Weight Watchers has these tools to help you succeed with your weight loss, which they call “Tools for Living“. Well yesterday’s meeting topic was about the “Positive Self-talking”. I actually feel it should be called “Positive Self-thinking”. We tend to set ourselves up for failure by negative thinking, which in turns gets buried into our subconscious and when that happens, your subconscious doesn’t let you succeed. So we have to quit repeating negative thoughts about our weight loss or our exercise routines. We have to start repeating positive thoughts to ourselves, often, until they become a part of our subconscious.
Another thing we have to start doing is making our goals in present tense, not future tense. Our subconscious does not have a future, so if we make our goals in present tense, our subconscious will help us succeed.
Some of my favorite positive statements to use are:
- I am 100% responsible for my results.
- Whatever it takes, I’ll do it.
- I like eating healthy foods.
- I love working out.
- I have time for anything I am committed to.
- I can do it.
I’ve changed my goals from “I will exercise 6 days a week” to “I am exercising 6 days a week” and “I will lose 100 pounds” to “I am losing 100 pounds”.
Yes, it’s a mind game, but it’s a mind game to succeed!
WW totally is a mind-thing. I’ve done it over and over… struggling with it now. Came across your blog by clicking my own “ww” tag. Just wanted to say keep up the good work!!
I know I need to work on my self-talk. I say things, but I don’t totally believe them yet… Thanks for this post!