{"id":121,"date":"2008-06-17T08:25:47","date_gmt":"2008-06-17T08:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/06\/drowning-in-drama.html"},"modified":"2008-06-17T08:25:47","modified_gmt":"2008-06-17T08:25:47","slug":"drowning-in-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/06\/drowning-in-drama.html","title":{"rendered":"DROWNING in DRAMA"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m STUCK, SWIMMING, DROWNING in My DRAMA and I CAN’T GET UP<\/strong><\/big>.
\nfrom Janice Taylor, Life & Wellness Coach and Beliefnet Blogger<\/a>.
\nDear Our Lady of Weight Loss (and Janice),<\/strong><\/em> I am OUT of CONTROL<\/strong>. Honestly … OUT OF CONTROL<\/strong>. I did lose 21 pounds some time ago but have gained nearly all of those 21 pounds back. I Have NO CONTROL<\/strong>. I eat whatever, whenever. Please HELP! ~ Jess C<\/strong><\/em>.
\nDear Jess,<\/strong><\/em> In order to permanently remove excess weight we need to change our internal landscape (I don’t mean move your stomach to a new location). <\/em>
\n1. Watch and become aware<\/strong><\/big> of your language. If you say, “I am OUT of CONTROL<\/strong>,” you are out of control and reinforcing that belief.
\n2. Let g<\/big>o<\/strong> of ‘the WHY of it’. Asking WHY questions … “Why am I doing this?” “Why me?<\/em>” may well yield an answer, but not necessarily a strategy to effect change.
\n3. Ask yourself, “WHAT can I do<\/big><\/strong> to move forward?” And then ask yourself “What else can I do? What else? What else?<\/em><\/em>” Make a list of ten actions that can and will move your forward.
\n4. Stay out of the DRAMA<\/strong>. When you hear yourself saying “The problem is …” <\/em>watch out! Yo<\/big>ur drama is fast approaching.
\n“The problem is that I can’t find a job, because I can’t buy a suit, because I don’t have the money, because my husband left me and took the piggy bank with him, because he was a misery …<\/em> ” Got it? DRAMA drains<\/strong> our energy and moves us away from implementing positive change.
\n5. And finally for Jess and anyone out there who thinks that they are out of control … If there is no food in your mouth right now<\/strong> – you are back in control. If there is food in your mouth … spit it out<\/big><\/strong> … and you are back in control.
\nSpread the word (NOT the icing!),
\nJanice
\nFor more deep thinking, fun and games visit the Kick in the Tush Club community<\/a>.
\nHungry for insights? Desperate to move forward? … pick up a copy of All Is Forgiven, Move On: Our Lady of Weight Loss’s 101 Fat Burning Steps on Your Journey to Sveltesville<\/a>
\nPat Farnack, WCBS 880 radio said that I was “profound.”
\nO, The Oprah Magazine proclaimed me a “kooky genius.”
\nAnd the Chicago Herald said that I may seem … “one French fry short of a Happy Meal, but when you think about what she’s saying it begins to make sense.”<\/strong>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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