Post by bbbearsmom on Mar 18, 2024 22:37:46 GMT
Day 19 – Stop Fooling Yourself
This is all about the thoughts that we have that delude us into eating when you shouldn’t. The goal is to change these thoughts (sabotaging thoughts) so we stay on plan. We usually have a thought before we eat. Next time you want to eat something pay attention to what you are thinking. If it is telling you to eat something you shouldn’t, talk back to it.
Some of the sabotaging thoughts that Beck mentions are:
It’s not a whole piece.
It won’t matter.
I’m celebrating.
I really want it.
It’s free.
Beck suggests making up a response card called: It’s Not Okay, in order to counter thoughts like these:
“It’s not okay to eat unplanned food of any kind. I’m just trying to fool myself. Every single time I eat something I’m not supposed to, I strengthen my giving-in muscle and weaken my resistance muscle. I might feel good for the few seconds I’m eating, but I’ll feel bad afterwards. If I want to lose excess weight and keep it off, I absolutely must stop fooling myself.”
What are some of the sabotaging thoughts you use to fool yourself into eating more?
Do you practice talking back to your sabotaging thoughts?
What do you think of the concept of us having giving-in muscles and resistance muscles?
This is all about the thoughts that we have that delude us into eating when you shouldn’t. The goal is to change these thoughts (sabotaging thoughts) so we stay on plan. We usually have a thought before we eat. Next time you want to eat something pay attention to what you are thinking. If it is telling you to eat something you shouldn’t, talk back to it.
Some of the sabotaging thoughts that Beck mentions are:
It’s not a whole piece.
It won’t matter.
I’m celebrating.
I really want it.
It’s free.
Beck suggests making up a response card called: It’s Not Okay, in order to counter thoughts like these:
“It’s not okay to eat unplanned food of any kind. I’m just trying to fool myself. Every single time I eat something I’m not supposed to, I strengthen my giving-in muscle and weaken my resistance muscle. I might feel good for the few seconds I’m eating, but I’ll feel bad afterwards. If I want to lose excess weight and keep it off, I absolutely must stop fooling myself.”
What are some of the sabotaging thoughts you use to fool yourself into eating more?
Do you practice talking back to your sabotaging thoughts?
What do you think of the concept of us having giving-in muscles and resistance muscles?
