How to think

Have you ever thought about how you think?

Not what you think. HOW you think.

What do I mean by this?

The best way to explain is to give you an example.

Is there something in your life you want to change?

Let's say it's your weight, since weight loss is what most clients come to me for.

How do you think about your weight currently?

Here are some of the most common comments I hear from clients:

"Doesn't matter what I do, I can't lose weight."

"I lose weight, but it always comes back."

"I don't understand. It just keeps going up. There must be something wrong with me."

Sound familiar?

These are unhelpful thoughts. And they're unhelpful because of what happens when you think them.

I want you to notice, when you think any of these thoughts and they seem real to you, how do you feel? 

Disempowered? Frustrated? Annoyed? Hopeless?

How do you behave when you feel any of these emotions? 

If I was feeling disempowered or hopeless it wouldn't motivate me to take care of myself. 

If I was feeling frustrated or annoyed, I wouldn't be going through the process of planning or preparing healthy meals for myself. More likely these feelings would have me saying 'why bother?' ‘f* it’ and just eating whatever.

What I want you to see here is that thinking thoughts like these, especially when they feel like the truth for you, do not help. They don't make you feel inspired or motivated to do things that will help you achieve your goal of losing weight.

In fact when you think in this way, you demotivate yourself. The way you're thinking is entirely unhelpful when it comes to achieving your weight loss goal.

The good news is, you can change that.

Since you're the one thinking the thoughts, you can change them. You can choose to think in a way that will benefit you.

In other words, you can change how you think. 

Sound good?

When you truly understand that what you think is fuelling your actions, you will want to start paying more attention to your thoughts. And in particular, how those thoughts make you feel.

After all, how you feel affects what you do and what you do determines whether you lose weight, or not. And it all starts with how you think.

Want to explore this more? Get in touch.

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