Yesterday I met a very busy surgery practice manager. We talked about how it is that people can smoke for years and suddenly quit. Her cherished wish was that she could just give up chocolate and cheese. A life-long weakness for both had made her two stone overweight. She declared herself beyond help and that it was impossible to stop over-eating. She felt doomed to fail at every diet.

It took a while but after many interupptions I managed to give her this advice:

‘For a long time you’ve been thinking about your weight and your diet and how you just can’t lose weight.

Your mind is full of these thoughts, and you’ve become so sensitive to it all that any sign of food has you give in and eat, or feel anxious about eating. (See this blog entry about your thoughts and weight loss.)

So my suggestion today is to start thinking of things that you like. These could be as simple as the fact that it’s a sunny day, or that you found a place in the car park.

Start to notice what you like about yourself and everyday that you’re on this earth.

This simple action will pay dividends because you are re-training your mind to look out for and report on what is good.
• The more you do this the more you’ll get good feelings.
• When you get good feelings you feel better.
• When you feel better you take better care of yourself’

This is a simple exercise but gives powerful results.

I’m going to see this lady next week and I’ll find out how she’s doing. We can then about what’s next in her journey to her slimmer self.

Now I don’t expect you’ll believe everything you’ve read here today, so you’ll have to try it for yourself to decide. There’s a right way to do this. Generally speaking you can give it a try and see how you go. But I suspect either way you’ll be really surprised at the positive effect it has on your outlook, especially if you note all the things that you like in a special note book.
Happy treasure hunting!
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