Negative beliefs you have about yourself can undermine your efforts at losing weight. For example, past failures may be lodged in your memory and produce underlying obstacle thoughts like:
I just can't lose weight.
I'm a diet failure.
What's the use, I'll only gain it back.
I don't have what it takes to stick to it.
See if you can dig up one negative thought you harbor about you and weight loss. then talk to yourself.
Ask:
Do I have irrefutable evidence that this is so?
Even though I've failed before, does that mean I'll always fail?
Even though I've made mistakes on diets, isn't it possible to correct mistakes?
Is this negative thing I say about myself an exaggeration?
Is it written in stone?
Through careful consideration and some imagination, you can alter self-defeating beliefs. Dreaming a little about what you might do differently can free you.
Negative beliefs you have about yourself can undermine your efforts at losing weight. For example, past failures may be lodged in your memory and produce underlying obstacle thoughts like:
See if you can dig up one negative thought you harbor about you and weight loss. then talk to yourself.
Ask:
Through careful consideration and some imagination, you can alter self-defeating beliefs. Dreaming a little about what you might do differently can free you.