Food Beliefs

Limiting Beliefs

“There are no hopeless situations;
there are only people who have grown
hopeless about them.”
Clare Boothe Luce

Are you thinking I can never lose weight or everyone in my family has a weight problem and I will never be thin? You are not alone. Many people have the same thought. What is so apparent is our thinking and beliefs stop us from succeeding. There is hope!

Our beliefs are formed by our experiences. You remember your first diet and losing weight very quickly. Thinking what is everyone making a big deal about, within a short period of time I lost the weight and feel great. Then as time goes on, you try another diet, then another diet and before you know it gets harder and harder to lose weight. What starts to happen is you form the belief it is hard to lose weight. Everytime you start a new diet your thinking reminds you of the fact it is hard to lose weight and keep it off.

What can you do to solve this problem? I am not going to say it is easy to change your beliefs. By taking small action steps you will slowly change your thinking and miracles will happen.

I was listening to Michael J. Losier author of “Law of Attraction” he was telling us that when he weighed over 300 pounds and was telling himself he was thin. Nothing happened because he believed he could not lose the weight. Once he started telling himself he was in the process of losing weight he started losing weight. By changing his thinking to something he could believe helped him accomplish his goal.

Some small action steps you can take to start changing your thinking and beliefs:
1. STOP telling yourself it is hard to lose weight. Everytime you have that thought acknowledge it and think about a time you were thin.
2. Look at a picture of yourself when you were thin at least once a day.
3. Write about the time you were thin and how you felt.
4. STOP dieting and eat one healthy meal a day.
5. Look in the mirror every morning and tell yourself out loud, “I love you.” At first it may be hard and as time goes on it gets easier.

I would love to hear from you. Please let me know how you are doing and any other small steps you are taking to change your thinking and beliefs.

Together let’s create a “Get Off the Diet Merry-Go-Round Community." Sharing our ideas, accomplishments and lessons learned. All it takes is one little step, leave a comment on this blog or send me an email at helen@loveyourselfcoaching.net.

A special note to anyone who is struggling with food, please leave a comment and I will address your concerns in my blog. Together we will create a plan that will enable us all to live a life filled with joy, self-confidence and love for ourselves and others.

What are you doing nice for yourself today?
Helen