I love the twist and new perspectives that these readings give me. Just when I think I don't want to do this anymore. It is just too hard. I read something like today's reading and I think- "Why didn't I think of it that way?"
Spangle discusses the challenges of being on a diet, but it is the metaphor that help me see it in a different light. She explains it like this-
If you leave your children with a babysitter, you don't forget you have kids. In the same way, going off your diet doesn't mean you can forget you have one. Instead of giving up when your are faced with difficult times, stay on your plan by using the simple phrase, "Minimize the damage!"
DOH! Why didn't I think of that?
Spangle packs this reading with all these strategies-
STOP when a challenge hits you and do one of these things:
- sit on your hands
- leave the room
- brush your teeth
- throw out the rest of the food
- focus on the two first bites
- get away from the table and do something else
"Minimize the damage!"
"Minimize the damage!"
"Minimize the damage!"
"Minimize the damage!"
Working from the inside-out,
MER
