Journaling

Robyn asked me to make a quick post about what I do...
When I read that she said to write down a goal... It reminded me of what I have done to take off over 75+ pounds before...I have kept a journal...one to write in about how I feel about why I need to diet and how I am feeling about it and about myself. Write your goals in a notebook and keep it in a place and then go and read them everynight... I find that my reasons are very personal to me and that as the weight comes off what seems to have been negative switches to more postive thinking about the diet and about myself. I write in this journal everynight basically what my goal is and why, I hit personal reasons and feelings and health reasons and feelings. It helps to write everyday, its like talking yourself into what you want.(enabling) I also keep a chart in it of starting weight and measurements... then everyweek at first and monthly later I reweigh and measure so I can see the progress, I do not wiegh every day weight fluctuates way too much because of hormones and life stresses to get an accurate idea. I feel the journal is important because it helps you identify your feelings and how they effect your diet and exercise...so you can see a pattern and not beat yourself up about it...but make effective changes...I also lecture myself a bit like you will eat right tomorrow you know this is really what you want...etc...
We are what we think...we accomplish what we think we can.....
for this reason I also write 5-10 positive things about/for myself that help reinforce my efferts on the inside front cover. I can be thinner, I can have an effective exersize program, I am pretty, I am a good wife and mother...etc...take what ever negatives you feel and make them positive in a statement, even if you dont believe they are true... reading them to yourselves everyday always has helped me to feel more optimistic and have a change in my outlook...which I feel sometimes is the thing that makes us overeat and not take care of ourselves...It really is a simple step that we must do so we quit beating ourselves up...you'll find as you journal and read the positives your outlook will change and improve and you will be thinking more postive about yourself and you'll feel it and see it in your life.:)

We Can All Succeed!!!