If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace
else. Yogi Berra
Countdown to Christmas tip – Don't eat just to be polite.
"I couldn't refuse the apple strudel — Aunt Mabel spent hours slaving over
it!" Sound familiar? We often fall off the wagon for fear of insulting our
hosts - but that's a poor excuse! The next time you're being strong-armed into
eating something, simply say, "No thank you, it looks delicious but I’ve
had enough."
Well to
say I was pleased yesterday was an understatement, the scales told me I was
4.5lb down on last week, amazing what a week of being poorly can do for you - there
had to be a positive to feeling that awful! So I’m goal plus 6.5lb which is
brilliant, now if I can only keep it down until Christmas I’ll be able to relax
whilst I’m away. I’ve got this weekend
with friends which might cause a blip but we shall see and hope for the best.
This
month sees mom being at goal for 7 years which is an amazing feat especially
when you consider her sweet tooth!
Whilst we were losing out weight together, I used to hear mom talking to
herself in the bathroom. Since then I’ve
realised that she was saying an affirmation every day, and I now recommend
everyone does them.
Think about
it – the average person has around 50,000 to 60,000 thoughts a day. How many of those thoughts are negative? We constantly say to ourselves such things
as: “I’m hopeless”, “I can’t do anything properly”, or “I’ll never lose weight”.
Having
such thoughts for many of us is like eating – we do it automatically, without
really appreciating what is going into our bodies (or our minds).
What
often gets forgotten is that in many ways these negative thoughts, like the
kinds of food we eat, shape our lives. ‘We
are what we think’ just as ‘we are what we eat’, so it is helpful to take a
close look at the kinds of thoughts we are having and change them.
If you
tell yourself, “I’ve got to lose weight,” it’s the weight you’ll be focused on
and that makes it much harder to lose.
If I were to say to you: “Don’t think of an elephant”, it’s the first
thing you picture in your mind! . So take your mind off weight and food and
refocus. Tell yourself what you
want. For example: “I want to be slimmer”,
or “I want to be healthier”. Also the
brain does not recognise the word ‘not’ which means whenever you think ‘do not’
or ‘don’t’ your brain hears the sentence without the ‘not’ so try an example, “Do
not eat that cake”, remove the NOT and what have you got! Trouble that’s what
you’ve got!
Then set
yourself an affirmation such as; “I am slimmer, I am healthier, therefore I am
happier” or “I’m becoming the me, I deserve to be.”
Make
your affirmation short so you can remember it, always start with “I” and put it
in the present to give it more power (“I am…” not “I will be”). Try repeating it aloud to yourself at least
twice a day (in the bathroom maybe like my mom did). Also, if you hear a negative thought going on
in your head, replace it with your affirmation.
Remember – you become your thoughts! So today I’m thinking, we’re fantastic ;)
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