“The secret of life…is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” -Paulo Coelho

What’s going on in your mind can either make or break you. I can’t stress that enough. Reaching a goal has everything to do with your beliefs and your attitude.

And one of the most destructive (and common) thoughts I hear when it comes to weight loss is…

I can’t do this.

If we believe that we can’t do it, we won’t. Once we attach ourselves to can’t, there is absolutely no way we’ll do what it takes to reach our goals. We’re done. Checked out. Time to throw in the towel and break out the donuts.

This type of thinking comes in a variety of flavors…

• I’ll always be fat.
• Nothing else has worked, so why bother.
• I know I’m going to fail – again.
• This isn’t going to work.
• This is too hard.

Most of my clients have been on a slew of diets. They’ve invested countless dollars and hours in pursuit of their goal – permanent weight loss. And they’ve often created buckets of evidence for failure along the way.

Tried Weight Watchers and failed.
Tried Atkins and failed.
Tried working out like a crazy person and failed.
Tried the green smoothie diet and failed.
Tried Nutrisystem and failed.

So the minute things don’t go as planned, it’s easy to jump right back on the defeatist bandwagon.

I didn’t lose weight this week. This isn’t going to work.

I binged on cookies. I’ll always be fat.

I stopped journaling after only three days. I know I’m going to fail.

I’m not losing weight fast enough. I can’t do this.

Want to guarantee failure. Keep on believing that you’re going to fail.

You don’t have to choose defeatist thoughts love. When you notice the failure talk running rampant in your mind, try on one of these beauties instead…

• I will never give up on myself.
• I’m worth the work.
• I’m willing to try.
• I know this is hard, but I can do hard things.
• Change isn’t easy, but nothing is harder than staying stuck where you don’t belong.

I personally tried to lose the weight for good twenty, maybe twenty five times before finally succeeding. Heck, I joined (and quit) Weight Watchers on at least five different occasions.

I want you to know that you can keep trying. I want you to know that you are worth the effort. Even if you’ve tried and failed thirty or forty times or FIFTY times…

…please, don’t ever give up on yourself.

XO Robyn

If you want to learn more about what it’s like to work with a Weight Loss Coach, simply contact me and we’ll set up a FREE Discovery Session. No sales pitch. No gimmicks. No shenanigans. I can’t wait to hear from you.

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