Sunday 1 May 2011
The Power of Thought
I've always believed in the power of my thoughts. For example, when I started walking last year, I thought back to a time when I wasn't so overweight. I really imagined that I was still in that body. I remembered what it felt like. I remembered the clothes I used to wear. As I walked, I really believed that body was still mine and what I also believed was that my body would like up quicker with that thought. I believed that just as important as the exercise and food choices was my mind's belief that I was in a smaller body. While I can't say for certain that did it, what I know for sure is that the smaller body I imagined came to me a lot quicker than I could have imagined. That got me thinking about my thoughts as they related to food. It seems that for the first six months, I used to feel so guilty if I ate anything that didn't seem to fit with my weight-loss goals. Now, I believe that guilt was a thought that turned that food, whatever it was, into extra fat on my body. I had to walk further and harder just to rid myself of that. Now, I think about that differently. There's no more guilt. That guilt, I believe, is a thought that instantly turns that food to fat on my body. So, I now choose a different thought, even with the very same food. There is no longer any guilt. As a matter of fact, as I'm writing this, I am enjoying a cup full of ice cream--a guilt-free cup as well. The way I see it, I can look at that ice cream as something I just want to have as a little treat after dinner. If I looked at that ice cream with guilt, that thought would make that ice cream wrong, and me for wanting it. When I tell myself I can have whatever I want when I'm hungry, that thought becomes freeing. The result I notice is that this ice cream no longer has the power over me. The other result is that I don't actually reach for ice cream as much. I really don't remember the last time I had it. A guilt-free thought about this treat is liberating. Well, I seem to have just finished my little treat. Delicious!
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