Why Waiting Makes Changing Your Eating Habits Harder

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How to Stay on Track with Eating on Weekends Without Feeling Restricted

Hey there, welcome to the Eating Habits for Life Podcast.

Today I want to talk to you about something that’s holding you back from your deepest desires. From feeling the best you can. From living life the best you can. And that’s waiting. Waiting for the right time. Waiting until you feel 100% ready.

Here’s the thing though. There’s never a “right time.” How long have you been waiting for that “right time” to come? Probably quite a while, maybe years? Are you willing to keep waiting? Because once things lighten up a bit in your schedule, they’re not likely to stay that way. If you’re used to being busy, that’s like a set-point for you. Your brain is going to want to fill that time or space back up with things to do. Your brain will keep you busy, if busy is your norm.

And you’re never going to feel 100% ready, because there will always be that inner critic in the back of your mind saying, “what if you fail?” creating self-doubt. Our brains do that as a form of self-sabotage to prevent you from changing anything about yourself or your life.

Our brains hate change, therefore our brains will try to give us all the reasons why we shouldn’t make any changes. They’re kinda sneaky. They also like avoiding discomfort. Last time you procrastinated doing something? That was your brain trying to avoid discomfort.

So, waiting doesn’t have advantages and in fact, has big disadvantages. So, today I want to help you understand why waiting makes changing your eating habits harder.

Now, does this sound like you? You tell yourself you’ll start next Monday. Or maybe after this big work project is finished. Or when life finally settles down. You know your eating habits aren’t where you want them to be, but it just doesn’t feel like the right time yet.

I get it. Change feels overwhelming. And with everything else on your plate, changing your eating habits feels like something you need to push to the side… until you have more time, more energy, or more motivation.

But here’s the truth: waiting doesn’t make it easier. It makes it harder.

The Real Cost of Waiting to Change Your Eating Habits

Every day that you stay stuck in the same eating patterns, those habits get more deeply wired into your brain. They become more second nature. Those automatic responses to stress, exhaustion, or just daily routines. And the longer a habit sticks around, the harder it is to break.

When you wait to start making changes, you reinforce the cycle of:

• Emotional eating: Turning to food for comfort, then feeling frustrated afterward.
• Mindless snacking: Grabbing whatever’s convenient without even realizing it.
• All-or-nothing thinking: Feeling “good” when you’re eating well and “bad” when you’re not, leading to cycles of restriction and overeating or even bingeing.
• Low energy and sluggishness: The more you rely on quick-fix foods, the more they drain you, making you feel even less capable of making a change.

And worst of all? Waiting erodes your confidence. Each time you tell yourself “I’ll start later” and don’t, it chips away at your belief that you can change. You start to think, Maybe I’ll always struggle with this. You start losing faith in yourself, because deep down you know you keep pushing off what you really want and that disappoints you.

The Emotional Toll of Staying Stuck in Bad Eating Habits

Most career women don’t just struggle with eating habits in isolation. It spills over into so many areas of life… your energy at work, your ability to be present with loved ones, your confidence in your own skin.

• You feel frustrated that you know what to do, but somehow can’t seem to do it consistently.
• You feel defeated when yet another day passes without making progress.
• You feel exhausted from the mental battle of Should I eat this? Should I not? What’s wrong with me?

And that kind of exhaustion? It keeps you stuck. Mental and emotional exhaustion just makes you want to curl up into a ball and just close off. It certainly doesn’t give you the energy you want or need. It doesn’t give you that extra motivation to make the changes in your eating habits you really want to make.

So that emotional toll it takes, just keeps you in exactly the same spot, with the same eating habits, the same struggles, and keeps you looping through the same cycle, making all the habits stronger and all the negative emotions even worse.

The Good News: Changing Your Eating Habits Can be Simple

The biggest misconception about changing eating habits is that it requires a massive overhaul. That you need to be ready to go all in, have the perfect plan, or summon an incredible amount of discipline.

That’s simply not true.

The most effective, sustainable changes happen one small shift at a time.

Imagine if instead of waiting for the “perfect time,” you simply started with one small action today:

• Pausing before eating to check in with your hunger levels.
• Adding one protein-rich snack to help manage cravings.
• Eating your meals without distractions just once per day to increase awareness.

These tiny shifts might seem insignificant, but they have a compounding effect. Over time, they create real, lasting change, without feeling overwhelming.

How Taking Action Now Changes Everything

When you take that first small step, you immediately shift from feeling stuck to feeling empowered. You start proving to yourself that you can make changes, even in small ways. And that builds momentum.

The benefits go beyond just food choices:

• More mental clarity: Less time obsessing over what you eat means more energy for things that matter.
• Greater self-trust: You stop feeling like you’re constantly “failing” and start feeling in control.
• More consistency: No more all-or-nothing cycles, just steady, doable progress.

And most importantly? You stop waiting for the right time and start living the way you want now. Because seriously, don’t you want to start feeling better now versus months from now or even never? Don’t you want to be free from the frustrations and other negative emotions that your eating habits are causing you? And don’t you want to be free from those sooner rather than later or never?

Life keeps going by, we aren’t guaranteed to live until 80. So why keep pushing off what you can have now? Especially since the reasons aren’t good ones and especially since pushing off changing your eating habits will just strengthen the current ones, making them harder to break.

So no more waiting for the right time or for when you’re 100% ready. Show yourself that your life is worth taking that first step now. The vacation can wait, the new patio furniture can wait. Your health and happiness can’t wait, nor should it.

If you’ve been feeling stuck in a cycle of waiting… it really is time to break free.

My coaching isn’t about overhauling your entire life overnight. It’s about small, powerful shifts, ones that fit your life, your schedule, and your needs.

Shifts that make change feel doable.

If that sounds like what you need, let’s talk. Start with a free consultation, and I’ll help you figure out one simple step you can take today, something that feels light, not overwhelming.

You don’t have to feel ready to sign up for any coaching to book a free consultation. You just have to feel at least somewhat ready to put yourself first. So you can come out of that consultation with more clarity, direction, and belief in yourself. With more motivation and energy to make the changes you so deserve.

Because the truth is… the longer you wait, the harder it gets.

But when you take that first step today? That’s when everything starts to change.

Go ahead and book your free consult and start feeling better. Thanks so much for listening, take care and let’s free you from those eating habits, one easy step at a time.