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Do you remember that old saying, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me”? We were supposed to say that to people who were insulting us, and hurling nasty names at us on the playground. While it certainly helped me as a child to deal with insults, it is not an accurate statement at all. As a matter of fact, words can do more damage to us long term than sticks and stones could ever hope to do! Back in my post Eavesdropping on My Mind, I talked about the power that our thoughts have over our lives. I pontificated on how important it is to mind your thoughts about yourself, and what did I go and do in my latest post? I titled it Melissa Eats Too Much! Way to go personal-growth guru, LOL.
After I wrote that post I went back and re-read Hope’s article on Weighting Line and took some time to think about why I eat. It is totally emotional for me. I never really let myself get hungry. Clearly this is not the healthiest way to go through life, so I need to make a change.
At the same time, I am critically aware that trying to make too many life changes all at once can lead to no change whatsoever. So, for now, I will focus on only thinking and saying nice things about my body and my eating habits. I will keep an eye on my motivations for eating, but I’m not going to pressure myself on this point until I have made more inroads in some of my other areas of focus, such as my daily intention lesson and my mediation practices. My guess is that the more I succeed at those endeavors, the more I will satisfy the emotional urges that I have been feeding previously with food.
Funny how easy it is to talk badly about ourselves sometimes, right? What things have you been saying about yourself that aren’t serving you? What small change can you make to redirect those words to a more positive direction?
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(((HUGS))) Melissa! I know exactly what you mean because I am the same way. I talk big about being positive and improving myself, and then I turn around and cut myself down. It’s a bad habit, that’s all. We just have to work hard to create a new habit to replace it with.
I learned a mantra when I was hypnotized to control my eating. “I love being hungry, it soothes and comforts me”. Guess what, that has never been true for me and I can’t practice it as much as I try. So join the club.