Weight Loss Challenge: Live in Your Strengths

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Weight Loss Challenge: Live in Your Strengths

Copyright 2006 Carol

Has anyone noticed how easy it is to live in our

(perceived) limitations and even more dangerously, to let

ourselves be defined by them?

Last week, when I sent out my newsletter, I got 6 emails

almost immediately thanking me for the information and

letting me know how much my newsletter is appreciated (ahhh

.. . . the power of the internet).

I also got 1 email asking to be taken off my mailing list

.

Now, my thoughts immediately went to the 1 person who

didn’t want to be on the list. Since I am used to this

phenomenon, I quickly reminded myself of the 16,000+

wonderful subscribers (that’s you) who choose to receive my

writing and sometimes even write to me in gratitude (Thank

you - I read and appreciate each letter :-).

If I have 6 Coaching sessions in a day and 5 are life

changing and 1 doesn’t seem to go anywhere (for whatever

reason), what do I usually think about?

Of course . . . the 1 session that DIDN’T go well.

The same is true for eating. If you have 5 “good” days and

then you have 1 “bad” day, what do you do?

What do you focus on?

Who beats you up?

It’s like the 5 “good” days didn’t even exist—they are

completely erased by the 1 day that didn’t go the way you

would have liked.

This kind of thinking is what sabotages you and prevents

you from getting back on track. It is easy to go into a

downward spiral when you focus on the wrong thing.

It is much more dangerous when our THINKING gets out of

control, than when our eating gets out of control.

If our eating gets out of control, there are opportunities

to get back on track the very next minute, the next meal or

even the next day. It is much more difficult to do that if

your thinking spirals out of control as well.

If you manage your thinking well, you can minimize any

damage done with your eating.

YOUR THINKING (combined with your healthy routine) is what

can keep you on track and get you back on track when you

lose your way. Most people, by the way, get off track

FREQUENTLY and continually boot themselves back on the path.

BEWARE of generalizations!

Let’s say you eat more that you planned at a party (and you

are PLANNING, right?).

Don’t make a broad generalization like – “that’s it – I

have blown it – I will never be able to lose weight . . . I

might as well . . . (you know the rest)!”

Instead, say something kinder to yourself like – “OK there

were foods here that I hadn’t planned on . . . or . . . I

guess I got a little carried away tonight . . . I will get

right back on track tomorrow!”

LISTEN to what you are saying to yourself and don’t beat

yourself up.

Your strength lies in the power to change what you think

and what you say to yourself.

No one can do that but you.

Here’s to power thinking!

About the Author:

By going from food obsessive to charge neutral (i.e. Did I

eat today?), Carol , Ph.D. became dedicated to

making it easy for others to step off the vicious cycle and

live free of anxiety about food and weight. If you want to

learn how to intentionally decrease your appetite, the best

place to start is her ebook – all the strategies you need

to lose weight without restriction or dieting. Go to . . .

http://www.lose-weight-now-stay-slim-forever.com/