Change Your Mindset

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  • tinamarie6624
    tinamarie6624 Posts: 182 Member
    I love this post it is wonderful. I had to get my head in the right place before I could accomplish what I have. 130 Lbs lost since January 2016. Still have slightly more than half to go but I know I'll do it!

    Thank you for your motivation!
  • zorahgail
    zorahgail Posts: 91 Member
    <3
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Bumping for the new year.
  • Sunshine3933
    Sunshine3933 Posts: 1 Member
    Perfect timing to see this today! I've been struggling with a birthday celebration tomorrow that my family planned for me. It's a big birthday!! It's scheduled to be at a family-style Italian restaurant and I've been thinking all things from "I'll just start again on Saturday; It's just one day...allow myself to eat/drink what I want and move on the next day; I'll just eat salad with no wine or birthday cake for me (self pity)." I'm just going to embrace the experience and know that I'm in control of what I eat and drink. It does not control me.

    Thanks for the post!
  • JJFGL2016
    JJFGL2016 Posts: 30 Member
    I'm feeling so hungry today. Needed this! :)
  • Beautiful_Day
    Beautiful_Day Posts: 5 Member
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    This is a great post!!!
  • gyp5012
    gyp5012 Posts: 122 Member
    Great, great advice! The mental adjustment is the hardest.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    gypsy_spirit wrote: »
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    "I've fallen off the wagon."
    "I screwed up yesterday - so I binged all afternoon."
    "I've got a party this weekend, so I'll start over on Monday."
    "I do so well for 2 - 3 weeks and then I just can't do it anymore."
    "Every night I overeat by snacking - why try?

    Change your mindset.

    Instead of always framing things as "quitting and re-starting" - start thinking of this simply as your life. Start seeing yourself as normal. We all have minutes, even days, when we are off our game - but we don't stop. The key to success is seeing that normal is okay and being perfect is NEVER going to happen. My Mom used to call this "stick-to-it-tiveness". We use it successfully in other parts of our lives - marriage, work, raising children, sports. But for some reason, we give ourselves permission to stop doing the one important thing - getting healthy. One small misstep and we throw in the towel. We let our brain tell us it's too hard. We're too weak.

    Change your mindset.

    Make your goals and keep moving in the direction you need to go. Stop starting over. Realize that there is no end zone and that these changes need to become habits. Once they become habits - you know you're on your way to changing your life. If you do this, it gets easier. You have control over the food - it doesn't control you. You make your choices. You train - without that voice prattling on in your head about how you look ridiculous, how you'll never reach your goals. Shut that crap talk down.

    Change your mindset.

    Your mindset is critical. This is not a game that you can start and stop. It's your life. Take your power back. This is the perfect day. Do it.

    OMG! Did "I" write this?! LOL. This post is perfect and what every MFPer needs to learn.
  • bebeisfit
    bebeisfit Posts: 951 Member
    Thanks for those who bumped this post!

    Love it!
  • TeachingT
    TeachingT Posts: 814 Member
    This is the best thread ever!
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