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Weight Loss It's in Your Head

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When you consider the weight loss process, the battle waged is mostly in your head .  Should I eat the crumpet  with butter or would it be better for me to have margarine or better yet  have jam . What am I doing eating this crumpet anyway? It's so caloric and filled with saturated fat. I have absolutely zero willpower. I'm such a pig. It's no wonder you will eat that crumpet with the butter and jam on top to quiet that negative self talk in your head. What you need more than a diet is a way to shift all those negative self defeating thoughts to more adaptive, positive self statements. As with most things worth doing, this requires a bit of practice. First, become aware when you're using a negative statement, then determine what about that thought is faulty and finally, replace it with a self defence response or positive. Many people find it hard to change their eating habits until they change their thoughts about food, eating and drinking. By shedding all t...