if you always self sabotage your diet, watch this

22 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this coaching‑style monologue, Eric Roberts explains how people often unintentionally sabotage a dieter’s progress. He notes that friends and family may react negatively when they notice the dieter counting calories, exercising, or cutting back on alcohol, which can create pressure to revert to old habits. Roberts shares two extreme tactics that have helped his online coaching clients: (1) a hard‑line, “draw‑a‑line‑in‑the‑sand” conversation where the dieter explicitly tells those around them what they’re doing and what they need, and (2) the “dark 30” approach, where the dieter temporarily cuts off contact with unsupportive people for 30 days to focus solely on their goals. He warns that being wishy‑washy or indecisive about boundaries will likely cause the dieter to fall off track.

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One drink won't hurt you. You're being boring. You're not gonna stick to this. They're trying to lose weight again. Does any of that sound familiar? That is sabotage, and usually it's not on purpose. When other people around you start noticing you're counting your calories, you're getting your workouts in, you're not drinking as much alcohol, they see you doing things that they know they should be doing but aren't. So, and so what I have seen work for our online coaching clients is one of two extreme Number one, you either tell everybody around you, have a very hard, tough, draw a line in the sand conversation and say, this is what I'm doing. Or in the opposite direction, you tell no one, you go dark 30, you don't hang out with those people anymore, and you just focus on what you need to do. But if you're wishy-washy about it, you're always gonna end up falling off track.