“Improvements begin “WITH ME”. So take every day as a challenge”- Delna Pooniwala.
We humans are designed in a peculiar way where we are extremely bias to our actions. We justify what we do and can come up with multiple reasons why the situation was not conducive for us to do what we should.
When I ask clients why they went off course from their diet, the general reasons are “Shadi mein gayee thee” or “I had to go out for a meeting to a Chinese restaurant” or “I got talked into over eating”. People never say “I lost control & got tempted into wrong eating & finally overate all the wrong things”.
Fact is that even when we go out, we have loads of choices and we require using the appropriate one. If we go to a Chinese restaurant, ask for steamed vegetables or a steamed fish or steamed chicken prepared without monosodium glutamate. You could have ‘Siu Mai’ or ‘Jiaozi’. You needn’t really binge on fried rice and noodles with Fatty Pork Ribs.
Even when we are at a buffet or at a Shadi, understand the options first and then fill your plate with salads, raita, dry sabji or paneer that you may pick out from the dish or have a feast with the dal. Try and avoid huge quantities of rice, paratha & sweets.
Every day is a separate challenge and we need to constantly work on improving ourselves in every way.
