Want to psych yourself out and stay on that weight-loss diet plan?
Switch from food talk to healthy dieting talk.
The important language of dieting doesn't have to do with food. It has to do with the deeper parts of you.
So, if your head is saying you must have lots of ice cream right now, change up the words in your head - like this.
Ice cream? What do I really want? Do I want to feel very satisfied? Do I want to feel well cared for? Do I want some real pleasure? Do I want to feel filled up? Do I need something extra special right now? Am I hurting? Do I have unexpressed anger inside of me? Do I hate myself? Am I tired? Do I need to rest? Do I need to be soothed?
And...
Will ice cream give me what I need?
That's true-to-yourself healthy dieting talk, and it's psychological indeed.
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