On Muffins and Muffin Tops
Posted on 12. Jul, 2010 by Susan in Blog
Muffins do not create muffin tops. Depriving yourself of all delicious foods, like a muffin, will. Quickly.
It’s not the muffin that’s the problem.
Spending all day and night white knuckling against the desire to eat a muffin, stewing over, brooding about and cursing muffins, will most likely lead to situations like shutting yourself inside your kitchen pantry to scarf down 5 muffins at once. All your power is given away to an innocent muffin.
My client Allison is one pretty smart chic. She’s learning how to listen to what her body has to say about when she is hungry and satisfied. But she was having a mental war with a cafeteria muffin.
Each morning, she would longingly gaze at the muffins as she ordered her yogurt. She would think about having an affair with that muffin all day. By nighttime, Allison was pretty pissed off. And then, she would retaliate against the deprivation with a pint of something she felt she “deserved.”
I invited Allison to order and eat the damn muffin.
I personally do not want to live in a world where foods are measured and weighed, anything other than celery stalks are “bad” and people declare themselves “powerless” in the face of snack foods. Are you kidding me?
Our bodies are extraordinarily powerful. They communicate with us all day long. If we listen, we can hear the signals. Hungry, satisfied, sluggish, energized, blocked or in the flow. The answers are there.
Doritos and muffins and cookies do not scare me. I can eat them. My body tells me what it likes. If a muffin makes me feel like crap, chances are, I won’t order one very often. But avoiding “bad foods” leads to diet mentality. And you can see how far diets get us….spending 60 billion a year to lose and gain and lose and gain again.
Allison sent me this email this morning:
“A funny thing happened in the cafeteria this morning for breakfast. I didn’t want the MUFFIN!!!! Go figure! Now that I gave myself permission it lost its appeal. I thought it was funny that I’ve been thinking about this darn muffin for a week now!”
And that’s how it works. She let go of the resistance, and it turns out that she really didn’t want the muffin today so much. It’s not the muffin she’s after. Now she can sort out what she really wants.
Lose It In Sedona – May 13-16, 2010!
Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by Susan in Weight Loss
The fabulous Bridgette Boudreau and I are leading a weight loss retreat in Sedona May 13-16. Here’s what we have to say about it!
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Girl Interrupted
Posted on 18. Jun, 2009 by Susan in Motivation
There’s an insane patient in your head and she needs a nap.
I am being very serious.
Are you listening to what you are telling yourself? Have you eavesdropped on the crazy conversation in your head? If you do not have what you want in your life, I guarantee that your thoughts are sabotaging what you say you want.
Just yesterday I was coaching a bright, energetic, lovely client who says that she wants to lose 50 pounds more than anything. But, when I asked her if she believed that she was capable of actually losing the weight, she meekly replied, “No.”
Do you believe that you will succeed? Do you think that you can do it? If not, I’m very sorry, but you won’t. It’s just that simple. It all starts with a belief. Look no further than the insane patient’s rants to figure out why you don’t seem to be able to work on your business, lose the muffin top or feel happy.
You are free to create exactly what you want….and allow in something even better. How? Follow this simple FREE process:
F- Find the insane patient’s belief that is not serving you. “You’ll never pull that off,” or “Who do you think you are trying to do that, “ or even “There’s way too much on your plate to consider that,” are examples.
R- Reduce your suffering by replacing the thought. As you are watching your thoughts, ask Girl Interrupted to have a seat. Pivot your attention toward a positive thought that you believe and that makes you feel better.
E- Encourage yourself to take one tiny step toward the result that you want.
E- Enjoy life without the mental drama. Keep the patient well rested, well fed, and have some fun.
By practicing this FREE technique, the obstacles melt, opportunities show up and brilliant you get to taste your surprise center.
Yummo!
I Offer Weight Loss Coaching
Posted on 30. Oct, 2008 by Susan in Weight Loss
This is a short video that I did for my mentor Brooke Castillo. This year, learning her tools, I lost 35 pounds. I read her book and thought that it made perfect sense, for everyone else. HA! I learned how my thinking was affecting my eating. I am so passionate about these tools that I now teach them to clients. If you are not at your natural weight, and want to be, email me for weight loss coaching.
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