Is Easter still hanging around your hips? Here are 6 powerful tips to help you release the excess and start feeling better about yourself.
- Take responsibility (straight into the Ouch factor here). Accept that now you are an adult, you alone decide what goes into your mouth. You decide what to buy. If someone in your family can’t go without chocolate biscuits, let him/her buy them and eat them alone.
- It’s OK to say NO to someone else if you are really saying YES to yourself. Set and maintain boundaries.
- Mind your Self Talk – are you talking like a best friend or the biggest bitch? If you are feeling bad, even more criticism will hinder not help. Encourage yourself.
- Acknowledge that healthy choices are a sign of self love, NOT a punishment. You are saying No Thanks for you, not against you.
- Choose your words carefully, as it makes a difference to how you feel. E.g. “Healthy Choices” instead of “Dieting and Exercise”. “Release” excess weight, don’t “Lose fat”. If you lose something it’s generally a bad thing and you have to find it again, quickly!
- Identify what is causing your empty feeling, and find other ways to fill yourself, instead of food, alcohol, cigarettes. E.g. is the emptiness from feeling lonely, unloved, inadequate? Hugs, chats with friends, a walk in the sunshine, stroking a pet, dumping it all out on paper before burning it, are all calorie-free.
Remember, the more you practice, the easier it gets. Be firm but gentle with yourself, and allow yourself to learn new ways of making healthier choices every day.
If you want even faster progress, so your choices become unconsciously automatic, book yourself in for your time to change.
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