7 in 7 Saturday February 18, 2017

Good Morning,

Interesting discussion yesterday.

"Be Willing to Change your Point of View"

There are two addictions affiliated with eating too much, the mental (90%) and the physical (10%).

Basically you eat excessively because of the way you think. During the formative years you developed certain beliefs about eating unhealthy.

The problem with these beliefs is that they are an addicted person's beliefs and were developed from an overeaters point of view. They have kept you in this behavior. Our beliefs seem true, but have nothing to do with reality. To change is is important to be willing to give up your point of view about why you do what you do.

I found this tip and commentary. Not sure how I feel about all his comments.


What are your thoughts? 

The temps are wonderful warm and spring like here. What is it like in your area? Do you have something fun to do today?



Karen

I think my weight gain was more because of age, less activity, and eating some of the unhealthier things because I enjoyed them. I was skinny as a child and as a younger adult and did not start gaining until I was into middle age. Even after pregnancies I was easily able to lose most of the weight. Although some of the after pregnancy weight stayed, I could not see myself now looking good at that weight.

Each individual has their own path growing up, and while some were influenced by what they were "taught" not everyone was. I find it hard to believe that being overweight is because of an addictive type of belief. There are so many more overweight people now than there were a few years ago and it can't be because everybody has addictive personalities. There are other things going on here, and it's probably different for each person.

I think my case is unusual, I think I was born fat!! I have been fat for as long as I can remember. I was a fat child, a fat teen & a fat adult. I was the only fat person in my entire family!!! My sister & my cousins were all thin as rails. My father only weighed 125 lbs, & my mother was never fat either. We all ate the same foods, & my sister always ate more than I did. This has been my struggle since I was a child. I was the fat kid that was always made fun of at school. I was probably 10 yrs old before I ever saw another fat child, for a long time, I thought I was the only one. Now we see overweight kids everywhere. Now, I think that part of my problem is that I don't think I deserve to be thinner. I think that is why I sabotage myself. Oh well, could have been worse, I could have had some other handicap.

My WW leader often reminds us that the weight loss journey is 90 % in our heads. I often find changing one thing gives me an out of the box thinking which is freeing.

A sunny day expected to get into the 60s. I know March and April are snow months, but we're enjoying this hint of early spring