Nettie - something you said had me nodding my head in a big way... "you can talk yourself into or out of almost anything" - that is SO true.
Weight loss (for me) is all about that... I spend months talking myself out of not starting a 'diet' - "I'm stressed", "I'm too busy", "I'm not all THAT fat" etc, until I finally talk myself into it - the famous 'click' happened in my head, when I told myself I'm going to do it no matter what because I "don't want to be fat forever" and I "have to lose weight for my health" and I "want to look good in the clothes I like" etc.
It's the same with food... for years I told myself that "one more won't hurt" and "well I'll cut back later" and "I need this to cheer me up", until finally I talked myself round and realised that "I have to start somewhere" and that "if I 'cheat' I'll be mad with myself".
Sometimes I DO talk to myself in my head like this... at the moment, Dr Slim is in action and working overtime, but Miss Fat is always lurking in the background waiting to pounce if Dr Slim goes AWOL!!
I'm still contemplating this 100lb loss anyway... I think it's brilliant!
Hope you're all having a great weekend.
Karen
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