Weight Loss: Fear of Success – How to Let Yourself Go #8
Posted on | July 10, 2008 | 2 Comments
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Fear of success is a very real obstacle to successful weight loss.
The thing that we want, we are scared of… Sounds strange, doesn’t it? Not really.
It comes down to being scared of… no, not success but the change success will surely bring.
This insight came to recently when I heard that success requires change.
As you lose weight, much will change
- Relationships will change. Some of your friends will get jealous, angry and will stop being your friends. Other will encourage and embrace new you.
- You will become more attractive to the opposite sex. Are you ready for new social encounters(wanted and unwanted)? What will it do to your current love?
- Your life will change – new friends, new encounters, new lifestyle.
It all can be very scary. Change is uncomfortable and scary. After all, you get to abandon your current comfy(or not so comfy, but you’re used to it) life.
Hence the self-sabotage.
What to do about it:
Be ready for the change! Imagine that you lost the weight. Ask yourself – “Now what?”
Spend 15-30 minutes in a quite place thinking about how different your life will be.
Write down the changes that you may encounter.
Write it all down – awesome and the not so awesome.
Face your fears.
Rarely will you find a goal that is pure awesomeness. There will always be something new, something uncomfortable, something you may have to give up.
Question is, “Is it worth it?”
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July 10th, 2008 @ 9:48 pm
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July 28th, 2008 @ 10:56 pm
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