Just finished reviewing my progress for the past year, and I’m thrilled with my new skills. I’m now capable of talking myself down off an emotional ledge, finding hunger, waiting to eat until I feel physical hunger, and more.
Now I want to build a new positive habit. My goal is to eat healthily in such a way that I lose weight. OK, that goal could be worded more positively. Here are some possibilities:
- Eat to lose weight – too negative
- Eat intuitively to lose weight – not where my head really is right now, although intuitive eating is definitely what I’m doing
- Eat delightful foods – warming up
- Eat delightful foods to lose weight – bleh
- Eat delightful foods that bring me to my weight goal – better
- Eat delightful foods that bring me to my weight goal and make me feel great! Yes!
OK, goal defined. I think this time I’ll use the Four Day Win method. Take four days to define and work on easily achievable sub-goals. Reward yourself at the end of each day, and specially at the end of the 4 day cycle.
Sub-goals for the next 4 days:
- 5-10 minutes of positive, silent meditation each day
- Turn off the computer early at least once each day
- Choose an extra vegetable each day to find out if it delights me
- Choose to pass on a non-delighting food each day
- Eat chocolate every day
Daily rewards:
- Throw away something I “think” I should keep, but don’t really want to keep
- Read something I want to read for fun
- Go car shopping with my teenager
- Day 4: buy myself the Sabotage Self-Sabotage guided journey from Renee Stephens
