In this episode, I ask you to tell the old story about why you are overweight in the first place. When we make being overweight a justification for our perceived limitations, it can become part of how we see ourselves and part of our self-identity.
The default story is usually one that includes judgments about our faults or stories about lacking self-control around food.
The truth is that being overweight is just the result of learned habits of association around food and the normal human desire to feel better.
Your Coach's Homework is to journal on the following questions:
Timestamps:
04:00 How we create our overweight story.
05:00 The role of the harsh inner critic with our overweight story.
05:35 Awareness of self-talk and challenging your assumptions around overeating.
7:00 How to start trusting yourself by telling a new story about why you’re overweight.
9:30 Your thoughts can never compel you to take action.
10:30 Are you ready to break up with overeating?
11:15 You can start to think about yourself as willing to become a normal eater.
13:30 Coach Homework
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