Control: What it is and What it is not
Lesson 13
Control: What It Is, What It Is Not
The Power of Control
When you are in control of your eating, you feel in control of other areas of your life as well , powerful, focused, full of possibility. When you are out of control in the area of weight management, often other things in your life are out of control too, your relationships, your job, your progression toward important goals.
Being in control means saying to yourself, I am responsible for my own life. Notice how good you feel when you assume responsibility for yourself, important, validated, energetic, popular and worthwhile. All good things result from feelings of control, joy, strength, generosity and love. When you feel good about yourself, you bring joy not just to your life but to those around you.
Flexible Thinking
Flexible thinking will help you maintain control. Flexibility is the ability to adapt to new situations, the ability to accept your failures when they happen, the ability to go with the flow when you cannot have perfection. Allow yourself to make mistakes and then move on.
It is Not About the Blame!
It is easy to put the blame for being overweight on someone else, but this gives them control over you.
It is not my fault that I am fat! Everyone in my family is fat,my mother, father sisters, bother. Can I help it if my mother was a great cook? Is it my fault she knows nothing about nutrition? My family is to blame for my poor eating habits. I am nothing but a victim of circumstances that were beyond my control.
Maybe your parents are overweight. Maybe they love to eat and have no idea at all about which foods or behaviors are good for them. And maybe their parents were fat, also. Can you change that? No! Can you change the way that you are? Yes! You can blame others for the past, but you are responsible to yourself for the future. What happens from now on is up to you.
Make a new affirmation, I am not perfect, but I am on my way to being the best I can be!
Gene C.
Control: What It Is, What It Is Not
The Power of Control
When you are in control of your eating, you feel in control of other areas of your life as well , powerful, focused, full of possibility. When you are out of control in the area of weight management, often other things in your life are out of control too, your relationships, your job, your progression toward important goals.
Being in control means saying to yourself, I am responsible for my own life. Notice how good you feel when you assume responsibility for yourself, important, validated, energetic, popular and worthwhile. All good things result from feelings of control, joy, strength, generosity and love. When you feel good about yourself, you bring joy not just to your life but to those around you.
Flexible Thinking
Flexible thinking will help you maintain control. Flexibility is the ability to adapt to new situations, the ability to accept your failures when they happen, the ability to go with the flow when you cannot have perfection. Allow yourself to make mistakes and then move on.
It is Not About the Blame!
It is easy to put the blame for being overweight on someone else, but this gives them control over you.
It is not my fault that I am fat! Everyone in my family is fat,my mother, father sisters, bother. Can I help it if my mother was a great cook? Is it my fault she knows nothing about nutrition? My family is to blame for my poor eating habits. I am nothing but a victim of circumstances that were beyond my control.
Maybe your parents are overweight. Maybe they love to eat and have no idea at all about which foods or behaviors are good for them. And maybe their parents were fat, also. Can you change that? No! Can you change the way that you are? Yes! You can blame others for the past, but you are responsible to yourself for the future. What happens from now on is up to you.
Make a new affirmation, I am not perfect, but I am on my way to being the best I can be!
Gene C.
posted by Gene Carbonell at
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