scales are in the bin (well not quite..)
Had a good day. Wrote my outcome for the day on a little Outlook Sticky Note and put in on my desktop. My outcome was not to snack in the afternoon unless I was 6,7, or 8 on the hunger scale. It seemed to work as mid afternoon has been a difficult time for me, prone to raiding the fridge in the office. Writing it down focussed my mind and when I got the urge to snack I was able to think no, I'm not hungry, just a bit bored.
I'm doing some reading at the moment inspired by the programme. I'm reading "Breaking Free from Emotional Eating" by Geneen Roth. A lot of the ideas are very similar to the programme and I'm finding it a really good book. There's one quote about scales which I think I should share:
"A scale is just a scale, a cold, lifeless piece of metal until we give it it's power. We make it into the instrument that tells us if we should like ourselves that day or not. And we do that be accepting societal beliefs about the goodness and rightness of being a lower weight rather than a higher weight and also by continuing to weight ourselves day after day. As if you weren't a feeling, thinking, capable human being who can decide for yourself what kind of day you're going to have and how you're going to feel about yourself.
Throw your scale out. Or paste your ideal weight on it so that when you ask if you're allowed to feel good about being yourself that day it say "of course""
I like it! I was all fired up to throw the scales away but of course today was the day that Pete asked for my three month report and I had to weigh myself :-)
It's a lovely Friday night, I've thought before I've eaten and the only thing that will do tonight is oven chips. So I'm off to have a nice evening with my husband, my oven chips and the telly!!
Have a great weekend. Love Jess xx
The point about the scales only having the power we embue them with is very similar to the point in the Janogly book about food only having the power we choose to give it - essentially we are the ones with the control and the power (but until recently have only been too happy to give these precious qualities away to a variety of insensate objects in order to demotivate and disempower ourselves). Time to reset the balance eh?? Great blog hon - food for thought xxx
Great to hear from you. I like the sound of you writing down your outcomes as this is a great way to set yourself up for continued success. I think you are such a positive person and have a big influence on everyone around here as I'm sure Kat, LilOleMe and Ayesha will also agree.
Take care,
Pete
Earthmother x