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August 10, 2005, 6:59 am PDT
Marcia
Quote From: marcia52For me, it was me not dealing with my life by bringing closure to long time events. Everytime I read Weight loss Solutions, I kept finding myself thinking about everything but losing weight so I decided what the heck and read Self Matters to help me to learn how to catch my tapes & scripts. It only took me about a year & half to finally be able to re-read the book and be able to keep my mind on my weight loss thoughts. I figured that if I've been yo-yoing for years and years, what was wrong with just spending the time to do it Dr. Phil's way.
It was the best decision I've ever made. If I never lose another pound, I've finally found peace of mind. I've bought closure to the 2 - 1999 events that were in still running amok in my life last year. Now, I've learned to bring closure immediately or as soon as I can. It's just so nice to finally be able to hear me say nice things about myself to me and know they are the truth.
What is hard for me now, is learning to be nice to myself if I fall off the wagon or not lose the weight I wanted to lose cause I'm at a plateau or I see the inches lost and not the weight. But I finally figured out that I'm being given the opportunity to learn how to be nice to me.
It takes patience and it takes being kind to yourself and dumping the guilt trip we put ourselves on. I was on a plateau for 9 months. I never gave up hope, and I never went back to my former weight. In the end, I had learned everthing I needed to know about that weight level, and how to maintain it. I know that I will never go above it again. I also got to wear some new clothes out, instead of passing right through them into a smaller size, and I felt a whole lot better than at my previous weight, even if I still wasn't where I wanted to be. My skin also had a chance to catch up before I plowed on ahead, no bagginess. I think it was what nature intended for me. My hypnotherapist told me to embrace my plateaus, and I think he was right.
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