Post by bbbearsmom on Mar 3, 2024 23:58:14 GMT
Day 4 –Give Yourself Credit
This lesson is to teach us not to be hard on ourselves when we make mistakes but to instead see the mistakes as slips that are a problem that can be solved. When we are critical of ourselves and our behaviors, we can begin to feel helpless about doing things but when we give ourselves credit we “reinforce our self-confidence and build an awareness you’re strong and in control.”
Give yourself credit for everything you do in your weight management journey. Beck mentions giving yourself credit for: reading your Advantages Response Card, choosing a primary and backup diet, sitting down every time you eat, recognizing and talking back to sabotaging thoughts, filling out the to-do list at the end of every day (in the book), reading and re-reading this book. She also mentions you get credit for refraining from unhelpful things that you want to do such as: wanting to eat while standing or walking around, taking a second helping, taking a sample at the grocery store, taking some of the goodies in the kitchen at work.
An important part of this is to remind you to give yourself credit. Put up a sticky note to remind yourself, once or twice a day write down your credits in your diet notebook, when you check something off on your daily to-do list say something positive to yourself and reflect how well you did after eating a meal or a snack.
What do you think of the idea of giving yourself credit for what you do? Do you give yourself credit for what you do? How does giving yourself credit assist you in doing this? What can you give yourself credit for so far today?
This lesson is to teach us not to be hard on ourselves when we make mistakes but to instead see the mistakes as slips that are a problem that can be solved. When we are critical of ourselves and our behaviors, we can begin to feel helpless about doing things but when we give ourselves credit we “reinforce our self-confidence and build an awareness you’re strong and in control.”
Give yourself credit for everything you do in your weight management journey. Beck mentions giving yourself credit for: reading your Advantages Response Card, choosing a primary and backup diet, sitting down every time you eat, recognizing and talking back to sabotaging thoughts, filling out the to-do list at the end of every day (in the book), reading and re-reading this book. She also mentions you get credit for refraining from unhelpful things that you want to do such as: wanting to eat while standing or walking around, taking a second helping, taking a sample at the grocery store, taking some of the goodies in the kitchen at work.
An important part of this is to remind you to give yourself credit. Put up a sticky note to remind yourself, once or twice a day write down your credits in your diet notebook, when you check something off on your daily to-do list say something positive to yourself and reflect how well you did after eating a meal or a snack.
What do you think of the idea of giving yourself credit for what you do? Do you give yourself credit for what you do? How does giving yourself credit assist you in doing this? What can you give yourself credit for so far today?
