| In the second of five articles we'll talk a little more | | | | Do you use food or alcohol for comfort...or when |
| about emotional eating, something we all indulge in. | | | | stressed? |
| This has to be addressed if you are to be | | | | -are you always thinking in terms of diets rather |
| successful. Healthy weight loss is as I said, many | | | | than simply eating healthily? |
| faceted. It requires requires healthy eating, | | | | Once you have an awareness of your eating |
| exercise and an awareness of your own eating | | | | habits and body image you are ready to move |
| habits and body image. Yes you can use | | | | on, but you must have an understanding of your |
| visualization as an aid and your thinking plays a | | | | eating habits, especially your 'emotional eating' |
| role too, but there is a right way and a wrong | | | | habits in order to be successful in losing weight. |
| way to do it. I will explain more later. | | | | So be honest with yourself. Next you want to be |
| Here is a list of questions for you to ponder...and | | | | motivated to lose weight. But we aren't always |
| don't spend a lot of time on this. Use a journal if | | | | motivated to do what we know we should do. So |
| you like. Do a quick evaluation of your eating | | | | how do we do that, how do we get motivated? |
| habits: | | | | And don't go trying on that red dress you love, |
| -how many times a day do you eat? | | | | that's been hanging in the closet since 1980. That |
| -what are your favorite food types...pasta, bread | | | | won't work as a motivator either. |
| etc? Do you eat out or eat mostly packaged | | | | Here is where visualization and thinking yourself |
| foods? | | | | thin, can be helpful. What you need to know |
| -what in a few words do you think of your body, | | | | about visualization though is that it, in and of itself, |
| what is your body image telling you? | | | | will not make you thin, nor will it make you want |
| -do you think that eating less and being hungry is | | | | to be thin. Thinking, with or without visualization |
| necessary for weight loss? What about | | | | will not work. Why? Because thoughts do not |
| exercise...is it necessary to weight loss? | | | | create...thoughts alone will not manifest your |
| -what are your emotional triggers...situations that | | | | desires. Simple visualization will not work either. |
| send you to the fridge for the tub of ice cream? | | | | See you in the next and third article in this series. |