Habits I Love….
6 Mar 2012
…. But Need to Quit
I once read the book ‘Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’. Sadly, I don’t remember all of it. This blog is in a different direction. Today, we are going to discuss Seven Habits I Love, but need to give up. I could spend days debating effective and what works… I am a schedule girl, and lists, I love lists… these things keep me focused. The lists and schedules were key to my initial weight loss, as was my need to journal everything.
But, here I am a little over a year later, a vastly different person. I’m not just talking physical shape and health, I’m talking mentally as well. I am more positive, focused, determined, confident…. at times, I don’t recognize me. In going over all this, I realize there are still some things that I could change/give up/improve on. Things I cling to for a variety of reasons, comfort, feelings of joy, ease, dislike… the list goes on. So, here are seven habits I love, but know I need to give up or change….Rather than make this the longest blog in history, I will list them all here, then throughout the week discuss each one in detail (and in random order)
1: High Heels
2: Coffee/Caffeine
3: Avoiding Cross-Training and Strength-Training
4: Self Doubt
5: Mindless TV watching
6: Not saying NO!
7: Eating in front of the TV
Trust me, I could list many more… but these are the 7 I will focus on this week. Which of your habits would you like to change?
Stay tuned, later today or tomorrow the first Habit in detail will be up!!
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Mar 06, 2012 @ 17:05:15
Mine would be closing myself off to help when bad things happen. I tend to go inward. It’s not that I don’t want people to be there for me. I just don’t know how to deal with it. Weird I know.
Mar 06, 2012 @ 19:08:00
For me, it’s negative self-talk. I constantly talk myself down, no matter how great my victory. I always focus on the passage ahead, not the things that I’ve accomplished, and I find myself using really negative language about myself — I’ve lost 170 pounds in 9 months, but I find myself constantly describing my body as “disgusting” and “gross” because I have extra skin now. It’s the negative self-talk. I need to stop it. Looking forward to your discussions of ending historical habits!