Positive Influences
February 19, 2010
Positive Influences
Year Three
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Philippians 4:13
HEALTHY AND THIN IN 2010
I believe that when you are trying to change your lifestyle and eating habits that you need to surround yourself with positive influences. Many people do not have the privilege of having supportive people around them. If that is the case then you need to do a little self-talking every day. I know this sounds a little strange and you probably think I have lost my mind. However, positive encouragement, regardless of from where it comes, does impact our daily lives and activities. Self talk has a big impact on your weight loss motivation. When your self talk includes absolutes like "I'll never be able to lose weight" or "I can never keep to my eating plan", you are focusing on the negative. Words like never, always, all, everyone, no one, nobody, add to negative self talk. If you can start using some more positive words, they will give you a lot of weight loss support and weight loss motivation. Try these: I will, I can see, I'm able to, I'm learning to, I can do, what would happen if, I'll find out how to...
See how powerful words are! They can change us completely. They can fill us full of confidence or full of doubt. And they are particularly important when it comes to losing weight. You see, when we’re overweight, we often have a low opinion of ourselves. I know I did and at times still do. We don’t like the way we look and we often feel very self-conscious, especially if someone passes a comment about our figure. Result? We tell ourselves that we are not as good as other people. We tell ourselves that we are a failure. And after we’ve said it enough times, we end up believing it. We end up believing we are a failure. So when we try to lose weight, we are beaten before we start. We are so convinced that we’re a failure that we never put our heart into it. We might give up chocolate and biscuits for a couple of weeks but we don’t take it seriously. And we don’t believe for a moment that we’re really going to lose the weight and keep it off. Why not? Because that little negative voice in our head is saying: You’re a failure! You’re fat! You’re never going to lose weight! You have tried before and failed! Even if you do lose it you will gain it back!! Well girls, it’s time to change! Instead of telling yourself all this negative rubbish, I want you to say something positive, for a change. For example, say this to yourself:
"I want to be healthy and weigh less. So I am going to start a sensible weight loss and exercise program and learn some new eating habits. And if I have a bad day, I’ll work that much harder to stay with the plan. If I stumble and fall I will get up brush myself off and begin again. I will not give up!! And nothing is going to stop me, because I am strong enough to succeed."
It seems that every time I make a decision to eat healthy everyone around me offers me food or wants to go out to eat? The temptations are always present. You can’t just turn away from food entirely so the temptation is always there. Surrounding yourself with positive influences, if you can, is great. Few people are as blessed as I am to have a great support system around them. My husband, Don, is the best!! He supports me in whatever I endeavor to do. In our 38 years of marriage he has been there for me through every diet possible. He is always encouraging. He has watched me struggle to lose weight and then he watched me put it right back on. But never has he once criticized me. Try to share you goals with those who you know will be supportive; friends, family, co-workers, etc. Surrounding yourself with encouraging and supportive people is not always easy and many times we have to contend with those who are negative and discouraging. That is why it is so important to begin any healthy living program with the determination that you are doing this for yourself. This must begin in you!! Sometimes it is hard and this may be a time when you discover who your real friends are and who it is that really cares for you!!
If you have started a healthy living program I would love to hear from you. Share your hurdles and struggles with me. Believe me there is nothing concerning weight lose that I have not been through and will not understand. Try a little self talking and let me know how it works!! I would love to hear from you. Email me at healthierfaith@yahoo.com. Thank you for following along on my journey. I promise 2010 will be more interesting than 2009!!!!!!!!
Positive Influences
Year Three
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Philippians 4:13
HEALTHY AND THIN IN 2010
I believe that when you are trying to change your lifestyle and eating habits that you need to surround yourself with positive influences. Many people do not have the privilege of having supportive people around them. If that is the case then you need to do a little self-talking every day. I know this sounds a little strange and you probably think I have lost my mind. However, positive encouragement, regardless of from where it comes, does impact our daily lives and activities. Self talk has a big impact on your weight loss motivation. When your self talk includes absolutes like "I'll never be able to lose weight" or "I can never keep to my eating plan", you are focusing on the negative. Words like never, always, all, everyone, no one, nobody, add to negative self talk. If you can start using some more positive words, they will give you a lot of weight loss support and weight loss motivation. Try these: I will, I can see, I'm able to, I'm learning to, I can do, what would happen if, I'll find out how to...
See how powerful words are! They can change us completely. They can fill us full of confidence or full of doubt. And they are particularly important when it comes to losing weight. You see, when we’re overweight, we often have a low opinion of ourselves. I know I did and at times still do. We don’t like the way we look and we often feel very self-conscious, especially if someone passes a comment about our figure. Result? We tell ourselves that we are not as good as other people. We tell ourselves that we are a failure. And after we’ve said it enough times, we end up believing it. We end up believing we are a failure. So when we try to lose weight, we are beaten before we start. We are so convinced that we’re a failure that we never put our heart into it. We might give up chocolate and biscuits for a couple of weeks but we don’t take it seriously. And we don’t believe for a moment that we’re really going to lose the weight and keep it off. Why not? Because that little negative voice in our head is saying: You’re a failure! You’re fat! You’re never going to lose weight! You have tried before and failed! Even if you do lose it you will gain it back!! Well girls, it’s time to change! Instead of telling yourself all this negative rubbish, I want you to say something positive, for a change. For example, say this to yourself:
"I want to be healthy and weigh less. So I am going to start a sensible weight loss and exercise program and learn some new eating habits. And if I have a bad day, I’ll work that much harder to stay with the plan. If I stumble and fall I will get up brush myself off and begin again. I will not give up!! And nothing is going to stop me, because I am strong enough to succeed."
It seems that every time I make a decision to eat healthy everyone around me offers me food or wants to go out to eat? The temptations are always present. You can’t just turn away from food entirely so the temptation is always there. Surrounding yourself with positive influences, if you can, is great. Few people are as blessed as I am to have a great support system around them. My husband, Don, is the best!! He supports me in whatever I endeavor to do. In our 38 years of marriage he has been there for me through every diet possible. He is always encouraging. He has watched me struggle to lose weight and then he watched me put it right back on. But never has he once criticized me. Try to share you goals with those who you know will be supportive; friends, family, co-workers, etc. Surrounding yourself with encouraging and supportive people is not always easy and many times we have to contend with those who are negative and discouraging. That is why it is so important to begin any healthy living program with the determination that you are doing this for yourself. This must begin in you!! Sometimes it is hard and this may be a time when you discover who your real friends are and who it is that really cares for you!!
If you have started a healthy living program I would love to hear from you. Share your hurdles and struggles with me. Believe me there is nothing concerning weight lose that I have not been through and will not understand. Try a little self talking and let me know how it works!! I would love to hear from you. Email me at healthierfaith@yahoo.com. Thank you for following along on my journey. I promise 2010 will be more interesting than 2009!!!!!!!!
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