10 Easy Tips From a Serial Dieter That Work

Remove the word “diet” from your vocabulary

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I’ve always had that extra bit of weight that I couldn’t come to terms with. I was a chubby little kid. My mom would hide chocolates from me, not to make things worse. She made me go outside and play when I just wanted to sit on my butt and play inside.

The first time I consciously went on a diet myself, I was 13 and couldn’t fit into a pair of skinny jeans after the summer break. I had a slim body, and other girls were jealous of my figure, yet I always strived to be thinner.

By the time I turned 19, I already developed an eating disorder and tried pretty much every diet in the book. It took me years to recover and form a healthy relationship with my body.

Say No to Unreasonable Goals

The first step to recovery was to stop aiming for an unreasonable goal weight. The last time I was at my goal weight, I was 19 at the peak of my disordered eating. I looked exhausted. All my clothes were falling off. I barely slept. I was overexercising and surviving on a handful of food. I was avoiding social gatherings and family dinners just to be thin. It was misery at its finest.

We all have that goal weight in mind that we hope to reach one day. We think we will…