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Post by bbbearsmom on Mar 23, 2020 23:38:59 GMT
Tuesday, 03/24
Day 24 – Deal with Discouragement
Beck points out dieting is often easy at first because in the beginning we are inspired. As time goes on it can become harder, life gets in the way, dieting requires more effort, there are days when cravings are more intense, you think this is too hard, you don’t think you’ll keep up, you think you just don’t want to do this anymore. She goes on to say that those feelings are normal but it isn’t okay to let them overwhelm you and keep you from your goal.
You have a choice when you have these thoughts, give up, or fight the sabotaging thoughts. You can do this and dieting will get easy. (It usually goes in hard/easy cycles.)
These are her suggestions for finding encouragement:
Read your Advantages Response Card more often. Rewrite it to freshen it up thinking about each item listed. Add new advantages as you think of them.
Add up your difficult hours. There are 168 hours in a week how much of this time was actually difficult?
Focus on what you can do today. She cautions us about focusing on the long term, instead she suggest focusing on today taking care of tomorrow when it gets here. (I somewhat disagree with this because I’ve found that planning ahead is such a help.)
Have you been discouraged while doing this? How did you handle it?
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Post by bbbearsmom on Mar 23, 2020 23:39:28 GMT
I can get discouraged about the mental work I have to do when I eat away from home. I sometimes give in and overeat, other times I talk to myself and do things that keep me more on plan.
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Post by cathygeha on Mar 24, 2020 8:50:40 GMT
Not sure if it is discouraged or if I lack the enthusiasm to continue.
I am enthusiastic when a few days of being back OP sees a drop on the scale I am not enthusiastic when one small indulgence sees all the weight lost in days back in what seems moments
I do sometimes wonder if my body has a reason it wants to weight what it does and if it is worth wrangling it into a smaller size. I know it is easier on my body to not have so many pounds on its frame but...hmm...
So...discouraged? Not the word I would use but perhaps not as dedicated to change as I need to be to make those changes.
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Post by luvvinlife on Mar 24, 2020 12:37:25 GMT
I haven’t really experienced discouragement. I’d say it’s more like frustration with myself for losing sight of my goals. Like you said cathygeha, it seems like I can go 2 steps forward in two weeks and then 5 steps back in 2 seconds.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Mar 24, 2020 13:50:32 GMT
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Post by lani on Mar 24, 2020 15:32:13 GMT
I haven't been discouraged since my initial Beck round when I was doing everything "perfectly" and then couldn't keep it up. Reality set in and I learned I can manage my weight and health by practising good habits most of the time, even if I can't do it all the time.
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Post by surfgirl on Mar 26, 2020 18:15:16 GMT
I haven’t really experienced discouragement. I’d say it’s more like frustration with myself for losing sight of my goals. Like you said cathygeha , it seems like I can go 2 steps forward in two weeks and then 5 steps back in 2 seconds. This!
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