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Day 68 – Guilt is not an emotion

Day 2From 100 MORE Days of Weight Loss, Day 68

The word guilty serves as a cover-up for a less acceptable emotion. When you peek underneath your guilty feelings, you may discover a whole list of emotions.

The next time you feel guilty about something, ask yourself, “If I wasn’t feeling guilty, what would I be feeling?”

Here are my answers to the three questions at the end of the lesson.

1. Write down some times when you might say you feel guilty about something.

I almost never say the “I feel guilty” phrase anymore. Once I learned this concept at a self-esteem training many years ago, I changed my wording. Now I do the “I feel, because” exercise a lot.

2. Ask yourself, “If I wasn’t feeling guilty, what would I be feeling? Make a list.

With eating struggles, I would be feeling…
Disappointed
Frustrated
Irritated
Angry
Sad

3. Decide how you can catch yourself using the word guilty and instead, identify your real feelings.

I have to catch myself sooner when I’m facing a food temptation (such as cookies) and quickly work on identifying what I feel.

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