Once upon a time, I convinced myself that I needed to weigh 125 pounds without a single trace of cellulite on my ass, BEFORE I could launch my personal training business.
What a crock of shit!
If you want success and happiness in this life, the actions you take must be fueled by feelings of excitement and curiosity.
If I still believed that original thought, the one fueled by insecurity, I surely would have given up by now. That kind of destructive thinking, the type that causes you to feel BAD, it’s pure poison my Chickadees, and it only leads to BAD results. Every single time!
Give this a try. Next time a negative thought pops up, and it will, choose a new and better feeling thought. Check it out:
- Negative Thought: “Would you look at those stomach rolls”
- Feeling: Shame, Disgust…
- New Thought: “This is my only body and I choose to accept it as it is right now”
- Feeling: Acceptance, Peace…
Below are some other replacement thoughts. Try them on for size. If they don’t fit, go ahead and create your own.
- “I don’t need to weigh (xyz) to be happy, I can choose happiness right now”
- “Without this body, I couldn’t hug or laugh or sing”
- “I am perfectly imperfect and that’s okay” My personal favorite!
You make it seem so simple Robyn.
It IS simple, but it’s NOT always easy. Those negative thoughts, the ones you’ve been playing over and over in your head for years and decades, they’ve worn some pretty deep grooves. Like super-highways in your brain. New thinking can feel like you’re moving boulders and trees, just to make way for a hiking trail.
But over time, that hiking trail becomes worn and easier to navigate. After years of practicing your new, better feeling thought, it too will become a super-highway. And the destination will be a much happier place.
Wondering about that old highway? You won’t use it anymore. It’s too full of potholes and weeds now.
Remember, your thought must hold true for you and make YOU feel good when you think it. Go ahead, give it a try. Perhaps one day, (maybe today) you’ll decide to stop beating yourself up and become a member of the Perfectly Imperfect Club. Life is good here.