Wednesday, 6/24 and the Voices In Your Head

Good morning!

Yesterday I started to feel it.

The feeling of, yea, I'm doing great....I can eat something bad.  I know I already had my Lean and Green for lunch, but if I just get some sort of salad, I should be ok.  I found myself making excuses for myself and reasons why it would be ok to go off plan.

But I knew it wouldn't be ok.

One bite would turn into two, then three, then I'll just eat the whole thing because I already had so much of it.

Instead of giving in, I did something else.

I took my dog out for a walk.  I talked to my neighbors.  I got a huge glass of water.  I did not go off plan.  I did not eat anything I shouldn't have.  And you know what?

The world did not end.  I did not feel as though I was missing out on anything.  I survived, and it felt good!

There is a lot that happens in your head when you are trying to be healthy.  There are these "voices" that help you along the way to help with your decisions.  Depending on where you are in your journey, one voice can be much louder and more intimidating.  One voice will start in when you see/smell/want something off plan.  It will do everything in it's power to convince you that you should go off plan.  It will be good.  It's just one bite....Go for it!  You deserve it!  This is the voice that is a master at making excuses, and it can be persistent.

But there is also another voice...which can be much smaller and quieter when you first begin.  That voice tells you that you don't need it.  There will be other times to eat that, but not now!  You have been working so hard, you don't deserve to stop your progress for a bunch of sugar and carbs.  You want to be thin!  You want to lose weight!  This isn't going to help with that!

As I am typing, the two voices are arguing in my head.there is a huge chunk of cinnamon bread and a chocolate frosted cookie right behind me.  One of my co-workers gave them to me as an end of the year gift.  I really want to eat it.  I appreciate the thought, but I just can't eat it.  I know it will be delicious, but it's not like I haven't had something like it before.  Just one bite won't hurt.  I am thinking of someone who I can give it to, or how I can throw it away without my coworker seeing.  Right now, it is staying in the bag!

So, how do you get that loud, persistent, excuse making voice to be quiet?  I am still struggling with that, but I have found that when you pay more attention to that quiet, more reasonable voice, that one will become louder.  Don't get me wrong, that bad voice may start screaming it's head off, but after ignoring it a few times, it will become quieter and quieter.  You will give that quiet voice more confidence, and it will become louder and louder as well as easier and easier to make those good choices!

I am ignoring that bad voice telling me that I want those treats.  I already feel better about not eating it.  As for what I ate today, I had my MF hot cocoa with coffee, a bar, a salad from Chipolte with chicken, a bag of MF pretzels, another MF bar, and a MF strawberry shake.

Another day down!

Have a great one!




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