I've always assumed that I will struggle with food and weight gain. I think- aren't naturally thin people lucky that food isn't a problem for them and maintaining weight is easy?! Me, on the other, I will have a lifelong battle, a daily struggle, against the temptation of eating unhealthy food and gaining weight. Maybe there is a different story I should be telling myself. Maybe I need to drop the assumption I have for myself and others around food and weight. Maybe there is a more positive thought pattern to practice...
This reframe is so needed. The idea that assumptions become reality is underrated, especially with health stuff where negativity bias runs deep. I caught myself doing this with sleep recently, just repeating "I'm a bad sleeper" like it was fact when really it was just a story I'd picked up somewhere. Once I questiond that assumption and approached it diferently, things actually shifted.
I've always assumed that I will struggle with food and weight gain. I think- aren't naturally thin people lucky that food isn't a problem for them and maintaining weight is easy?! Me, on the other, I will have a lifelong battle, a daily struggle, against the temptation of eating unhealthy food and gaining weight. Maybe there is a different story I should be telling myself. Maybe I need to drop the assumption I have for myself and others around food and weight. Maybe there is a more positive thought pattern to practice...
This reframe is so needed. The idea that assumptions become reality is underrated, especially with health stuff where negativity bias runs deep. I caught myself doing this with sleep recently, just repeating "I'm a bad sleeper" like it was fact when really it was just a story I'd picked up somewhere. Once I questiond that assumption and approached it diferently, things actually shifted.