Hi,
Nope, I didn't get the article on "What are you depriving yourself of?' What is it about?
Thank you for being so encouraging. =)
I'll type the Dieting isn't Deprivation out but please excuse typos:
DIETING ISN'T DEPRIVATION:
Don't be a Mary! Mary is a typical dieter. She is 36 years old, married with 3 kids and weighs 90 kilos. SHe's been dieting on and off for ten years; but never loses weigh. Why not? Because she keeps making one big mistake.
Mary thinks that detiing means depriving herself.
So when she's dieting she does nothing but think of all the lovely things she's missing. Things like donuts, cakes, popcorn and chocolate. Every time she goes in to a shop she gazes at them and thinks to herslf:
NO! I mustn't have any of those nice things because I"m on a diet. I must suffer.
So she suffers. And gradually her suffering drives her insane. After three weeks of dieting she is ready to cut her throat. She can take it no logner. So she gives up in disgust and goes on a binge. Result? She regains all the weight she's lost more besides.
Poor old Mary. She'll go on dieting fo the rest of her life but it won't make the slightest difference. In fact, she could diet afor a thousand years and still not lose weight.
As long as she continues to believe that dieting means deprivation, she'll get nowhere.
Are you a Mary? Do you think that dieitg means depriving yoruself? If so, here's some advice. Stop kidding yourself and be honest for a change!
For example, ask yourself this question: What exactly are you depriving yourself of?
1. A fat butt?
2. A pair of fat thighs?
3. Constant tiredness?
4 Indigestion?
5. Heartburn?
Is this what you miss? or are you worried that you'll miss out on the chance to develop a gall-bladder probelm? Diabetes? Etc.
You see we forget about these things dont we? We are so busy worrying about giving up lollies, cream and peanut butter, that we forget about giving up the tiredness and discoformt and all the other nasty things we put up with when we're fat or obese.
That's why we find dieting difficult. We think it means giving up nice things. We think it means suffering. BUT this is nonsense!
The truth is, DIETING MEANS FREEDOM. Freedom from embarrassment, freedom from tiredness and freedom from discomfort. A sensible diet is a papssport to a new life.
So, if you are on a diet, don't see it as something negative. See it as YOUR PRIVATE ESCAPE ROUTE TO A NEW SLIM WORLD. Because that's what it is. FOr example, just sit down for a moment and imagine yourself 10kg lighter than you are now. How do you think you'd feel? 20kg lighter? How would you feel? 30kg lighter? how would you feel? 40kg lighter? Your goal weight?
Would you feel the pain? Would you feel deprived?
Of course not! YOU'D FEEL FANTASTIC!
So girls and guys, it's time to change! Stop worrying about giving up things and START LOOKING FORWARD to bouncing out of bed in the morning and then bouncing all through the day. Because this is exactly what will happen when you get slim.
Poor old Mary. Meanwhile, spare a thought for poor old Mary! you see, she won't change. Sh'es too stubborn. She still thinks that dieting means depriving herself. She still spends her time worrying about giving up things. She never thinks about the good things she can look foward to. So as usual she'll stop dieting in a few weeks time and not long afterwards she'll be even heavier than she is today
Don't be a Mary!
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Hope this helps
The other great article I got was MIND GAMES.. but its six pages long .. .ask your consultant for a copy
