According the program laid out in The Beck Diet Solution, I need to create response cards. These are cards designed to be carried around and pulled out when sabotaging thoughts pop up, things like I just blew my diet with that chocolate cake so I might as well eat whatever I want for the rest of the day. That would be considered a sabotaging thought. One I've had myself more than once.
The first response card I was instructed to create was a list of reasons to lose weight. I'm supposed to read it twice a day and whenever else I feel tempted to stray from my diet. I'm on day 2 of the plan now, so I can't tell you whether it works or not, but it fits in with what I'm trying to do anyway, which is gain more control over what I eat, and change for a lifetime, not just lose weight for an event, only to gain it all back.
This is my list of reasons that I am now carrying around in my purse:
- I want to feel good.
- I want more energy.
- I want a long life.
- I want to wear cute clothes!
- I want to be more confident.
- Reaching my goal weight would be a great accomplishment.
- No more obsessing over what my body looks like.
- I want to smile when I look in the mirror.
- I want to swim in public.
- I want to be strong.
- I want to dance without being embarrassed.
- Clothes shopping will be fun again.
- Better sex. (I should say even better sex.)
- I want to be a good role model for my kids and others.
- My mom will be proud of me.
- I won't worry about what my in-laws think of me. (Although no one has ever given me any reason to believe they think ill of me, I imagine them thinking, Oh, our poor son married a pretty girl and look at her now. Silly, I know.)
- I want to be THIN for my 20th anniversary.
- I want to be a HOTTIE when I'm forty!
7 comments:
Jen, this sounds like a terrific idea. I really liked the reasons that you wrote out. Thank you for you honesty. : )
Kristina
I love the idea of keeping ready-made inspiration on hand at all times. I may have to try it out.
And I too fully intend to be totally hot by the time I hit the big 4-0. :)
Oh, and by the way - the old dude sitting next to me at the mall said you're a hottie now! (remember?)
Not I? He said YOU are a hottie! My husband says I'm a hottie, but he admittedly shades the truth to avoid hurting my feelings at times. He insists he is not shading the truth about THAT, but I told him, if you admit that you shade the truth to be tactful, how am I to know when you are being completely honest and when you are being tactful? :-D
You aren't responsible for knowing what the meaning behind what people are saying. You can just hear what they say and decide how you'll shade the meaning! :-)
Anything GOOD is not bad. Enjoy!
lol. Well, I do think I'm a hottie, Sometimes I disguise it well, though. ;-)
Just an aside, I got called a "Tractor Beam of Hotness" a couple months ago. I think it's from a movie but I didn't ask. Either way, I laughed myself silly.
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