3 reasons your diet falls apart in week two. And what I do differently.
The reason it keeps not working for you is how you set up your week
For your kids, you know exactly what belongs in their lunchbox. You think about what they eat, make sure something is ready, and try to make sure they don't leave the house hungry.
But for yourself? You often only think about it once you're already hungry.
You skip a meal, eat too little because you want to lose weight, or simply haven't prepared anything. And then that moment arrives: you're tired, you're craving food and suddenly have to figure out what to eat. Right then, you often don't make the choice you actually wanted to make.
Not because you lack discipline. But because you've put yourself at the bottom of your own list all day long.
That's where many weight-loss attempts fall apart. Not because you don't know what healthy eating is, but because your own food never became part of your daily planning.
Three things I changed myself to actually stick with it.
I haven't prepared anythingI haven't eaten enoughNow I'm starvingI'll start again tomorrowYou're already negotiating at breakfast
The first decision of the day is often made before eight o'clock. Yoghurt or bread, butter or no butter, and you're actually in a hurry. It seems harmless, but you've already talked yourself into one exception.
If you start the day by negotiating, you keep negotiating all day. At eleven with your coffee, at three at the biscuit drawer, at seven at dinner.
By three o'clock your willpower is gone, because you were hungry
That moment around three o'clock when you suddenly crave everything sweet? Often you've simply eaten too little.
Maybe just coffee in the morning, a quick lunch in between and hardly any protein. And then you expect yourself to still make a healthy choice at three o'clock.
But when you're hungry, choosing simply gets a lot harder. Then you grab whatever is in front of you.
That's why I now make sure I have something with me that is filling and easy. Not thinking about it only once the craving has hit.
Comparison based on common meal replacement shakes in supermarkets.
Figuring out what to eat, every single day
A diet is rarely too hard. It's too busy. Groceries, recipes, prepping, cooking separately for yourself while everyone else eats something different.
That setup works in week one, when it's still new. In week two a day comes along when it doesn't fit. And then another.
What's left isn't that you didn't want it. It's that you couldn't fit it in.
What I do differently
I stopped changing everything at once. Instead, two of my three meals are fixed: my breakfast and lunch are the same every day, ready in half a minute. I choose my dinner myself and simply eat it with my family.
That ended the negotiating, because twice a day there was nothing left to negotiate. The moments where I used to give up are now the moments where I don't have to think.
The third meal stays open. That's deliberate: nobody sticks to a plan where you can never eat out again for four weeks.
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What customers say
Did the 2-week pack and it went really well. A bit of tummy trouble at first, but quick results: no more sweet cravings. And the meals are very filling.
My favourite shake is vanilla, which I use to replace breakfast and lunch. Very filling. Nice resealable bag.
Tasty bar, prevents the afternoon “snack craving”.
Tasty bar that doesn't feel too heavy. Ideal after a workout.
What I should honestly add
I sell this myself, so you can expect me to also mention what's less nice.
For years I thought it was down to me. My perseverance, my character. It was down to the setup: every day I asked myself to make fifteen good decisions all over again.
Two of those I no longer have to make. That's the whole difference.
P.S. Start on an ordinary weekday, not on Monday after a rough weekend.
