W.O.W.
War of Weight with Christi Wilson
Self-Talk for Successful Weight Loss
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Excerpt from "What to Say When You Talk to Your Self" by author Shad Helmstetter, Ph.D.
• "I am in control of myself in every way - at all times and in all situations."
• "Each time I sit down to eat I reaffirm my determination to achieve my goal. By eating right, and never giving in, I am reaching the weight I want."
• "Whether eating in or eating out, I really enjoy eating less."
• "I never feel the need to finish the food in front of me. I eat only what I should, and never one bite more."
• "One way to weight-loss that easy and works for me, is less food on my plate, and less on my fork!"
• "By ordering less when I eat out, and by serving myself smaller portions at home, I keep myself aware of the importance of staying with my goal -- each and every day. Less on my plate means less on my waist."
• "When I sit down to eat, at no time do I allow anyone else to influence, tempt, or discourage me in any negative way."
• " What I eat, and the goals I reach, are up to me. And I give no one the right to hinder or control my success!"
• "Although others may benefit from my success, I am achieving my weight-loss goals for my own personal reasons -- for MYSELF, my LIFE, my FUTURE, and my own PERSONAL WELL-BEING."
• "If I should ever be tempted to take one bite more than I should, I remind myself how strong I am in the Lord. I am capable, through Him, of reaching my goal, and I am doing it!! I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me!" (Note from Christi: This is my affirmation. Not one from the book)
• "Being in situations which put a lot of food in front of me is not a problem to me now. I simply say "No" to the food, and "YES!" to my success!
• "I enjoy sitting down to eat. Each time I do I conquer my past, and I create a trimmer, happier, more self-confident future in front of me."
• "When I do sit down to eat, I do not need someone else to remind me of my goal, or to keep me from eating something I should not. I take full responsibility for myself, and no one else has to do it for me."
• "Controlling my weight, and my appetite, is easy for me now. I enjoy smaller portions, smaller bites, and a slower, healthier, more relaxed way of eating."
• "I have set my goal and I am staying with it. I have turned mealtime into 'achievement time."
This is the kind of healthy new Self-Talk which, when practiced even for a short period of time, begins to automatically step in to replace the earlier self-talk which kept us from reaching the goal we wanted to reach. Once you become conditioned to making that simple shift in what you say to yourself, the new self-directions come without thinking about them.