“Cristy, when can I eat pizza again?”

Some new Rebels ask me that, and some don’t.

It just goes to show that

It just goes to show that the mindsets of people who join the Code Red Lifestyle™ can be in drastically different places.

On one end of the spectrum are the people who are sick and miserable and obese, and feel like Code Red is their very last hope.

For them, it’s do or die (maybe literally!).

On the extreme other end of the spectrum are people who come in with the full intention of going back to their old bullcrap ways the instant they drop some weight, or the instant they “don’t feel like” sticking with it.

People with this mindset often give themselves away doing stuff like…

Posting a picture of a donut with a caption that says, “I can’t wait to get back to eating this! Yum yum!”

Asking, “When I can I eat pizza again??”

Staying, “I know we’re not supposed to cheat…but if we do, what’s the best way?”

When I see a post like that in one of my groups, it comes down the instant my team or I see it.

I don’t tolerate that crap, because it’s got diet mentality written all over it.

I define “dieting” as making a temporary change to lose your weight, before returning to the same foods and habits that caused your weight problem in the first place.

But if you want to keep your weight off, you ain’t ever going back to your old ways.

Does it mean you can “never” have pizza again?

No, it doesn’t.

It does mean that if you choose to eat pizza, you do it strategically. (When our Rebels reach goal weight, my Coaches and I teach them how to reintroduce foods, if they still even want to.)

But going back to gorging on however much junk food you want, whenever you want it?

Those days are behind you if you want that weight to finally stay off.

I get that this is uncomfortable to hear.

It’s definitely not the sunshine, rainbows, and unicorn farts version of weight loss you’re used to hearing.

Reaching your goal weight is an AMAZING thing, and if you’re there, you should be very proud of yourself. I’m sure proud of you!

Not only did you put in the time and effort to make it happen cap’n, you took a giant step toward healing from the deeper issues your weight represents.

To help you feel more confidence in your ability to keep the weight off, I put together a video for you, about the mindset of maintaining your weight loss. Click the image below to watch it.