Self Care- Journal Your Way to Weightlosss

Journal Your Way To Weight Loss
by Wendy Hearn

I believe that deep inside you, in your heart of hearts, you are the only one who instinctively knows the best way for you to achieve weight loss. What I want is for you to get in touch with this. I don’t believe that in the long term it works if I or anyone else tells you what you need to do to lose weight. It's a process you need to discover for yourself. You're a unique person and you will have a way of losing weight that is uniquely yours. You may know someone who has lost weight by taking up running and that has helped them to lose weight. However, for you even the mere thought of taking up running may be unpalatable and so this may not be a method that works for you.

When you want to lose weight, one of the first things you need to do is to really get in touch with yourself. Identify what leaves you feeling happy, sad, frustrated, angry. Think about your needs, your wants, your goals and the changes you want to make for yourself. Most weight loss programmes, and particularly diets, pull you away from yourself and your body. My intention is to make you really connect with your body, understand what it wants and then move forward. Only then will real weight loss will occur.

A great way to understand yourself is to start writing a journal for weight loss. I would advise against writing down a list of the food you’re eating, although I'm well aware that for many people seeing what they eat set down in black and white usually makes them think twice and reconsider. What I would be looking for first is for you to start uncovering exactly where you are now. What is going on in your life? What problems are you facing? How are you feeling? Please don’t dwell on this in your mind too much. Just put pen to paper and start writing. Write about whatever is going through your mind at the moment. I would suggest that one of the most important elements is to write freely and make a note of whatever comes into your head. It may not appear to have anything to do with your eating habits but you will often find that there is a connection, even if it isn't apparent until much later.

You may want to choose a particular time each day to write this journal or carry it around with you and write when you can. It's a very liberating experience to be able to get it all out of your system and down on paper. I know the majority of my clients have resisted this at first and yet later they've said that it really helped them immensely. As time goes by, I’m sure you'll be amazed at what you start to uncover by making entries in your daily journal and from then on you can start to work at making the changes which feel right for you. I encourage you to start writing your journal today!

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