June 28, 2014
Negative much? 6 Phrases To Eliminate From Your Evil Self Talk
We all endure the stream of consciousness that often hits below the belt, spins every situation to focus on the negative and second guesses our every choice, every time.
It's a cruel world in our heads. And it's time to do something about it. If you hear any of these thoughts on repeat, here's your chance to shut them down for good.
The multi-billion dollar diet industry was built on making you feel like a failure. It's big money to have repeat clients. They happily cash in on your desperation and hope, knowing that 95.4% of dieters will fail. Repeatedly. (Google Iris Higgins for a peek into the realities of a very popular diet brand.)
Not to mention the majority of processed foods out there make willpower impossible, overriding the best of intentions with cravings that have been compared to those of heroin and cocaine.
Simply put, it's NOT your fault.
It's not about your lack of effort or intentions. Of you being worthy or not. There's a lot stacked against us when it comes to trying to figure out the best way to achieve our goals.
It's too expensive to eat healthy.
Perfect excuse, right? But when I can buy three bunches of celery for less than a bag of Doritos, find grass-fed beef 30% off (now priced less than the standard stuff) and shop seasonal for the best deals in produce (16oz of strawberries for a buck!), I can prove this wrong all day long.
Example: Ditch soda and you could be saving at least $25-50 a month. Using that money to buy more fresh fruits and vegetables, lean proteins and healthy fats means you will fill up faster and automatically eat less because of the reduction of sugar (cravings) in your diet and a focus on high fiber, satiating foods. Just like that.
I don't have time to prepare healthy meals.
Hovering over a box of Super Three Cheese Hamburger Delight and mixing in various packets of processed, ultra-bright, cheese-like powder takes about 20-25 minutes. You unfortunately aren't able to multitask and help your daughter with her homework or catch up on The Mighty Facebook because your wrist workout of stirring and mixing keeps you occupied the entire time. But whallah, dinner is done, quick and easy.
Or consider this: Fire up the grill, salt, pepper and season some chicken breasts, cut the ends off a bunch of asparagus, throw it all on a grill pan and flip every five minutes or so. Dinner done in half the time with the enviable multi-tasking feature available and no cheesy facial to endure.
Sometimes it's just a matter of being open to alternatives. Pushing yourself out of your comfort zone and really assessing the validity of everything you keep telling yourself.
At the end of the day, we can have a list of excuses as long as our arm and beat ourselves up for every aspect of our life that feels like we are either lacking or failing. I often ask my clients if they would talk to their friends the way their self talk plays out in their head and the answer is always a wide-eyed NO!
In order for you to rise to the challenge of taking control in your life, improving your self esteem and confidence and breaking out of what is often a decades-long rut, you need a cheerleader. With a simple awareness of the voice in your head and an acknowledgement of its complicit and crippling sabotage, you've taken the first step in creating one.
Sure, the words are on repeat, you have heard them daily for years, but what if today you decided to stop listening? To stop giving in and accepting the cloud of negativity in your life? To disagree.
I've seen enough people get fed up with their situation, stand up to everything in their way (in their head and out of it) and have incredible, lasting success. It doesn't require superhuman effort, gobs of money or good genes. It simply starts with the strength to be done with the internal smear campaign and decide enough is enough.
First things first. Change your mind and your body will follow.
xo,
Lonni
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I have no willpower.
