Tag Archive | Discipline

Overeating? Don’t Even Start!

Feb12

Don’t kid yourself. The best way to keep overeating from burying you is to just not start. It’s easy to convince yourself that a little extra pasta  won’t hurt.

A few more M & M’s, eating just enough ice cream to make it look even in the carton,  or one more candy from a box of chocolates is just enough to send you over the edge, so don’t start.

Eating stops when your stomach signals you that it is full. Overeating starts when we ignore the body’s signals. Cross that fine line and you’re in trouble.

So don’t cross it. Ha! Easier said than done. So what’s the answer? Can you repeat the question?

And that is precisely the kind of self-talk that gets us into the overeating mess. And it is a mess, that’s for sure. Easy to get into and hard to get out of, just like any other habit.

And therein lies the answer. Don’t even start letting it become a habit. As soon as you recognize that you are overeating, stop.

Focus on recognizing when you begin to overeat. Recognizing is not the same as realizing. Recognizing means you can see it coming and can do something about it. Realizing means you waited too long.

While you see your chance, take it. Stop overeating before it becomes a habit. If you can do that, you will buy yourself some time to figure out a real solution and avoid a real problem.

I’m talking about obesity. Habitual overeating is what gives obesity its foothold. If you have the discipline to stop the overeating cycle at the recognition stage, you will be empowered to one day break it altogether and create your life anew.

Keep It Simple

Nov1

Life can get so stressed and complicated that little things send us over the edge. I’ve had a couple of those days lately.

It’s amazing how a good night’s sleep–for me that’s 5 hours of uninterrupted sleep and it doesn’t happen often–can bring you back to the simple life where you can remember what’s important and what isn’t.

As a food addict, keeping stress to a minimum is something I have to practice daily. Insomnia has a way of making simple things seem complicated, and complicated things seem impossible.

As a confirmed possibility thinker, I am always on the lookout for things that allow me to bring it back to the center when sleeplessness triggers my most challenging bouts with food addiction.

Today I would like to share a resource with you that can help you simplify your life. It does take discipline but it doesn’t take a lot of time, and if you use it daily, it will keep you on track.

I have taught these principles in my personal empowerment workshops for years, but I think Mark Joyner has distilled them into a form that is easy for anyone to understand and follow on their own. At least, it was for me.

Personal empowerment is both a goal and a tool to help you reach your other goals. We are all teachers and we are all learners. Information is the commodity we trade. Information is the single most critical factor in my day-to-day dealings with my food addiction.

Whenever I am able to share something really empowering that has worked for me, I don’t hesitate. So if you’re ready to simplify your life, you can learn how at www.simpleology.com.