“WHY THE BLEEP CAN’T I LOSE WEIGHT?”
Ever look in the mirror and think, “Yikes, my butt looks like the back-end of a Hummer”?
And then feel crappy?
And then reach for a cheese danish (an elixir for feeling crappy if there ever was one)?
And then wonder why you can’t lose weight?
I’m ugly.
I’m fat.
Nobody likes me.
I don’t belong.
My butt looks fat.
Where’s that cheese danish?
THINK.
FEEL.
DO.
Think a crappy thought.
Feel crappy.
Do something (eat) to feel less crappy.
Repeat.
It’s a vicious cycle, and it’s a fattening one.
IT’S NOT THE CHEESE DANISH THAT MAKES YOUR BUTT LOOK FAT.
It REALLY isn’t the cheese danish that makes you fat; it’s your THINK-FEEL-DO habits that lead to crazy-making butt enlargement.
The thoughts you think make you feel crappy, which makes you want to eat the cheese danish, which makes you gain weight, which makes you repeatedly ask yourself, “Why the ‘BLEEP’ can’t I lose weight?”
And here’s the answer: It’s the weight in your head that keeps you from losing weight.
If you want to shrink the size of your backside you’ve got to lose the weight in your head, first.
Wait… you thought you had a much deeper issue that was all dark and twisty?
Don’t we all!
It really is much simpler… and it’s all in your head.
Because that’s where your mind is.
Everything you need to lose weight is all in your head.
Everything that keeps you from losing weight is all in your head.
Yes… even if you’ve got an issue that makes losing weight super extra hard, you can still lose weight if you want to. You CAN shrink the size of your ass. If you don’t believe me, read this.
YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU SET YOUR MIND TO DO.
Too much of a cliché?
Think again.
All your power is in your head… in your mind. The problem is that we’ve set our minds on auto-pilot.
We let it think fattening thoughts.
That make us feel crappy.
That make us eat cheese danishes up the wazoo.
And then ask ourselves what seems to be an impossible question to answer, “Why can’t I lose weight?”
So what’s a grown up, smart, responsible, successful woman supposed to do when she believes she can’t win this particular battle?
Here’s the answer, in 4 steps:
- CHILL. Slow down enough so that you can reverse engineer the cause of your overeating. What were you feeling when you reached for that ice cream? And what were you thinking before that?
- SIT STILL. Very still. When the urge to indulge hits, stop moving. Your mind will likely feel like it’s swirling with thoughts screaming at you to “just eat it and get it over with.” Your mind wants you to take action, and fast, so that the crappy feeling can end.
- NOTICE. Watch the fight in your head.
- DECIDE. You can walk away, OR you can give in to the urge, neither is right or wrong. But(t), the longer you can chill, sit still, and notice what your mind is doing, the better the chance you have of walking away.
This takes practice.
LOTS of practice.
Accompanied by GUTS. GRIT. And GRACE.
If you want the GLORY of losing weight, keeping it off, and feeling good in your own head, it starts with having the GUTS to go toe-to-toe with your own mind, the GRIT to stick with it, and the GRACE to be kind to yourself throughout the process.
You absolutely can do this.
Want to read more? I’ve written two books you may be interested in:
The Dignity Diet: How To End The Cycle of Cry-Eat-Repeat
Why The BLEEP Can’t I Lose Weight?: Lose The Weight In Your Head, Shrink The Size Of Your Ass
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