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[Mindset Monday] Creating A New You & Changing Your Beliefs About Your Weight
Welcome to Mindset Monday at The New You Plan. Today, Julz aims to start changing your beliefs about your weight and what you are capable of.
The New You Plan is called The New You Plan because we are here to help people not just lose weight, but to create a healthier happy lifestyle that will support you for long term slimness. Weight loss and weight maintenance is a lot to do with how you think. So this Monday, we are dedicated to supporting you change your mindset and changing your beliefs about your weight.
This is one of the world’s most beautiful pieces of art!
This statue is Michelangelo’s masterpiece, David…
The story of this statue is that Michelangelo was given a lump of marble that no one else wanted. Rather than seeing it for what it was – a big lump – he envisioned his masterpiece of David inside this big block of marble. And then he got to work and started chipping away at all the marble that was not David. Then we was left with one of the world’s great pieces of art.
The moral of this story is that, creating a NEW YOU is not actually about CHANGING who you REALLY ARE. It is about chipping away at all the stuff that holds you back from BEING WHO YOU REALLY ARE. Creating a new you, is all about chipping away at the marble that is covering YOUR DAVID, YOUR MASTERPIECE!
So what marble do you need to chip away at to reveal who you REALLY are?
Today I want you to share with me some things you need to chip away at so that you can REVEAL YOUR MASTERPIECE!
This weight loss process and your new you transformation is all about losing the weight that covers the real you. And also all the other “stuff” that holds you back from changing your beliefs about your weight:-
- Bad habits
- Beliefs of friends and family that hold you back
- Family rituals around food
- Work / office rituals around food
- What you believe is normal to eat and drink
- How you celebrate
- How you commiserate
- Bad attitude
- Laziness
- Limiting beliefs about what you are capable of
- Addictions to unhealthy foods
- Fears
- Doubt
- Negativity
The areas of your life that are working are nothing more than a reflection of the beliefs in your life that are working. Look at the areas of your life that are great and you will see that your beliefs are supporting the result. Maybe you a a great mum – that is because you believe you are a great mum. Maybe your house is immaculate – that is because you believe your are excellent at housekeeping. Maybe you are excelling in your career – that is because you believe you deserve a promotion.
If your weight is a problem, then it is your beliefs about your weight and what you eat that are really the problem.
A lot of losing weight and maintaining it is changing the beliefs that you can not get and stay slim. Chip that away from your marble and start changing your beliefs about your weight and what is possible for you!
Consciously work on changing your BELIEF about weight loss and weight maintenance. Keep challenging a thought that does not serve you on your journey to a slim healthy New You. Changing your beliefs about your weight takes time, but day by day you will believe more and more that YOU CAN AND WILL BE SLIM. Every time you challenge a negative thought, or a limiting belief, you start the process of rewiring your brain and how you think, and your kick start a whole new lifestyle and reveal your David!
Changing your beliefs about your weight is the ONE THING that will stand by you the most when you come to maintenance stage.
Love to you all! Have an amazing week. It is the last week of August so let’s give it 100% and finish this month strong, healthy and happy!
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Having read your piece above about a lump of marble and the creation of David by Michelangelo, I have come to the understanding that what has really been keeping me back from achieving my goal has been that belief that being fat or obese runs in the family and that no matter what I do, I will always remain that way. I have decided this morning, to chip away that thought and be focused. I read yesterday’s tasks and I am going to use that as guidelines to achieve my aims this week. I have had a lot of false starts in the past weeks. I am starting again today and I am determined to have 100% week and 10lbs off!
i started this plan with the hope of getting down to a weight i was before,approx 15 stone slimmest ive ever been, i was pushing towards 23 stone over past few months (eek)ive been addicted to this site all week as ive had a tough time getting into ketosis, i just thought last night i wasnt happey when i was 15 stone why am i aiming for that ? being slightly happier with my weight than i am now ? ive seen so many women on this with lots of weight to lose like me, so why cant i see it ? so i decided last night im going for gold my healthy weight for my height which is half my present weight !! for the first time in yrs im actually confident i can do this, and your right it is about mindset , so heres to us all keeping negative thoughts at bay and finding our inner goddess good luck all xxxx
Hey new you, well here is my take on me and my master piece! I know what to do to get to where I want to be weight wise. I know what I need to eat, what I need to think and what I need to do but… I sabotage myself regularly because I’m scared! Scared to go back to my skinny fit self because I’m afraid to be in a relationship and in the body conscious world I came from the only time you were acceptable was when you were fit/ slim and sexy! But when I was those things I was in a horrible relationship and now my level of trust is gone and staying heavier is like a protective jacket against intimacy and so I cheat, give in and feel week. But
…. I made a choice last week and decided that the time is right… right now. … to stop messing myself around! I wouldn’t do it to another person so why do I think it’s OK to do it to myself. Self sabotage is not good in any way but it definitely takes a lightbulb moment to flick that switch! XXX
Now that I’ve come through the plan and am on the other side, I still have the occasional fear of getting big again. Sometimes I look in the mirror and wonder are my arms too big? are my thighs to big? I have to give myself a wake up call by simply looking again and reassuring myself that I am still ‘small’ – I still fit into my size 10s & 12s 😉
I think that when you have lived half your life as being ‘big’ then its very hard to re-train your brain into seeing yourself as thin and slim – something you have never been before. Day by day the confidence grows but one still has doubts. It seems too good to be true. However as time goes on, I am now more accepting of my new body and am finally realising that this is the NEW ME thanks to the NEW YOU PLAN 😉
I’m going to answer this the most honest way for how I feel today and what I’ve been doing the past few months and that’s chipping away at the bad habits of turning to tasty food for comfort for the 30 mins I enjoy eating it. After I eat rubbish I always regret it and feel yuck. So today I’m back on the plan to refocus, remember why I started in the first place and most of all finally achieve what I know I deserve and that’s to get to goal! No more excuses… chip chip chip 🙂
Totally agree with all the points of why we hold ourselves back Julz…guilty of them all. I always used food to CELEBRATE..COMMISERATE…COMFORT…and it has been a hard trait to try and stop. Thought first time round I had it whacked…but no….it is STILL there in the background and I am so easily SEDUCED lol..but day 5 and scales are moving in the right direction. Had a great fist pump boost yesterday, visited someone who hasn’t seen me in just under a year….I have got USED to how I am looking now….well over 6 stones lighter than when she last saw me at my sons birthday party…Her jaw dropped and she was speechless….when I asked her what was wrong…she said…” Where’s the rest of ye….yer the dissapearing wummin” LOL….She asked me my secret and I told her NO SECRET…It is all down to NY. I agree that it takes us, the people who are changing OUR LIVES to catchup with the physical changeds….and although the vain side of us LOVE her we start to LOOK…I think WE and our family and friends get a bit unsure of the CHANGE and struggle with it a bit. I think this is why so many of our loved ones try sabotaging us….they’re not meaning to hurt us….but they are scared of us CHANGING….does this make sense…I’m rambling lol….Have a great 100% day ss Familia….we can do this….xxx
i needed to chip away the belief that i wasnt worth losing weight,my marraige broke up after almost 20 years he took everthing from me,my confidence,my outlook on life and most of all my heart,i spent almost 6 years in my house not living at all just looking after my kids they needed me and what i needed and wanted took a back seat,then i found the new you plan and began chiping away at the weight and feelings of despair that i had held onto all those years and slowly but surely a butterfly emerged now she is not a beautiful butterfly yet but she is working on it day by day i continualy tell myself you are worth it and the beautiful comments i recieve everyday from the new you team and ss are helping me to realise i am worth the effort and hard work and i hope that fron mow on i will never let anyone take me away from me again i can and will do this xx
Everyt single thing on that list relates to me the bad habits I have hundreds such as skipping breakfast and lunch then scoffing my face with junk at tea time, friends and family holding me back my mum is the worst culprit for that she always tells me I won’t stick to diets and always tries to sabotage me by offering me tempting foods when I visit, every celebration and commiseration within my family and my work life revolves around food! Laziness and negativity no matter how up beat I try to be they sneak in, I’m lazy because excersize hurts but it hurts because I’m lazy it’s a vicious cycle and every now and again I get a little voice in my head that says you’ve got soo much weight to loose you will never do it!! So what I’m trying to say is I have a lot of demons to battle and a lot to chip away before I can be the new me, but my starting block is learning the word no… No to the bad habits… No to my mother and her junk food… No to laziness and negativity!! I can and will do this it may take time, but this isy journey and it is unique to me and I mustn’t judge my efforts on other peoples results!! So week one is done and I’m 10lbs lighter! Here’s to smashing week two 100% xx
I’ve always battled with my weight since having my children and in the past ,its taken a major traumatic event in my life to lose weight ( the divorce diet etc..). In 2009 I suffered a major health issue , recovered and was eventually returned to work . In 2010/11 , i lost my job , then my home , then my family moved away . I spent the next 4 years eating ! I suffered a mental health breakdown and ate even more as comfort once on the road to recovery .I BECAME THE LUMP OF MARBLE . Only by reading the New You website after seeing the adverts , and seeing so many people had turned their lives around , did i see a way to become the woman i wanted to be .I still see myself as a work in progress but i HAVE made progress and still go to bed dreaming of waking up a size 12 – we’ve all done it right ? but now , like michael Angelo , i work on it every day knowing that one day my dream WILL become a reality .
Almost all that list applies to me! After over a year of buying my New You product and way too many day 1’s, I finally started last Monday with fierce determination. I will not suffer through another hot summer because I felt too big for summery clothes. I won’t stand out from the crowd anymore for all the wrong reasons. I know this because after a successful first week of 100% (22lbs gone forever!) I know I can do this. I have never once felt deprived ( products are so nice, it always feels like a treat), there is an unbelievable amount of support from other slimmers and a company that truely seems to care about the welfare of its customers but mainly because the benefits I have already seen after 1 week show it’s worth doing. My shoes are not tight this morning, I feel happy, I managed a 2 mile walk last night without feeling I was going to collapse (really struggled through 1 mile last week!) and finally I have realised that I can be that slim, healthy happy person because I deserve to be her!
This diet has changed my way of thinking bout food and how I would have always relied on food. I Wud of always turned to food wen of be stessed or upset now I don’t. And that’s thanx to you new. I will continuie on my jonert wit new you until I get to my goal for my wedding
I used to believe I was happy being overweight because it’s all I’ve ever been since a child. I have never been a size 10 or 12 even. Everyone in my family are “big” ladies, so I assumed it was just part of my genetics. I thought just accept it and get on with it.
After I had 4 children something snapped inside. I decided enough was enough. All the pregnancy weight I’d gained with each pregnancy wasn’t lost, so by end of the last one I was at my biggest.
For my own health and for the best interest of my children too I decided I needed to lose weight.
I realised I wasn’t happy nor could I pretend to be anymore.
My mindset had to change. No more thinking I can’t diet or if I lose it it’ll all pile on and more.
I’m now at the point where I wear size 12/14 coming from size 22/24
I’ve embarked on the new you plan with absolute faith it will work not thinking ah sure I’ll try and hope for the best. I believe in myself. I know I can do this. I’m happier and my family is happier because of it.
I am hoping to continue on the new you until I reach my healthy BMI, which coming from morbidly obese at 42 is such an achievement!
If I can do it anyone can. You just have to believe in yourself and take the first step!
Hi
I need to chip away at the thought that I need certain foods in my life to survive, I don’t. I’m the same as an alcoholic or a drug addict, the cravings for certain foods are so strong. But like these serious addictions, mine can also be broken and conquered.
I also need to chip away at the idea that I need food to celebrate or to make me feel better when times are bad. In the long run overeating has turned my body into one I no longer recognise. Eating my favourites will not take me to where I want to be whereas abstaining and using new you products will. 5 weeks till my holiday, 5 weeks to a new me body
Im glad that I have read this blog today as once again im picking myself up to start today. Ive made so many excuses in the past like no matter what I always put the weight back on. Its like I punish myself into thinking I don’t deserve to be slim and happy and as long as my kids are happy then I am when really my life is passing me by and one day they will grow and live their own lives and where will I be then? Ive comfort eat since being a child so this is one of my main habits that has to stop and I have to find other ways to deal with things. The main thing will be that im doing this for myself so whatever other peoples views are its me that has to live in this body and im going to do this for me!! I see all the photos of these lovely people who are looking fantastic and wishing that it could be me so now i will be doing instead of just wishing. Good luck to everyone else xx
Here I am three weeks in and I’ll be honest before I stared my aim was to lose a stone or two for a do I am going to in July, but slowly and quite privately I keep thinking that maybe this time I can keep going and maybe get to that healthy BMI I have never reached my whole adult life, I will be continuing after the “do” up to our holiday break in August and because I’m better with small steps I may carrying on after that. Family and friends mean well and I know support me but don’t always understand. ….I have been finding the plan easy so far and as yet have not felt the need to blip but taking one step at a time and maybe just maybe I will succeed! I just need to believe!
being stressed and something upsetting me would be my block that i need to chip away.. these are the two factors that make me eat or binge uncontrolably..
the stress of my dress my wedding and my honeymoon. left me in a state i could not contol my gob.
the relieve that im actually doing this without an event is unreal. ive a clear head. and with the intention on doing this slowly but at a steady pace..
we all get upsets from time to time. so its a case of removing myself from what upsets me. and away from food areas. its hard when im at work.thats my biggest challenge, boredom comes into this at well when im at work. but thankfully that has improved.
ive started to chip away…no stress,, now its controling upsets and boredom..
lets do it…..chip chip chip chip…….
The biggest problem we all have is the biggest thing we done all our lives. The list above sums it up . . THINK ABOUT OUT NEXT MEAL OR ANOTHER SOCIAL EVENT THAT INVOVES FOOD . So from today I am going to consciously dismiss these thoughts and KNOW that NEW YOU PRODUCTS have it sorted … Great .. PROBLEM SOLVED .
I have accepted the fact that I will always have to chip away at my weight but I will no longer accept that I have to be that “bigger” person. I will not hide behind excuses like being “big boned”! I can be whoever I choose to be, only I have that power and responsibility. I can do this and I WILL DO THIS.
Hi I need to chip of most of the things on your list to find my master piece most of all I find I am finding out I am worth this work and I can indeed do it and the results are happening I feel great and have loads more energy. With the support of ss I am building my master piece 🙂
Really good analogy and it makes so much sense when you read it! I was a normal size growing up and then gradually put on weight till this is all I knew. Then I started using food to comfort me in times of stress and as a reward in good times rather than just eating to live a normal healthy life. Suddenly my whole world revolved around food and my size grew and grew. I know I can loose weight as I have done it before but I know I will need to battle my demons and change my attitude to life and myself. I think if I can learn to love myself more then I wont feel the need to comfort eat and can keep the weight off! Hitting my target this week was such a rush and I didn’t think I would make it. But the positivity and encouragement off the SSers is amazing and I think I am finally starting to have a more positive attitude to this journey and can envisage the end game!! I now know I will make it and reach my goal!!!!
I never had a problem with weight. Never had to do anything to maintain the weight I was. I was working a lot and going out weekends having fun. Then I met my now hubby, we started going out for meals, cinema, takeaways etc etc. Slowly the weight came on. Just before we got married I did my utmost to get some of it off. Just days after we were married I found out I was pregnant.Ai let myself get carried away eating what I liked for the next 8 months. When she was born I was 12 stone. I lost 1 stone of within a week. After that I was stuck at 11 stone, recently I started going over the 11 stone so I had to take drastic action. The moral of my rant of.a story is that I got stuck in a rut of lazy ‘cooking’ and unhealthy foods take aways etc because it was easier but it was ultimately ruining me. I was constantly upset over how I looked and felt about myself. Once I started this plan my self esteem has soared again, I feel like myself again. Chipping away at the fat finding the real me inside. I am scared that when I finish this plan that I will put the weight back on. I have to work on changing my mindset towards the food I put into my body and the effect it will have on me, I dont want my aughter growing up eating crap food also, which is what will happen if I dont stop it. Im so close to my goal and I dont want this euphoric feeling of being fit and healthy to leave me 🙂
There’s quite a few points on the list but a big thing that I’m chipping away at is bad habits which I think covers a lot of the points. These are habits such as takeaway on a Friday night, nibbling at kids left overs, a treat in the evening in front of the tv, stopping off somewhere for a bite to eat when out shopping with my partner on a Saturday, thinking ‘ooh that looks nice’ and buying treats I don’t need when in the supermarket, visiting friends and sharing a bottle of wine, meeting up with friends and our kids and having bad things like cakes and other treats for the kids, nibbling at my partners takeaway when I’ve said I don’t want any, having a biscuit or 2 when I have my cup of tea at playgroups…this list could go on and on!! Just writing them down here has made me realise how often I used to eat things that I just didn’t need and I’m well on my way to changing that. I now have a black coffee when out or bring my own tea bags with me to friends houses and I just say no to stuff offered to me. Friends have noticed my weight loss and are seeing that what I’m doing is working and don’t force me too have these naughty things as much now! This plan has helped me change my attitudes to food completely, I’m now seeing it as fuel for my body and my portion sizes are definitely a lot smaller when I’m refeeding and will be when I go on to maintaining my weight. 🙂 x
Great blog today!
The thing I need to chip away at the most to reveal a new me is to be stronger when it comes to socialising with friends. I feel that I am missing out and this is a negative mind set. This mindset needs to change because I do know that if I give this plan 100% I will be at goal quicker and easier. This is my goal for this week and I want to see an improved weight loss when I weigh in next Sunday.
Thanks
Jen
I have been always overweight since early childhood..bullied in school..never had any attention from boys…and then i just thought that thats how it is main to be…somebody is skinny…somebody is fat…then i met my husband and he pushed me to be healthy but i always faild..and this year i reallized that is not gonna work by anybody pushin me to do it…i needed to do it only for myself and bymyself.andfinally with new you i was able to…i could never ever imagine i can stay without food one day…and here im 4 months later..:)i believe new you products r gonna stay in my life for a long time. As aheqlthy snacks when i reach my goal.
That kind of makes sense inside me is the me I had before shapewise! I often say I want to get back to me!
Not feeling well has held me back a lot, thinking I’ll sort out the weight once I feel better, but better has never come and maybe won’t. But I will feel better in one way if I’m not so big and can wear nice clothes again.
As part of not being well I eat the wrong things, comfort eat, and have negative thoughts most of the time. It is very hard to stop them and change them but I know I need to chip away at them slowly, maybe just one thought a day or something.
I do know that I need to figure out a new relationship with food once I get to goal and start eating ‘normally’ again cos I don’t want to be back here again!
I’ve already changed my belief that I can lose this weight once & for all! 🙂
I need to change my habits when I’m finished & reach my goal. About how I view food & which foods are better! Especially when I’m emotional that’s when I eat. Slowly but surely I’m working on them beliefs everyday! 🙂 knowing I’ve everyone in new you to support me is great!
I have realised I use food for all sorts of emotions! When I am bored when I am sad, when I want to celebrate……you see a theme? So I am chilling away finding new ways to combat these feelings. I have rediscovered my love of reading, I make face packs when I am sad and I celebrate with a coke zero and a wafer!
I realised that I was finding it difficult to lose weight as I thought of the 7 stone that I had to lose as a huge mountain to climb. I could see myself at the bottom of this mountain looking up at this steep slope I had to climb and I quite often felt it wasn’t worth bothering starting. However when I started on the New You Plan I started losing the weight quite quickly, and that meant I didn’t need to think of my 7 stone as a huge mountain any more. I changed it in to small hills which I could climb quite easily and quickly. My small hills where each stone I lost, and up to now I have lost 5 stone. Still got 2 stone 10 pounds to go 🙂
I think I’m the same as most, battled for years with the weight deamon! New you has finally made me realise that it is me in control of what I eat, not the food controlling me ! It has always been my failing that when I think I’m losing weight well, someone would sabotage me by saying IDE lost enough , or that I was looking a bit gaunt, so I would just stop and not even think about the consequences !! It’s such a different story now, New you. Has helped me chisel that big block of marble……. And I’m starting to feel so much more confident. No longer an emotional eater…… I recognise the signs, and move away !!
I loved the blog today, it really is all about what goes on in the mind rather than what goes in the mouth – that’s the secret to staying slim. A major problem for me is that I rate my self worth on my weight; if I’m thin I’m a ‘good’ person and if I’m fat then I’m a ‘bad’ person … therefore people will like me more if I’m thin. When I’m not tackling my weight I don’t like myself very much because I believe that no-one else will like me, I don’t bother with my appearance so much and I let myself go – I need to start working on actually liking myself, then loving myself and seeing all of the positive things that my friends and family see. I need to always make the best of ‘me’ … no matter how fat or thin I am, I’m worth the effort ALL the time 🙂
Good luck everyone, onwards and downwards!
Yvonne
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I feel like that statue…I chip away at the bad habits it all starts taking shape and then like an artist having a strop I throw a dust sheet over the myself and get caught up in something else!!!! Im committed now to chip away and get rid of the bad habits for good and finish the masterpiece that is ME without feeling bad about it . I need to chip at the guilt I have for taking time for ME to make myself a better ME!!!!!!
I’ve always used excuses for the size I am…. Comfort eating because I’m down, eating for two because I’m pregnant, eating because I’m content in my life and we enjoy eating out together. Being on the plan has made me realise that these are just excuses, nothing more. I’m starting to feel happy and confident as the person I am, yes the person NOT the size I am. I’m enjoying walking. Something I avoided at all costs and have come to realise that the new me can be slim and happy and when something happens that I may have turned to food for, the new me will turn to the exercise bike or get my boots on and get out in the fresh air.
I loved reading this blog. There are so many things I need to change to get to where and who I want to be and am. I am slowly chipping away and am hopeful I will come out the other end a new slimnmer, healthier, happier me!!
I have many bad habits like treating myself with lots of unhealthy blippy foods for any reason. I also have some issues with how I view myself and how others see me. I think I feel safer when big as I can justify no one wanting me for me as I come in such a large package. (I know this isn’t true logically but my subconcious needs to get the message too)
This is my time and nothing will get in my way including me!! 🙂
Looking to get down to a good weight lose 4 stone and make me feel good am on my first week Tomm be start of my second week looking good so far need to get in to smaller clothes
hi everyone,I’ve never written on a blog before so here goes….
all my grown up life i have believed in all the above excuses. Being a big child through to my adult years i have always carried weight and believed this is just the way i was meant to be, until one day I woke up and when i seen my reflection in the mirror I was horrified by how much i had let myself go 🙁 I needed to do something about this situation i put myself into, so the New you plan was my mission. I have started chipping away at all the negative thoughts in my head because i am a stickler for making excuses (when it comes to food) and here i am still chipping away at myself, with a few stops and starts along the way but i am still and i will succeed..!!!!
My goal is to lose 5 stone and i have lost 14 lbs since i started 2 weeks ago just chip chip chipping away ;)I was not 100% either, 2 shakes and gallons of water and coffee with an healthy evening meal but i hope to leave out the evening meal this week and stick to shakes only…. good luck everyone on your journey with the New plan xxx
I have a fear that when I reach my goal weight I will not be able to maintain it and will slip back into my old habits which is what happened the last I lost the weight. Having said that I didn’t have the support of New You and Secret Slimmers and didn’t following the maintenance programme properly.
So I am going to put that fear on the back burner and carry on regardless and WHEN I reach my goal I will enlist all the help possible to enable me to maintain it.
Having read the passage I can relate to it all, it was liking reading about myself. Having been on the plan 8 weeks and losing 30lbs I now know who I want to be and why. I have always struggled with my weight, even at school I was always one of the bigger kids and having Big Bones is no longer an excuse. I eat too much, FACT!!!! when I’m sad, happy, bored and especially to treat myself. Since being on the plan I am finally understanding that food is not the only way to reward myself. I have a wonderful husband who as never mentioned my weight, he loves me for who I am inside, and is extremely supportive. He wants me to be happy with me!! I now know that doing to please others is the wrong mindset and I’m doing for me, I think that says it all. It doesn’t matter what others think or say, you have to do what makes you happy, and I’m half way through my journey and looking forward to the rest of it. Thank you New You for helping me to realise that I can be who I want to be.
I started they plan again with the idea of losing weight
previously I was passing b bathroom and jumping on scales
this time I’m not bothered about the scales I’ve changed a lot over the past 8 days I’ve lost not only inches I’ve reduced my bmi which helps me slowly come out of the heart attack stroke bracket I’ve guy energy I’m happier I feel healthier , I feel like I have control over me , with losing inches I’m losing the bad habits it’s all about a new lifestyle not just smaller clothes in also losing the negativr people that bring mye down , being in this plan anc the group I’ve met encouraging people and I’m staying here roll on week two new you
I have changed once physically, I was slim and put it back on again. Th ereason for it was that I haven’t change dmy beliefs as you’re saying. I still was fat in my mind, I still believed I can eat the same way as I did before. The reality was I haven’t changed anything! I have dropped some pounds of fat but that’s not what was about!! I am starting again and hoping that this time I’ll do right. Thank you for not being only the company who sells products but who cares if we’re successful in our journey.
Changing the one belief that its ok to put on weight as you get into your forties, a belief that has been drummed into me by my mother who herself is overweight. and the belief that if all your friends are overweight it doesnt matter what you do at a certain age to stop weight gain. ENOUGH. I no longer buy in to that way of thinking I got to here because of bad food choices and bad alcohol choices, the “everyone unwinds after a stressful day with a glass of wine” mindset. NO THEY DO NOT!!! I am nearly week one into this plan and changes are taking place physically and mentally . I will not follow the sheep at the party i will drink water thank you and I ate before I came thanks are my new phrases. I am a strong woman and some where along the line a couple of years ago through a series of events I somehow managed to forget who I was. Well I’m back, and every morning i look in the mirror and see there she is , I love life I love me and I love New You for reminding me that I’ve always been there. Thank You. xxxxx
swapping chippies for chipping after reading this passage!
LOL!! LOVE THIS BRILLIANT XX
Hi all, this has made me think a lot about myself, I have spent the last 20 yrs trying to please everyone around me , helping out whatever way I can without asking for anything in return and believe me a lot of time I never got it . I am going to chip away at me and find the girl I use to be .in trying to help everyone else I lost myself , lost my pride in myself .Dont get me wrong I have enjoyed helping others but its my turn now , im chipping that all back and discovering me again .all you wonderful ss have helped me so much and I appreciate that thank u all x x lets all discover our inner masterpiece x
The mindset I need to stop sabotaging myself. Every time I loose weight I feel amazing. I can wear new clothes my confidence goes up. Then I sabotage myself again. Then I feel miserable. And I can’t get the weight off because I’m scared and tired of it. So I’ve started back on the plan today! I did it before and lost 4 stone. I have to say I have kept the weight off 2 years. Just since January I’ve been sabataging myself again. I’m so upset with myself for doing it. This time I have to drop 2 stone. But thanks to the plan being there I haven’t let myself get too big. Because this time I know I can do it the support is there. So here’s hoping! But I have to change my sabataging mindset!
Celebrating, commiserating, comfort even just being sociable. It feels like food is a very difficult thing to escape. Its part of my and my surrounding family and friends culture (probably most peoples!). Trying to find a way to partake without eating or drinking too much is what i need to work on. Its like offering a recovering alcoholic a drink everyday and expecting them not to give in to 10. Overall i eat reasonably healthily but always too much, my portion sizes are too big and if i succumb to one biscuit i eat the whole packet. I want to not want it so much. That is what i need to work on most. Thanks x
wow when you read that it kind of puts it all in perspective I know the following are true of me
•What you believe is normal to eat and drink – One of my youngest memories is being forced to sit at the table and finish my dinner when I didn’t want to … It was my parents mind set that you don’t waste food I do think this had a huge impact on my relationship with food & weight. My mother yoyo diete all her life – I am the same now. But it was always Clear your plate, you can’t leave the table until you have eaten it all !!
I want to be able to make it a habit to have small portions and to walk away from a plate if I am not hungry. My husband has agreed when I am back to eating proper meals our portions sizes are going to be small with the idea that if your hungry later you can always have something else we don’t have to stuff ourselves.
•How you celebrate – the good old Irish celebrations drink & food, now I am trying to be aware of this and do something like a walk on the beach instead .. this is a difficult one !!!
•How you commiserate – I was the worlds worst comfort eater .. this is something that I will probably struggle with for life I have to learn to channel my anger/hurt/disappointment/bad mood & make it a positive so do something instead of eating, go for a walk/run, listen to music, paint my nails, bleach my teeth so I can’t eat !! ha ha focus on transforming myself rather than wallowing !
•Laziness – even this morning I didn’t want to run, it could be my rest day ! Then I reminded myself of a forced celebratory blip yesterday and so I put the trainers on and went !! I vow to wear my fitbit everyday to combat my laziness !!
•Fears – I do fear I ill put the weight back on and more , but I have come to the decision that new you will always be in my life, I will probably always have banana shake for breakfast because I love it ! I am not going to go back to my old eating habits I have to change them his time or I will never keep the weight off. I will monitor my weight carefully and use new you products if I need to get a grip again !! To be honest I am petrified of refeeding & introducing food again ! But new you will be there with me the whole way through !
Sorry that’s incredibly long !!!!!!
Read the piece on Mindset Monday. It might have been written for me. It did show to me all the lines and reasons I use to tell myself its ok, but really it isn’t. Despite all the times I’ve started and stopped dieting, the one thing I never do is delete your emails: I read them and sometimes they make me get back
up and try again. Something happens and I automatically fall into my bad ways,
with my mindset mixed up again. Reading this today showed me exactly where my mind is and I know its not where I want to be. It was like looking into a mirror. Maybe I will be in with a chance to win one of the bundles and it will send me on my way.
I’ve always believed the secret to having a good time always involved eating, whether it be birthday parties, cosy nights in, family days out or any celebration. I’ve realised after my first week on New You I can still enjoy all of those things- I don’t need to depend on the food. It’s the family and friends that make them enjoyable. Looking forward to many future happy and 100% weeks ahead 🙂
i wasnt always overweight , it wasnt really untill i got into a relationship which turned out to be 7 years of beatings and mental abuse , if i hadnt of got away from it i wouldnt be here now ,, so i put on masses of weight and became agoraphobic , was scared to go out and put on more weight , drowning my sorrows eating bad things and not wanting anyone to like me ever again , i decided to change the way i was last november when i saw an ad on facebook for new you , so i sent for some products and started this year january 6th , thats when my chipping started , chipping away at all my problems , im still agoraphobic but it is slightly improving , ive grown my nails for the first time in my life and ive lost 3 st 5 lbs , ive still got loads more weight to lose , but im going to chip and chip until i get there , i know i dont hardly speak , if ever , but i read everyones comments and inspirational pics and it inspires me to carry on , and with all the support from everyone from new you this is a pretty amazing group to be part of , thankyou so much , i might even put on some pics of my own if i get brave enuff 🙂
Continuous diets that i never followed through, restarts after restarts. All because events where coming up. I believe this was always what held me up. I believed having a social life and diets eating healthy dont go together. I felt pressure from family and friends to give in and forget healthy eating, go on the night out etc. Joining newyou has made me realise i can be sociable and healty, its enjoyable to go out still, I can plan ahead for events 🙂 I no longer let this chip away at me, I enjoy a healthy lifestyle, while losing weight. Its not complicated, just rewarding all round x
There are loads of things I need to chip away but I think the main one for me is the front I put up to everybody that I don’t actually mind being fat. I pretend I have enough confidence and bubbliness to get me through life without worrying about my looks. When really and truly I worry every single second of every single day about what people think of me when they see me. I wear my clothes as an armour, I dress well, I wear make up, I do my hair all in the hope that I’m hiding my size from the outside world. I also use my personality as an armour, I am outgoing confident and bubbly on the inside but then when you take that away it’s a different story, I’m critical (of myself), nervous and in need of constant re-assurance. I think new you is teaching me to be more open about what I really feel and it’s helping me to shed the negative image both inside and out.
I am finding the New Plan brilliant. The variuous water flavours are fabulous and they help you not want to eat as the water with them in it fills you up, thus you can go ages without wanting to eat. Brill
Day 3 feeling great
I am so used to comfort eating that it has become a way of life. However, I know it is a cover up and an excuse to eat. I am determined on my third week back on the plan to get to my ideal weight and have a healthy BMI. My son’s wedding is on 2nd August and I am going to fit into my first choice dress. I know I can do it and this time I really will. I have 6 weeks and have bought the 6 week bundle so have no excuse.
I need to chip away at the self doubt, the negative thoughts that I hear telling me I’ll never be thin again, and that this is my future, not just my present.
I know I have it in me to be the thin me again. I loved that time so much.
The only thing that holds me back is me falling into bad food options. I started in July last year lost 4 stone by November. I have put on about a stone since then but started back on the plan last week and lost 9lbs. Cant believe how much energy I have and not just ketosis after 1 day on plan I dont feel as sluggish and bloated. I have a holiday in 4 weeks and 1 in september not got a particular goal in mind but lets just say my clothes will be a lot baggier got a long way to go but as they say Rome was not built in a day. I am sure michaelangelo had a few blips along the way too x x
I need to chip away at the notion that I’m not good enough to do this or that I cant be beauitiful even with weight down. I’ve spend so long believing that I’m a lost cause and now nearly two weeks on the diet I genuinely belief that I am beautiful no matter what and that this diet is just chipping away at the negative part of me to reveal my true beauty 🙂 xxx
Julz hiya,
See that big lump of granite, well its in my way , I cant seem to get past it , even though i know i need too, BADLY, I started this two years ago lost 11lbs first week and blew it the second, so ashamed i just gave up, Im now heavier than when I started, totally hate myself and would rather stay in with my block of granite than go anywhere, even my Doctor telling to lose the wait is not working,please pardon the pun but im badly stuck between a rock and a hard place.I cant get it in to my head how bad i look, i know its there, believe me, worried that this is it for me, sorry for moaning…………..Lisa xx
Oh Lisa, all you can do is take this journey day at a time, really jump into secret slimmers and make the most of the support network. Take some before photos, and do the 7 day kick start,do the tasks every day on our blog… we are here for you 100%… just get started xx
Mmmm!! chipping is right …..lol , me down to the word . For me at the min it has the opposite meaning . I start the plan ( lost count how many times I’ve started 🙁 ) each day is a new day I say for me Im chipping but only the smallest one , I keep chipping and chipping but im not getting no where . I have no will power to stop my eating at 12.00 to 2.00 in the morning up to now . Right as of today im going to chip and chip until it makes a difference , and I get the desired result I need . So if that means putting an end to a life long habit im going to chip away at that habit and not let it get me . Im going to be strong not give in and come out on top for once! !!!
I have changed since starting the new you plan 390 days ago .. I now know that I am in control of food and food isn’t in control of me . I hold my head up high but I am also grateful that I found New You & Secret Slimmers . New You has moulded me , sculpted me into the Oonagh I am today , a Happier more adventurous Oonagh that can laugh at myself & be myself .. There are no chips in my life , if there is they are not on my plate 🙂
I know I need to lose a few pounds again whilst on maintainers but I will do this , I BELIEVE this change is for life :)I BELIEVE IN ME xx
Comfort eating is my downfall! I lost 2 1/2 stone on the plan 2 years ago and looked and felt amazing until January. I knew if I fluctuated a bit I could go back on the plan for a couple of weeks and get myself sorted. But changes in work in January left me very upset and distressed so I turned to food and wine to get me through. Now it’s June, work is still hellish, and now I must be at least back up by 20lbs. Starting back on the plan this morning, I can’t control my bosses and colleagues, but I have to take control of myself, chip away and find myself again. I was so happy and confident with this damn weight gone, now I feel like I’m under a black cloud that’s literally weighing me down. Back on the plan I know that in a short while I’ll be back in the sunshine again
four years of stress, divorce medication and family upsets ..all made me comfort eat ..this was my weapon from the world where i could console my self.. as i had no one to console me .. so food become my best friend . At the same time when i noticed the weight appearing, it was then began to dislike how i looked and how i felt about my self which in turn made me turn to my best friend again and again. Then i discovered THE NEW YOU PLAN.. a way of still having a best friend ..but losing weight at the same time. The New You Plan has made me a more confident person. seeing my mask i was hiding behind (all that fat)all disappearing Now i can see the real me beginning to re emerge . the confidence in me is fantastic and im beginning to love myself again. My Body returning into a more sexy shape .The New You helps you rethink and re evaluate what you put inside your body and help retrain your mind into a more healthy way of eating and how to eat a more healthy portion size..with out the fear of craving all those junk foods. I will never use any other diet plan again this is my way forward now ,Thank you NEW YOU for changing my life and making a NEW ME .
I have jus got rock bottom…I can’t get the weight off I exercise but it ain’t going anywr .plz help
Clare stick to total food replacement and the weight will come off hun xxx
SERIOUSLY SO MANY AMAZING COMMENTS TODAY… I COULD HAVE PICKED 10 WINNERS… BUT I HAD TO PICK ONE AND HERE IS IT…
I picked this because I hope it comes true for you hun… make this your mission…
Yvonne McOwen Says:
June 23, 2014 at 11:53 am e
I loved the blog today, it really is all about what goes on in the mind rather than what goes in the mouth – that’s the secret to staying slim. A major problem for me is that I rate my self worth on my weight; if I’m thin I’m a ‘good’ person and if I’m fat then I’m a ‘bad’ person … therefore people will like me more if I’m thin. When I’m not tackling my weight I don’t like myself very much because I believe that no-one else will like me, I don’t bother with my appearance so much and I let myself go – I need to start working on actually liking myself, then loving myself and seeing all of the positive things that my friends and family see. I need to always make the best of ‘me’ … no matter how fat or thin I am, I’m worth the effort ALL the time 🙂
Good luck everyone, onwards and downwards!
Yvonne
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I am trying hard to carve out a new lifestyle. To use food as my fuel and not as a comfort or treat. Exercise will be part of many life going forward and will be my therapy in place of biscuits and tea! I’m
Working hard on changing my belief system.
I know the most important thing I need to improve on is my attitude and habits. If they do need improve neither will my weight or image. This is something I need to do to gain back the confidence I feel my weight has taken away from me. And i know new you is going to help me achieve it.
I haven’t started my NY packs yet as I feel I’m just going to fail at losing weight, again. I always find an excuse not to start, family birthday celebrations, weddings, etc etc but I have realised after reading your blog today that I am not going to lose weight just by having packs in the cupboard, I have to use them! And chipping away slowly is the only way to start to get rid of my excess 5 stone. There’s going to have to be a lot of chipping away – but it starts now, today. Wish me luck.
Im almost finished my full tfr journey, next stage will be maintenence. Im scared that ill fall right back to old eating habits, lazy cooking and huge portions as well as wayyyyy too many sweets! I need to chip away at the part of me that lets myself eat these bad things and train myself to eat healthily. I do not want the weight ive lost to creep back on again.. ever!