Excuses Begone

Okay -- I tried and tried to get away from this subject this morning -- but everything in the Universe is pointing me in this direction. So...here we go...

Yesterday, I watched the Wayne Dyer special on PBS entitled "Excuses Begone". It was really interesting. He said a lot of things but essentially it came down to the only thing that is holding me back from doing anything, are the excuses I make for myself not doing those things.

One of the action oriented activities he gave the viewers was:

A. to realize that if the tape in your head says you can't lose weight, to ask yourself if you are absolutely 100% sure this is true. Is it? NO! I bet your are not 100% convinced this isn't possible or why would you be reading this blog??

Okay -- so it is not 100% impossible to lose weight -- are you 100% certain you will lose weight? Probably not that, either.

So...if you are equally not sure about either outcome, why do you spend sooooo much time and energy dwelling on the negative outcome when the positive outcome is equally as viable AND it will make you feel better???

(Changing your perspective)


B. Visualize yourself at your perfect weight. Create a picture in your head of how you would look if you were at your perfect weight. When you get that picture in your head, pay attention to how you feel. Are you excited? Relived? Feel free? Whatever it is -- feel how it would feel to live at that weight. Then, every night, right before you go to sleep, repeat this exercise with special emphasis on feeling what you feel living at that weight.

It will help you to seek out those same good feeling during the day while you are making your eating decisions. You will eat less and feel good about the choices you make. Not as punishment but as nurturing choices for yourself. You will move yourself in the direction of your vision.

Almost everything I have read in the last two days has talked about creating a vision for yourself. I will leave you with the last quote that was sent to me today.

"Whatever you dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now." --Goethe