigger rather than creating a grand plan that will lead to inevitable 'failure'.