This Diet Tip May Not Be Easy, But It Is Lasting

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I recently asked "the Googles" what the easiest diets were.  A long list returned - "top diets to follow", "easiest diets ranked", "lose weight fast" - in fact there is even a diet named the DASH diet.  How funny.  So many diets claim to be easy and fast yet we are a society full of people struggling to lose weight and keep it off.

What if you thought weight loss was not supposed to be "easy", "fast", or "comfortable".  Our brain doesn't like change and when you are working on losing weight it is about change, it will be uncomfortable, and what if we thought that was ok?  I know, I know, that doesn't sound as fun to sign up for.  Changing your thinking about needing fast, ease, and comfort will be the answer to feeling comfortable in the body you dream of.

Your ability to be uncomfortable is directly related to you ability to lose the weight and keep it off.

When you are willing to experience what comes up when you stop over eating that's when you establish the relationship with yourself and don't need to escape with food.  When you begin processing your emotions you understand you can handle any feeling that comes up, and not need the cookie, candy or cake to make you feel better.

We were never taught how to process emotions growing up, so I want to share some tips I've recently learned:

1.  Be kind, compassionate, and curious.  What I mean is take a pause when you reach for the food as an escape.  Do not judge.  Be willing to experience them.  Ask yourself what is going on.

2.   Observe, breath, and stay present with what is going on.  Give yourself some space to become the watcher.

3.  Describe in detail what is going on.  This does a couple of things.  First it distracts your brain from the original chatter.  Next, it allows you to pay attention to what you are feeling.  For example - does that feel like a fast heart, a tight chest, a head rush.  Describe in detail what is happening inside your boy when you are experiencing this emotion.

4.  Name the emotion.  Is it anxiety?  Fear?  Frustration?  I encourage you to really find the name of the emotion - not just good, bad, happy, sad.  Naming the feeling specifically helps increase your emotional intelligence and become the expert of your emotional experience in the world.

5.  Notice you survived.  You can describe any emotion, it will not kill you and you do not need to overeat to escape it.

This may not be the fastest route to weight loss, but it will be the lasting one.  I encourage you to be willing to be uncomfortable.  Start here and you will see how much more you are willing to put yourself out in the world and truly create the life you image.    

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