The next Shift Weight Mastery Process begins April 27th with the All-Day Intensive “boot camp” and 30 day online
follow up program uses hypnosis and powerful cognitive techniques to get you
releasing weight powerfully and without dieting—
Early Bird Discounts now through April
9th.
COMING DISTRACTIONS
Do you ever
get distracted by food? My guess is a
big resounding yes! Food can be very
distracting especially if it’s in your house and it’s a trigger food—the food
that calls your name from the kitchen all hours of the day or night until it is
gone.
How many
distractions are coming into your house and messing with your weight release
goals? If you are struggling, my guess
is way too many. In the Shift Monthly Mastery Classes we have been discussing
how once a trigger food is in your home—it becomes a challenge—and we have been
discussing strategies to overcome these coming distractions.
A huge part of long-term weight
management success involves about 80% stimulus control. So if we are about releasing the weight and
keeping it off for good—without dieting—we really need to master the skill of
stimulus control. Most of stimulus
control involves the types of foods that are in your environments—home, office,
car, the restaurant table—etc. When we keep our environments “shift
friendly”--free of trigger foods and “just one more bite” foods and “I’ll just
finish the bag” foods—we are showing up by honing this important weight mastery
skill. Let’s face it –studies show that
we gain weight with the same foods, in the same places in the same times—so
ridding yourself of the habits and thoughts that lead to this will go along way
towards your long-term success.
Yes, it’s true that sometimes
we are not in control of the foods in some of our environments but, more often
than not, we are. Therefore, I want to
sit you down and give you a coming distractions preview and how your Inner
Rebel may be seducing you into situations that will take your power and keep
you from releasing weight. The more “on”
to your Rebel’s seductions and the more strategies you have for promoting
stimulus control in your environments—the easier and more focused your weight
mastery will be.
HERE ARE SOME “COMING
DISTRACTIONS”
The Grocery
Store
“—My husband
will be mad if I don’t get the ice-cream I better get some.”
“The kids
need something for their treat at night—I won’t touch it”
“I think I
can have these around—I’ll only eat one at a time”
“Look only
120 calories for 30—that’s pretty good”
“But they
are on sale—I’ll just get them and store them for when company comes”
Are you
catching my drift—but wait let’s look more
The
Restaurant
“Other’s
will want the bread so I won’t have them take it”
“My friends
will think I’m weird if I only order something light—I’ll order the full size
but only eat a bit”
“Its fried
calamari—I mean that is fish right—I’ll just have one and everyone else can
have the rest”
At home
“I’ll put
these out for the kids”
“My wife
needs to have these out..”
“I can’t
throw these away—that’s wasteful”
“I’ll finish
this bag off and then never buy these again as long as I live”
“I’ll smooth
this piece off the cake and then put it away”
In the car
“I’ll keep
these in here—in case I am caught in a snow storm or in the desert without gas”
“I might
need something and not want to stop”
At work
“People will
be so happy if I buy donuts—I won’t eat any of course”
“I’ll keep
the Hershey’s Kisses on my desk but they
are just for my team—I won’t touch them”
COACHING
The good news is that once you separate
yourself our from the sneaky-self talk it becomes more transparent and we are
able to take the pause necessary to coach ourselves more effectively and take
contrary action.
When
seductive trigger foods are hanging out in our environment—they cause us what
is called-- decisional anxiety. Every
time we see the food or know it’s in our environment it makes us have to think,
“am I going to eat some or not?”—Willpower only lasts so long (willpower
happens in our unconscious mind which is only 12% of our brain) and more often
than not we give into the tempting food.
Let’s start
by recognizing when we are doing it. I
magine you are at the store or the donut shop and just about to give in to the
tempatation to buy a “ditracting” trigger food—step back and take a Shift Mastery
Breath—a pause and imagine yourself and that food in your environment—imagine
how crappy you would feel after consuming that food take another breath and
show up for yourself by taking contrary action—passing the food up or by.
If you are
not in control of the food then practice—“thinking it through”. In a relaxed state—before you are confronted
by the bagels in the staff room or the cupboard with the cookies at home---
imagine yourself in that situation and ask yourself this very powerful question
“Will I be showing up for myself if I eat that food?” Often the answer will be
no—then at this point you want to imagine walking by the food or putting it
away or throwing it in the freezer or trash or a cupboard where it is out of
sight.
Visualizing it ahead of time gives the neural
pathways in your mind another groove to operate in—you literally create a
healthier path other than the reptilian response.
If the
answer is yes—I want some of that food—ask “how much of that food do I need to
satisfy my needs but still remain within my calorie budget for weight release?”
Then, in your mind imagine yourself doing just that and then putting the food
away or trashing it etc. Thinking it
through in a calm and relaxed way ahead of time works wonders in managing old
habitual responses that created our overweight in the first place.
Okay—we
finished the coming distractions and I hope that with a little help from your
powerful Inner Coach that the weight release road ahead—especially through the
spring holidays—remains distraction free!
.
oxoxRita
The next Shift Weight Mastery Process begins April 27th with the All-Day Intensive “boot camp” and 30 day online
follow up program uses hypnosis and powerful cognitive techniques to get you
releasing weight powerfully and without dieting—
Early Bird Discounts now through April
9th.
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