Just a week....

So I went to a training seminar last week for work and not only learned some great ideas I can apply at work, but some tips for me and my challenge. The training was on choices and changes.

We discussed how to help people work out their problems on their own without adding our advice as soon as they open their mouths.  Great material I can use at work, home and for myself. The way I can apply it personally came in one of our practice sessions where someone had to ask me what was something I would like to accomplish. I chose losing weight.  Through our discussion, just by being asked the right questions, I (we) figured out that there are two things I can do in the immediate future to help me to lose weight. One solution was to put the scale away and only weigh myself weekly or less. I know this. In fact, I have mentioned this before, but saying it out loud made me realize that perhaps it's time to try that again. The other tip I realized earlier last week and knew long ago as well. But, when telling someone (who then asked if I could try it for just a week), a light bulb seemed to go off and it felt doable. So I decided to try to not bring any junk into my house for a week either. Both of these tips I have tried before and I know they work, but saying them out loud to strangers made me feel more accountable. I'm ready to try almost anything now.  Any more ideas?

A week later….They both worked!  I think what worked the best for me was that I kept telling myself it was only for one week.  I went without the scale for a week and did not bring junk into the house.  The pantry is quite bare of “snacks”.  It’s been an eye opener for the junk.  I have realized that it’s quite a bad habit of mine to go home and snack and snack at night.  There’s nothing wrong with that, in fact I think snacks are completely necessary in order to not get too hungry.  Healthy snacks however…