See Sara Shrink update
February 27, 2010 by admin
Filed under Inside You, See Sara Shrink
Women’s Magazine is following Sara Sullivan, of Boulder, as she aims to healthily lose 100 pounds. Here’s her latest progress.
For more information about Sullivan’s journey, visit www.seesarashrink.com for blog posts, giveaways and more.
Sullivan
January weight update: Shh, it’s top secret.
January’s lesson: One thing became very clear as I worked hard to navigate the holiday season food-fest: the numbers have become an obsession for me. Somewhere along the way, the act of reporting on my weight to the general public became more important to me than the weight loss itself. How weird is that?
Instead of focusing on exercise, healthy eating and behavior changes, I began to kneel before the mighty scale and overreact to each and every movement of the dial. And the worst thing is that emotional eaters like me can turn any scenario into an excuse to eat. The number is low. That’s great! I can reward myself with a treat! The number is high. I’m a failure. Perhaps I should have a snack to boost my spirits! Sigh.
February’s obstacle: My evil publicist and sister, Trish, took my scale away. She’s convinced that stepping on it 20-plus times a day is OCD. Can you believe that? So, my challenge this month is to work on eating healthy, maintaining my exercise regimen and creating positive attitudes toward food without knowing my weight. That may seem easy to some of you, but for me it will be like climbing a mountain blindfolded.
Reader’s challenge: Ask yourself why. Why do you want to lose weight? What are your motivators for exercising more? What is the payoff for eating better? Don’t fall into my trap of letting the tail wag the dog and allowing a distant goal to be the sole measure of success. Dig down to the real reasons to make a profound change in your behaviors — and then trust that shifting your attitudes and actions will naturally lead to the end result you want.
