You know how many diets I’ve tried? You know how many years I was consumed with dealing with a weight problem? You know how many times I berated myself because I didn’t have enough will power to see a diet through? You know how many people feel exactly the same way?
Being a weight loss coach I have the absolute privilege of walking with people along the same path I have traveled. I’m amazed at how many of us are dealing with strikingly similar issues.
Let me tell you something that might just release you from some of the guilt you’re carrying around as it relates to your weight and being unhappy with your body.
It’s not just a will power issue.
Did you hear that?
So many of us are stuck in the shameful cycle of yo yo dieting and we’re beating ourselves up because we don’t have enough will power to get out of the pit that sometimes we feel we deserve to be in. But it’s not as easy as just dieting and exercising. If it were, we would have lost weight 20 years ago and never struggled with it again. There’s simply more to it.
You know what we need to do to finally become free of the chains extra weight has put on us? Do you know how we can finally have the success that we’ve longed for?
We can admit that the problem is bigger than we are able to overcome by ourselves and we can ask for help. We can get help to search our hearts for what is really going on; figure out WHY we’re not able to stick to a healthy lifestyle plan, WHAT messages we send ourselves that allow us to quit our most recent diet attempts, and WHEN we’re most likely to make decisions that move us away from our goals instead of toward them. We can get to know ourselves well enough to know what’s going to work for the long term and figure out the issues that have stood in our way from making it happen 20 years ago.
We need to ask ourselves the “why”, “what”, “when” questions and give them focused energy and reflection instead of just glossing over them with a quick thought and never going back.
It’s not just a diet/exercise/will power issue. It’s equally emotional and spiritual.
So many of us struggle with weight and body image issues. It’s not easy to get these things figured out but it is possible. Even if you don’t totally believe you have issues, you are holding the keys to break free. You’re not stuck. You’re not alone.
So how do you learn to look at things differently and change your perspective? You ask for help. You go to a counselor, coach, pastor, support group. You see that you’re not by yourself in this and that other people have similar feelings and used to be stuck in the same place you are. You learn to look at things differently and have revelations about yourself and your circumstances that will allow you to learn, change and grow to become a person able to tackle the weight problem that affects every area of your life.
It’s never too late to get your weight problem under control. It’s not hopeless. You can change.
How can I help you move in the right direction to freedom?
