Sharon’s Pants are Falling Down Blue

One cannot overestimate the power of their thoughts. Thoughts are the constant inner dialogue that affects everything you do. One cannot feel miserable while projecting happiness; at least not for long. The same goes for projecting success, while expecting failure.

You must embrace your thoughts and like any bad habit, practice change.

Sharon shared the following with me last week. Can you relate? If so he and I would like to hear from you.

Sharon:

The human brain is a strange thing. I write these inventories, mostly positive to keep my motivation going. I get on the scale and listen to your positive talk, but really I haven't believed it - not really. I tell myself that the scale numbers are a fluke. I tell myself that you tell me good stuff just to make me feel better. I feel all my positive changes, while good, aren't enough to matter. So this morning, I had a laugh and realized just how silly my brain is sometimes.

One can't deny that things are headed in the right direction when your pants fall down!

Today I was hustling around attempting to to get the housework caught up before I headed to our office and I happened to glance down and my pants waistband was below my underwear line - by a lot!! To the point I am calling these pants - too big!!! Deep down I knew everything was fitting better but ... well ... WOW!

So when gathering some laundry upstairs I decided to try on a pair of pants that I purposely bought a size smaller when I began the Healthy Weights program - they fit! Not just squeeze into them and struggle to button up fit - but really fit, where I could leave the house in them fit!! I know you aren't surprised, but why am I so surprised by this?

So my question is - when will I start believing in myself when it comes to a healthy lifestyle? I almost laugh out loud at my fridge - it is the poster child for healthy eating. Do you know what the worst thing in my fridge is? Light Cool Whip!!! 20 calories for 3 tablespoons!! Yet still I am surprised when my clothes fit better.

Maybe because I can still remember so clearly how failure feels and haven't yet made success a habit. Irrational as it is - I still feel like I could step on the scale right now and see the number I saw when I began!

Repeated failure at losing weight (or as I call it, Diet Baggage) can have long term affects on your outlook. This creates a pattern of negative thinking and an expectation of failure. Some experts speculate that this  is a protective measure to avoid disappointment. Of course, the real disappointment is the failure that this negative thinking ultimately leads to.

Can you relate to Sharon? Send her a note in the comment section below.