Your Brain is Sabotaging Your Progress (But It Doesn’t Have To)
I always encourage my clients to plan to eat the foods they’re craving – whether it’s chocolate cake, a luxurious meal out, or the ultimate nachos – weight loss that is sustainable rather than punishing means including the foods you ACTUALLY want to eat.
If you actively try NOT to eat the foods that are calling your name, that voice will just get louder and louder.
Including the foods you crave on your plan regularly teaches your body that it’s safe – there’s no scarcity with food, and it won’t be deprived.
Normalizing ALL foods is a critical part of my program. And even though all foods are neutral and can be enjoyed without shame, you might still have the urge to OVEReat.
And overeating is an ACTION that we take when we believe THOUGHTS that don’t serve us or our goals.
Thoughts like:
This just tastes so good
I don’t want to stop now
Just a little more won’t hurt
They sound so innocent, but it’s important to be honest with yourself about what you create when you listen to them.
You end up uncomfortably full and bloated. And, worse, you beat yourself up for sabotaging your goals and all your hard work. You get the fleeting pleasure in the moment, but you pay for it 100-fold with discomfort and negative self-talk in the end.
The great news is that when we recognize that these sneaky little self-sabotaging thoughts are totally OPTIONAL, we can reclaim our power over them.
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Our brain offers us 60,000 thoughts every single day, and many of them cause us to feel and act in ways that don’t support our goals.
But what most of us don’t realize is that we are not our thoughts.
Just because our brain offers up something, doesn’t mean we have to BELIEVE it. By recognizing that thoughts aren’t facts, you can take back your agency over them.
So when your brain offers you “this just tastes so good”, you can choose to believe that story, or to tell yourself a more useful one instead.
You could switch that thought to “I get to eat this delicious meal AND lose weight if I stop when my body tells me it’s satisfied”.
“I don’t want stop now” could be “when I get on the scale on Friday, I’ll be so glad I didn’t’ overeat”.
“Just a little more won’t hurt” could be “I hurt myself with self-judgment every time I delay my goals for a few extra bites”.
What would weight loss be like if you chose to tell yourself a new story every time your brain offered you a self-sabotaging thought?
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Instead of believing every thought you think, start to question everything.
It that thought helpful?
Is it useful?
Does it move me closer to what I really want, or will it keep me stuck?
When we work together, I guide you through the process catching those sneaky thoughts before they sabotage your progress, and switching them to thoughts that support your goals.
Book your 60-minute Discovery Call today, and I'll show you how.
