You want an awesome accountability partner? Someone who's always with you through thick and thin? Someone who won't judge you but will never budget in their relentless pursuit of you staying (or getting) to where you want to be? Here's your partner...meet your favorite pair of jeans (or shorts or whatever kind of pants you love). Bue Jeans?
I have a brand of jeans I love. Yet there's nothing more frustrating than trying to put them on when I'm not at the right waistline. The frustration of getting that button to slip inside of that hole...arrgggg! I can get frustrated just thinking about it. Yet, how can you use that to your advantage?
I used this hack as I was dropping weight. When I was a 38" the jeans were starting to fit tight. I said to myself, I'm not doing 40". I refused to buy 40" pants even though the 38" were snug. With time and focus the 38" got loose, so what did I do? Of course, I went back to eating more and exercising less because I had room in my 38". Yup, therein lies the problem. When the pain goes away so can the motivation to change. Eventually, I learned that when the pants start getting lose, go down in size so I'm never comfortable until I hit my goal weight. Baggy pants give you permission to eat more...keep swapping out clothes for smaller sizes! Here's a bonus...give away the larger pants as you go down in size. You won't ever need them again. If you keep them you give yourself permission to get back into them.
Going out tonight and want to eat right and stay on plan? Don't wear sweatpants with the elastic waist. Wear the tightest fitting pants you can stand. Tight pants are your best accountability partner! They're always with you. They don't judge. They're strict and will never budge. BTW, I'm down to 34's". Subscribe to McGraw's Laws by Email
I have a brand of jeans I love. Yet there's nothing more frustrating than trying to put them on when I'm not at the right waistline. The frustration of getting that button to slip inside of that hole...arrgggg! I can get frustrated just thinking about it. Yet, how can you use that to your advantage?
I used this hack as I was dropping weight. When I was a 38" the jeans were starting to fit tight. I said to myself, I'm not doing 40". I refused to buy 40" pants even though the 38" were snug. With time and focus the 38" got loose, so what did I do? Of course, I went back to eating more and exercising less because I had room in my 38". Yup, therein lies the problem. When the pain goes away so can the motivation to change. Eventually, I learned that when the pants start getting lose, go down in size so I'm never comfortable until I hit my goal weight. Baggy pants give you permission to eat more...keep swapping out clothes for smaller sizes! Here's a bonus...give away the larger pants as you go down in size. You won't ever need them again. If you keep them you give yourself permission to get back into them.
Going out tonight and want to eat right and stay on plan? Don't wear sweatpants with the elastic waist. Wear the tightest fitting pants you can stand. Tight pants are your best accountability partner! They're always with you. They don't judge. They're strict and will never budge. BTW, I'm down to 34's". Subscribe to McGraw's Laws by Email
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