Try switching your thoughts around with a few of my suggestions below. You’ll be amazed at how different it makes you feel!

I’ve bolded a few of the key words…notice the difference in the “positive” versus “negative” talk…it works. Ask all the scientists who have proven this in hundreds of studies! Or just ask any successful business person or a winning athlete. They’ll attest, I’m sure!

When you tell yourself that you “can’t” do something…you’re setting yourself up to fail. You can have sweets, just in moderation:

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First of all, you cannot control where your body decides to lose the fat (spot reduction: myth), but you can control how much you exercise and what you eat. So try changing your thoughts to something in your control:

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“Dieters” are no fun to be around. Instead of announcing that you’re on a diet, show others that you make healthy choices without making a big deal about it.

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Eat it. Enjoy it. Don’t justify it. No one is judging you (and if they are, they are a saboteur, avoid having people like this in your life!).
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Silly. If you don’t eat throughout the day, you’ll be ravenous later on and your body will hold on to every bitty morsel of food as fat. You’ll end up overeating instead of just enjoying the party food in moderation.

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Thinking positively for you,
Lindsay