Mon, Mar-11-02, 18:17
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Senior Member
Posts: 140
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 249/193/160
BF:
Progress: 63%
Location: Australia
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Hi Andi
I look at being overweight as a transitional period to being a much healthier me - like the preparation time on a really involved recipe. It may not always be easy/fun, but it is only a short term situation (now that we are doing something about it) with a great result. A year may seem like a long time, but when you think about how long we live, and how long we might have been overweight, it is really only a short time.
One thing that has helped me enormously are affirmations. It can sound a bit daft, but it really has helped me. Here is how it works.
Choose one thing in your life you want to concentrate on changing. Phrase it in a way that is short, positive and proactive. Don't use future tense, use present. Then turn it into your mantra. For the first few days, as soon as you get up in the morning and as just before you climb into bed at night, write it out 11 times. After a few days, just do it looking at your face in the mirror, and you will believe it.
Mine is:
I am beautiful, inside and out. I am living this beauty.
Another thing I am very fortunate about it, is having a doctor that put me on the program. I see him ever 2 weeks - same day/same time. After seeing him I am all fired up and ready to kick some tushie. That lasts a little over a week. When I start to get "those" thoughts (few and far between though) it is only a couple of days before going to see my doctor again, so I stick to my guns and don't break. If I do break, it is only a little one, and I climb right back on. Life is too short to feel guilty about eating too many mangos with your champagne.
Stick with it. If you believe in yourself you can do it. Remember, what you focus on expands.
Luv
Rey
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