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Old 05-21-2005, 01:27 AM
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I am looking for little hints and phrases I can tell myself in a moment of weakness. What do you say to yourself when the kids baked cookies and they smell so great and you know the carbs are just through the roof....

How do you talk yourself out of the cookie?

One of my favorites is "Nothing tastes as good as being thin."
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Old 05-21-2005, 02:07 AM
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Pardon my French. . .


"Ugh!" I say to myself, with a superior curl of the lip, "I can't believe people actually EAT that s**t!"

And since I work at the mall, and can wander through the food court and see what people who eat that s**t look like, it doesn't take much to talk myself out of it.

My favorite quote, with apologies because I don't remember the quoter:
"If you keep doing what you've always done, you'll keep looking like you've always looked."

Second favorite, helpful in times of scale crisis:
"Slipping into a post-dryer pair of jeans is a truer and more relevant measure than any scale"

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Old 05-21-2005, 02:24 AM
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hmmmm. well, i say, "i avoid sugar" and "i'd rather be healthy" and "it's not worth it, and i wouldn't enjoy it anyway." 'cause i don't, if i don't think it's a good choice.

i maybe have some coffee (with splenda and vanilla extract and cream or carb countdown milk--treatlike). if i'm craving something sweet, i'll make a lc sub of some sort. splenda-sweetened brownies, for example.)

i also meditate a few minutes if i'm having a rough time for some reason. that helps me center and focus on what's really important.

maybe better than all that, though, is to keep the kids from making cookies! and if they are making them for a function, pack them up right away. pop 'em in the freezer! have a snack that is healthy and appealing to you.

the more you think about eating off-plan, the more likely you will. the more you think about staying on-track and getting healthy, the more likely you will do that, too. so you decide where you direct your attention.
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Old 05-21-2005, 02:48 AM
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What I do at those times (like when I walk into my mom's house and she's baking a cake and the smell is heavenly...) is just tell myself that if I REALLY wanted that, of course I could have it. It just isn't in line with my health goals. AND if down the road I feel like I just can't live without it, it will ALWAYS be available. Just reminding myself of that simple fact relieves that urgency of wanting something.

THEN, I'll go make myself a legal treat if I'm still feeling deprived.
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Old 05-21-2005, 12:30 PM
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"I've had that before, still tastes the same."

"I'll be so happy tomorrow that I chose not to have ....."

One thing I've done is try and eliminate "I can't have" from my thinking and my vocabulary. It's more like "I choose not to..." and that puts me in control. The "I can't" thing grates on your esteem. You know, deprived and feelings of being in bondage to your WOE, instead of feeling the power that freedom of choice brings.

Excellent thread!
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Old 05-21-2005, 01:29 PM
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Two of my favorites...

"Nothing tastes as good as fitting into that new pair of jeans feels!"

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I choose not to have _________ right now!"

Choices are just that...choices...I have to make them every time I put something into my mouth and each one has a consequence...I can choose healthy or not so healthy but it is entirely my choice and I make that decision not anyone else. Someone yesterday offered me a tootsie roll which I ate...one...because one isn't going to kill my diet...then she said " I shouldn't tempt you with those, should I?" I told her just that I choose what I eat and it sounded really good right then it was not a temptation for you to offer...if I didn't want one I would not have eaten one!" What a powerful feeling to be able to say "NO"!
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