Post by bbbearsmom on Mar 21, 2020 23:48:11 GMT
Sunday, 03/22
Day 22 – Say, Oh, Well, to Disappointment
Beck talks about times when this process might seem disappointing such as when you don’t see the weight you want on the scale, when you can’t eat what everyone else is eating, when the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. She tells us that when this happens we need to remember we choose to diet and with that choice we have another choice: to make ourselves miserable by complaining or to accept that dieting does come with disadvantages but they are “a necessary means to an end.” You might not like dieting but it is the actuality of what you have to do to reach goal.
Beck tells the story about how her son handled going on a restrictive diet for health reasons. His attitude was to say: oh, well, and move on. She suggests that we use the phase when confronted with sabotaging thoughts lamenting the problems we see with dieting.
Examples she gives:
I want that doughnut. Oh, well.
I really feel hungry. Oh, well.
I wish I could order a hamburger instead of a salad. Oh, well.
Those chips look so good. Oh, well.
I don’t feel like exercising today. Oh, well.
I don’t feel like writing down my food plan for tomorrow. Oh, well.
What disappointments have you run into while losing weight/maintaining your goal weight?
How did you handle the disappointments?
Day 22 – Say, Oh, Well, to Disappointment
Beck talks about times when this process might seem disappointing such as when you don’t see the weight you want on the scale, when you can’t eat what everyone else is eating, when the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. She tells us that when this happens we need to remember we choose to diet and with that choice we have another choice: to make ourselves miserable by complaining or to accept that dieting does come with disadvantages but they are “a necessary means to an end.” You might not like dieting but it is the actuality of what you have to do to reach goal.
Beck tells the story about how her son handled going on a restrictive diet for health reasons. His attitude was to say: oh, well, and move on. She suggests that we use the phase when confronted with sabotaging thoughts lamenting the problems we see with dieting.
Examples she gives:
I want that doughnut. Oh, well.
I really feel hungry. Oh, well.
I wish I could order a hamburger instead of a salad. Oh, well.
Those chips look so good. Oh, well.
I don’t feel like exercising today. Oh, well.
I don’t feel like writing down my food plan for tomorrow. Oh, well.
What disappointments have you run into while losing weight/maintaining your goal weight?
How did you handle the disappointments?
