Mind Tricks: Good and Bad
03-02-2014, 12:49 AM
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Mind Tricks: Good and Bad
I'm sure we all have them. Learning the good ones and recognizing the bad ones is the purpose of this thread.
Good One: Treating my diet as an opportunity to cook and enjoy foods I would not normally cook for myself. I always eat better when dieting.
Bad One: Letting the scales fluctuations send me into doubt that it's all worth it.
Please post your good and bad mind tricks.
Good One: Treating my diet as an opportunity to cook and enjoy foods I would not normally cook for myself. I always eat better when dieting.
Bad One: Letting the scales fluctuations send me into doubt that it's all worth it.
Please post your good and bad mind tricks.
03-02-2014, 01:01 AM
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Good trick: measure food and weigh it on a scale using a dixie cup. Then use that weight as the standard for that food. Eventually, I recognize the portion size and don't have to weigh the food so often (good to check now and then).
03-02-2014, 11:14 PM
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I have a few issues and have found some potential solutions, at least for the time being:
I have very large sandwich plates, that are absolutely beautiful - so those are now my dinner plates, if I have a bigger plate I really will eat more!
I go to the gym 3 days on 1 off -
Some days my mind is in a bad place and I am imagining myself plodding along, while everyone else looks so fit and healthy
At that point I take my glasses off (I'm blind as a bat without them!) Then the world ceases to exist. I also make a habit of making conversation with whoever has me feeling insecure and they are always (100% without fail) encouraging and even telling me I am doing well - I've lost 23 pounds since Jan
I have very large sandwich plates, that are absolutely beautiful - so those are now my dinner plates, if I have a bigger plate I really will eat more!
I go to the gym 3 days on 1 off -
Some days my mind is in a bad place and I am imagining myself plodding along, while everyone else looks so fit and healthy
At that point I take my glasses off (I'm blind as a bat without them!) Then the world ceases to exist. I also make a habit of making conversation with whoever has me feeling insecure and they are always (100% without fail) encouraging and even telling me I am doing well - I've lost 23 pounds since Jan
03-03-2014, 12:43 AM
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Great Ideas SimplyBea. I love the one about taking your glasses off. Using smaller plates is good too. I really should buy myself some pretty ones. Most the time I use my large plates and sometimes put too much on them because the meal looks too small. A salad does help to fill them up, but if I don't have a salad my food looks like less than my mind thinks it should.
Great progress. I'm sure you are noticing it's getting easier to do things and your clothes feel better. I like those things we notice after losing 10 or 15 percent of our goal.
Great progress. I'm sure you are noticing it's getting easier to do things and your clothes feel better. I like those things we notice after losing 10 or 15 percent of our goal.
