Examining Our Beliefs

If you want to know what your beliefs are, look at your life. Your life is a manifestation of your beliefs. What we believe encompasses what we do, what we say, and how we react. Anything you want to change in your life must be changed at the belief level if you want it to be permanent. You can't just treat the symptom. You must dig deep and find the belief that caused you to get there in the first place

Many of our beliefs that drive us are completely illogical. Many of our belief systems were formed when we were small children, when we didn't have the emotional maturity to understand why things happen to us. We need to go in and pinpoint all those old, illogical beliefs and evaluate them with new eyes as adults. We do this by staying connected to ourselves and paying attention. If you're solid in knowing how GOOD you are, very little that other people do rattles you. You're able to see other's actions from a place of security and calm because you believe you're worthy,

What does this have to do with weight loss? Very often, we choose to eat in response to our feelings. We eat because we want to avoid and distract from feelings we don't want to feel. We may also eat because we think eating will make us feel a certain way. Feelings we're hoping to create by eating might include: relaxed, happy, satisfied, connected/ social, accepted, and included.

The secret of getting to your goal weight is not trying to restrict yourself from certain foods. The secret of getting to your goal weight is learning how to manage thoughts and feelings so you don't need food as an ineffective coping tool. Once you can mange your thoughts and feelings ON PURPOSE, you'll be able to choose your thoughts, to create your feelings, to take the actions, that create your results.

To learn more about cognitive/ emotional management as it relates to weight loss, contact me: lparkes@lightenup4ever.com. I'll teach you tools to manage your mind, which, ultimately, creates the results in your life.