Awareness – Limiting Beliefs

Awareness – Limiting Beliefs

Nov 25, 2022

During the Awareness phase of my proprietary ACE Weight Loss Methodology we often discover limiting beliefs interefering with weight loss in addition to the habit eating and stress/emotional eating already discussed.

So what are limiting beliefs?

A limiting belief is a rule that lives inside your head and affects your behavior either consciously or subconsciously.

Most of these rules are totally made up.

For example, one category of limiting beliefs is any sort of “I AM” statement that stops you from doing what you want to do to improve your health.

“I'm overweight.  I've always been overweight.  I'll probably always be overweight.”

These are all limiting beliefs.

Now it may be factually correct that you have always been overweight, but can you soften the statement to something that allows for a little wiggle room – for the possibility of change?

“Up until now I've always been overweight” – still true, but see how it introduces the possibility of the future being different?

“I'm a member of the Clean Plate Club.”  Ok, well good for you, but breaking news, the plates grandma used are tiny compared to the plates we use today and the enormous platters restaurant meals are served on.

I get not wanting to waste food, but if you are overweight to the point where it is impacting your health, then eating it is not a good use of it, either.  Maybe get a dog or a compost bin if you can't stand to put food in the trash.  But damaging your body to avoid throwing away a half-eating baked potato is not a great life choice, right?

When our subconscious beliefs are made conscious and our conscious beliefs are questioned the possibility of change from the thought level arises.

You don't have to believe and obey everything you think, friends.

 

Awareness – Stress & Emotional Eating

Awareness – Stress & Emotional Eating

Nov 18, 2022

In addition to habit eating, in the Awareness phase of my ACE Weight Loss methodology we also often find stress and emotional eating.

Lots of potential clients coming to me knowing they are stress eaters or emotional eaters, but some people are so good at using food unconsciously to cover up their emotions that it's not until they try to cut out eating when they are not hungry that the emotions come up.

Either way, once you realize the problem is your feelings, all you need to do is to swap out the solution.

If the only solution you have for the problem of feelings is to eat, of course you will continue to gain weight – especially when things are tough!

Luckily, replacing the maladaptive coping mechanism of overeating in response to feelings is easy with the tools I teach clients.

Once they master tools such as EFT and self-coaching, they never have to reach for food as the only tool in the toolbox.

We'll talk more about solutions once we get to the Clearning phase of my ACE Weight Loss Methodology, though, so keep following me to learn more about that.

 

 

The Awareness Phase – Habit Eating

The Awareness Phase – Habit Eating

Nov 11, 2022

Stage 1 of the ACE Weight Loss Methodology is Awareness.

Become aware of and start to cut out eating when you are not hungry.

While there are lots of reasons we eat when we aren't hungry, many of the reasons are just habits.

You can cut out your habit eating to lose weight without physical hunger..

The 4 Cs of habit eating are:

1. Clock.
Stop eating because it’s a certain time of day if you are never hungry then.

2. Calendar. You don’t have to gorge yourself just because it’s a certain day of the year. “Halloween candy” is available year round at the grocery store and gas station.

3. Company. It’s ok to gently tell mom that a certain food that was your favorite when you were 4 isn’t your thing any more (maybe try to tell her before she fixes it, though).

4. Clean Plate Club. Real talk, plates were smaller then. Put your leftovers in the fridge. It’s fine.

Stopping your habit eating is a great way to lose weight without going hungry.