Happy Friday Everyone,
When we think of losing weight, we think about what we need to eat. That is important. I have found that the most important aspect of weight loss is our thinking. Lets face it, our thoughts get us into trouble. They seem to sabotage us daily. Who has not thought, I think I will eat that because I am celebrating something, I can start over tomorrow, all my friends are eating that, I deserve it, just a bit won't matter. On and on our thoughts lead us to where we did not want to go. What can we do? We have got to develop ways to counteract these sabotaging thoughts.
All of us face many triggers daily relating to food. These triggers cause sabotaging thoughts. Many of us do not even recognize the triggers or the thoughts that lead us to eat. The first step is to learn to recognize the triggers that cause you to eat. Any thing that triggers you to eat can be a trigger. It could be a type of food, place, time, craving, hunger, day of the week, smell, friend, really anything. If you are journaling you will begin to see these triggers fairly easily. Once you see the trigger watch what your thoughts are telling you. As you learn to recognize these sabotaging thoughts, you can then begin to develop some helpful responses that you can tell yourself. The trick is to develop positive self talk that leads you to make better choices. It is something that you must practice over time.
I believe that long term success with weight control is dependent on whether you can learn to recognize your triggers and thoughts and feelings and then develop ways to make positive choices. This is a learning process and you will improve the more you practice!
Have a great weekend!
Diets Don't Work, but there are simple things we can do that help us to eat healthy and lose weight. We can eliminate emotional eating, foil our food triggers, and end mindless eating for good. There are many helpful ideas and hope abounds.
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