"Just because you are not doing what other people are doing, does not mean you are failing or falling behind. You're charting your own course and staying true to yourself, even though it would be easier to join the crowd. You are creating a life you can fall in love with rather than falling in line. You're finding the courage to do what's right for you, even though it's uncertain and scary and hard. Give yourself some credit, because these are reasons to be proud." - Lori Deschene
Shooting Star Power to see you through week two!!! 916 days ago
• When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind, and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. – Phyllis Bottome
• Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. - Bruce Lee
• All the mistakes I ever made were when I wanted to say 'No' and said 'Yes'. - Moss Hart
• Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. - Les Brown
Don’t agonize over your mistakes. It really doesn’t help you in any way, and may actually keep you from moving forward, and being more proactive in the future. It’s been shown in studies that helping people to control their eating in a less rigid. more compassionate, and understanding matter when they make a diet mistake might actually help to promote healthier eating in the future.
It was observed that those who treated themselves with compassion when they overate, or ate a “restricted” food, might be more successful at regulating their eating because they are less motivated to eat in order to cope with negative self–feelings, and this might be particularly true of restrictive eaters. Simply put, these people might be able to remain aware of their goals for healthy eating because they have a “clear head” that is not cluttered with negative, critical unpleasant thoughts and feelings.
So it seems that self-compassion in the wake of our mistakes may help us to better monitor and control our eating. Those who are very restrictive in their dieting and learn to treat themselves compassionately when they break their diets, and avoid the self–criticism and the accompanying guilt, appear to be able to recognize the fact that everyone eats unhealthily once in a while. By doing this, they might control their eating more effectively than those who focus on the negative implications and guilty feelings of their eating mistakes and failures.
To read the full study: https://www.weightcrafters.com/adams-lea ry-eating-attitudes.pdf
I wish you a proactive and productive week! 917 days ago