Your Gain Is My Pain!  Contact Janice Taylor, Weight Loss Coach, Hypnotherapist, Author, Artist, Positarian
Your Gain Is My Pain! Contact Janice Taylor, Weight Loss Coach, Hypnotherapist, Author, Artist, Positarian

Dear OLofWL (a.k.a. Janice), Yesterday was truly an awful day, and I realized that if I want to permanently lose weight, then I must follow the Our Lady of Weight Loss‘s “bite it/write it” rule.

In other words, “If I bite it, I must write it.” I want you to know that I am upset to think that I must write “it” down. This is the worst thing for me to have to do for the rest of my life. …. ~ A.F.

Dear A.F. ~ Before I fully respond to your email, I am asking – not judging – just clarifying, do you mean that keeping a food diary for the rest of your life is the worst thing that could happen to you? Really, the worst thing that could happen? Again, no judgment, just clarifying. ~ OLofWL

Dear OLofWL ~ When you put it that way, it does sound silly of me. Maybe I am a drama queen. I started writing this morning and it wasn’t so bad after all. There are a lot of things that I am going to face that will be more dificult than this. …. ~ A.F.

Dear A.F. ~ First I want to say that you are a brave soul. You spoke your truth, felt your feelings, self-reflected and self-corrected. When I first started on my journal to Sveltesville, I felt the same way. I felt that having to limit my intake of food was unfair and burdensome. It felt like a life sentence. I was suffering, and I had a “right to suffer,” as do you. And then after we all suffer, we have an obligation to dig deep into our inner-resources, and find a way to do just what you did; deal with “the challenge” in a positive way, water the seeds of optimism and move on. Good job! Brava! ~ OLofWL

Remember, Tushkateers:  Statistics tell us that those who “Bite It and Write It” are more successful on their weight loss journeys than those who do not keep a food journal.  It is not a punishment from G_d.  It is merely a tool that works.

Remember to Self-Reflect, Self-Correct and Water the Seeds of Optimism.
Success will be yours.

Sometimes…it’s just that simple.

Optimistically yours,

Janice

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