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Weight Loss - Stop Being Hard On Yourself
Wendy Hearn
When you’re going through the process of losing weight andgetting fitter and healthier, there may be many times when youwill eat food which perhaps isn’t healthy for you. Or perhapsyou overeat or don’t exercise. This is quite normal and mostpeople find that they do this. The difference between losingweight and not losing weight is how you handle this. Do you giveyourself a hard time mentally and really beat yourself up fordoing it, perhaps saying "It was stupid to eat all thosechocolates", "What’s wrong with me ?can’t I even resist somecake?", "Why can’t I motivate myself to exercise this week, wheneveryone else can?" or even "I’m useless at losing weight."Hey - just look at all the abuse you’re heaping on yourself.Would you speak to a friend in the same way? I doubt it. Yet insome ways it seems okay to abuse ourselves.
I’ve heard many people label themselves in a negative way,particularly with regard to losing weight. Labels such as ‘bad?‘useless? or ‘no willpower? A common phrase is whether you’vebeen ‘good?or ‘bad?this week with your eating habits. "I’vebeen ‘bad?this week because I ate a Chinese takeaway." I reallyencourage you to steer clear of using the expression ‘bad?There may have been many instances during the week when you atehealthily. Yet any diversion from this and you immediately labelyourself as ‘bad? The problem is when you label yourself thisway, you tend to get stuck into giving yourself a hard time,rather than finding a way to accept what you’ve done and thenmove on. When you give yourself a hard time, you’re more likelyto overeat as a means of dealing with how you feel aboutyourself. What is this costing you personally? What do youachieve by being hard on yourself? When you understand what youachieve from this, you’ll find it easier to find a solution andmove on.
Beating yourself up keeps you trapped and the way to permanentweight loss is to keep moving forward. Let’s say you’ve eatensome extra food and you find yourself caught into giving yourselfa hard time. What’s the way forward? I suggest you create asign for yourself that says "Stop giving yourself a hard time."This can be a real sign, such as a sticker on your computerscreen, in your handbag, or on your kitchen cupboard. Or it canbe an imaginary sign in your mind which you create. You can addcolour to it, a smiley face, anything which lightens it up. Thisisn’t meant to be another way to beat yourself up. This sign issupposed to be fairly light-hearted with the intention of movingyou on from this impasse of giving yourself a hard time. Atthose times when either you’ve eaten extra food , or eatenunhealthily or not exercised and you begin to mentally abuseyourself, call on this sign, either by reading it or visualisingit. By referring to this sign during the day, you’re likely tobe gentler with yourself. It’s a way of catching yourself,forgiving yourself and then moving on. When you can forgiveyourself for what you’ve done, you’ll find you’ll get back tobeing healthy more quickly.
What will it take before you stop giving yourself a hard time?
Wendy Hearn
Weight Loss Success Coach
Author of "The Top 10 Things That Stop YOU From Losing Weight"
http://www.PositiveWeightLoss.com
I work with people who want to lose weight and have a greatlife. I offer individual and group coaching, via the telephone or email.
http://www.WeightLossCoaching.com
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