Yesterday, I noticed a pattern and today I’m taking action. I am the kind of person who turns to experts in books, blogs, and articles when faced with a problem. I make it a goal to learn as much as I can so I can make more informed judgments. I find the process breaks down when I spend too much time thinking about my failures, without reflecting on what to change. Sometimes, that little voice pipes up, “Well, it’s been a good run, but it’s only a matter of time before you start gaining again.”
What’s different this time, is that I don’t believe that little voice anymore. It’s like a benign protester who’s urgency has been diminished by my success. I have been on Maintenance now for six months. This is what I have learned about myself over the past two days. Each time I ate too much, it was because I was either preoccupied or allowed myself to get too hungry.
Today was different. At 5:30 pm I noticed I was feeling very hungry. I stopped and thought about it. It had been over four hours since I ate, I was hungry for any food (not craving something) andI had a slight headache. This means internal hunger was the culprit. Now I’m eating slowly, mindfully, and I’m not going to make the same mistake as yesterday.
I am beginning to think that it’s easy to kick old habits back into action if I’m not reflective about what I’m doing. Like so many of my other big discoveries on this blog, this one sounds obvious, but this is a revelation for me. I hope you are learning about yourself too. I hope you are feeling strong and capable. I hope you are firmly squared within your resolve that you can do this – because you can.
Getting to Goal 