From 100 MORE Days of Weight Loss, Day 43

By tracing back to your earliest recollections of eating a food, you can identify the needs that were met at that time.

When you crave that food now, you are probably experiencing some of the same needs as in your food memory. [Read more…]

From 100 MORE Days of Weight Loss, Day 42

When your life is stressful or unhappy, food makes the world more bearable. Later, when the painful realities of your life return, you simply eat again.

You also may need to invent new ways to manage transitions in your day. [Read more…]

From 100 MORE Days of Weight Loss, Day 41

Emotional eating or using food as a friend happens to all of us at times.

Keep learning how to identify and express your emotions rather than shoving them away with food. [Read more…]

From 100 MORE Days of Weight Loss, Day 40

By making a few simple changes in your self-talk and your internal beliefs, you can improve your self-esteem almost immediately.

Here are my answers to the three questions at the end of the lesson. [Read more…]

From 100 MORE Days of Weight Loss, Day 39

Change the negative words you say to yourself.

Instead of saying “I can’t do anything right,” hold your head up high and tell yourself, “I’m important, I’m valuable, and I count in this world.” [Read more…]

From 100 MORE Days of Weight Loss, Day 38

With an emotional cold, you feel a little moody, discouraged and slightly depressed. You just feel an emotional letdown or a sense of emptiness.

Learn to recognize the symptoms and start treating it right away. [Read more…]

From 100 MORE Days of Weight Loss, Day 37

What are some areas where you aren’t done yet?

Start building your list, then figure out the action steps it will take to continue making progress on those areas. [Read more…]

From 100 MORE Days of Weight Loss, Day 36

Create a list of your strengths.

Hold tightly to the belief that you have these strengths, even during times when you don’t feel them or do them. [Read more…]

From 100 MORE Days of Weight Loss, Day 35

When you become life tired, self-nurturing activities such as taking a bath or listening to music can help. But sometimes, they aren’t enough.

You need a deeper level of healing, one that reaches your core and pulls it back up. You need renewal. [Read more…]

From 100 MORE Days of Weight Loss, Day 34

Take a look at the amount of meaning in your own life right now.

Even if you can’t change jobs or skip classes and events, you can work on building meaning in other areas. [Read more…]