Decisions, decisions

31st December 2011 I eat like a bird -sure you do. A bird eats four times it's own body weight. Better we eat like horses! I'm a formerly fat person.  I'm not a doctor or a psychiatrist.  I'm not a dietitian.  I don't know the technical details of nutrition and I've never had lessons in hypnosis but I do know how to eat, how to lose weight and stay that way!  I don't guarantee that losing weight makes life beautiful. I don't guarantee that it's going to give you the success in life that you want.  But surely it's going to make you confident that you are capable of controlling your own body, that you are not the victim of your compulsions.     (I took those words from jean nidetch book-the lady who invented weightwatchers ) So is today the day for you to decide - to clearly make a decision about what you want.   As you go through life you gain more responsibilities - one of the biggest is to decide what you want. There are always choices so ask yourself, "what's next for me?" It's not always easy to make decisions.   Fortunately you can always ask for help from others. You can also "try on your future".  This means closing your eyes and imagining the different possibilities for yourself, and then noticing how each choice feels. Which one makes you feel happiest?  Which choice makes you feel loved and safe?  Which one feels like it would be most helpful to yourself and others?  Always choose the path that's best for you.   If you ever feel stuck, as if your life isn't moving along smoothly, then you need to make clear decisions about what you want.  Decisions are magical, in that they get things moving again. If you don't like the direction in which your life is going, you can examine your decisions to see if they need changing. The best decisions will make you feel happy, and will make the people around you happy, too.   Enjoy the last day of 2011. Xx