{"id":2594,"date":"2011-07-14T17:08:41","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T21:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/?p=2594"},"modified":"2011-07-14T17:09:24","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T21:09:24","slug":"stop-saying-_____-and-watch-the-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2011\/07\/stop-saying-_____-and-watch-the-pounds.html","title":{"rendered":"STOP saying _____ and watch the pounds disappear!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stop saying the following words and\/or phrases and you will lose it!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Sometimes, we unknowingly toss words and phrases about\u00a0 that\u00a0 can and do have a negative impact.\u00a0 I thought it &#8216;utterly useful&#8217; to review some of these words today.<\/p>\n<p>Tune into your self-talk, lose the following phrases, and smile!<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Do or Do not. There is no try.&#8221; Yoda from Star Wars<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRY &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When we say that we will &#8220;TRY&#8221; to do something; try to follow a plan, try to lose weight, try to be patient, try to make it to your party, we are &#8211; in effect &#8211; creating an enough wiggle room to wiggle our way out! When you say that you are going to &#8220;TRY,&#8221; what you are really saying is?\u00a0 &#8220;Maybe I will eat healthy foods.\u00a0 Maybe I won&#8217;t.&#8221;\u00a0 &#8220;Maybe.&#8221; Hmmmm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What to do?\u00a0 When you hear yourself saying &#8220;I&#8217;ll TRY&#8221; &#8211; STOP!!! Dead in your tracks (as they say) and listen for the subtext.\u00a0 What are you really saying?\u00a0 At the very least, be straight with yourself and if you do NOT want to do something; then do not do it, but do not try.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll eliminate a great deal of failure; that much less to feel badly about, hey?\u00a0 You can also substitute to the words &#8220;explore&#8221; or &#8220;discover&#8221; for try!\u00a0 Try it!!!<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Whether you think you can or you think you can&#8217;t, you&#8217;re always 100% right.&#8221;\u00a0 Greg Hickman<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>I CAN&#8217;T &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you say &#8220;I can&#8217;t,&#8221; then you can&#8217;t.\u00a0 When you say &#8220;I can,&#8221; then you can.\u00a0 Your subconscious mind will seek reasons to support whatever position you take. You CAN count on that!!!\u00a0 The more times you say &#8220;I can&#8217;t,&#8221; the more you will experience limitation and failure.<\/p>\n<p>When you hear yourself saying &#8220;I can&#8217;t,&#8221; STOP dead in your tracks \ud83d\ude42 &#8230; pause and ask yourself, &#8220;What&#8217;s going on?&#8221;\u00a0 Is fear surfacing?\u00a0 Do you think that your current circumstances are standing in your way of doing whatever it is that you want to do?\u00a0 Or perhaps, you simply don&#8217;t know how to do it???\u00a0\u00a0 Instead of saying, &#8220;I can&#8217;t,&#8221; say &#8211; &#8220;I can&#8221; or &#8211; if more accurate &#8211; &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how YET.&#8221;\u00a0 Begin to understand and seek solutions.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.&#8221;<\/em><em> Albert Einstein<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>I SHOULD \/ I HAVE TO &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No one likes being told that they &#8216;should&#8217; or &#8216;have to&#8217; do something.\u00a0 When we state &#8220;I should&#8221; or &#8220;I have to,&#8221; it feels as though there&#8217;s an outside authority weighing in and over us.\u00a0\u00a0 Inner resistance emerges.\u00a0 The Inner rebel surfaces!<\/p>\n<p>When you hear yourself saying &#8220;I should&#8221; or &#8220;I have to&#8221; &#8230; that&#8217;s right \ud83d\ude42 &#8230; STOP dead in your tracks and ask yourself whether or not you want to do this?\u00a0 You always have a choice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Spread the word &#8230; NOT the icing!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Janice<br \/>\nwise * fun * utterly useful<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/my_videos?feature=mhum\">Janice Taylor\u2019s KICK in the TUSH Club videos<\/a>!<br \/>\nSubscribe and Receive \u2013 as they are HOT off the REEL!<\/em><br \/>\n____________________________________________<br \/>\nFor the best in wellness and weight loss wisdom, visit Janice:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\/\">Our Lady of Weight Loss<\/a><br \/>\njoin the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickinthetushclub.com\/\"><em>Kick in the Tush Club<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nVirtual Shoulder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stop saying the following words and\/or phrases and you will lose it!!! 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