Lose Weight By Writing Down What Is Great About You

The other evening I was watching The Real Housewives of New York City and one of the housewives, Luann, was participating in a workshop alongside several young teenage women.  The session was about Building Self Confidence and one of the tasks was to write down everything you liked about yourself. 

As I was watching it, I thought, I haven't done that in a long time.  I hadn't focused on my positive qualities or strengths since I had an interview in 2001!  And even then, I focused on my strengths that were specific to the position.

After I got over 3 second conversation in my head that went something like, "This is so cheesy.  Why am I even thinking about doing this?",  I opened up word and started writing without editing.  I just wrote and wrote and wrote about everything I liked about myself.

A few from my list:

- I can follow through and I did to lose 60 pounds

- I love that I can easily identify number patterns and can understand a spreadsheet and chart quickly

- I make an effort to constantly learn and improve no matter how uncomfortable or tough it is

I felt amazing after making the list!  What's interesting though is that this list has become a living thing.  I keep it on a sticky on my laptop screen where it catches my eye at random times.  It's like having a jolt of energy all throughout the day.

I want you to make your list.  If you were always taught that bragging is unattractive or self deprecation is a virtue, do it anyway!!  Just like a workout, you'll feel great afterwards.

After you do complete your list, make sure you review this article about How To Change Anything. 

Jackie

Comments

[Nancy]

WOW! I have been reading your daily tips every day and have been learning so much, but today's tip to write about what I like about myself was eye-opening. I also turned on Word and start typing I like that... about myself. In the space of a few minutes I had written six pages (919 characters). We always have been told to write what we appreciate about our lives. I often forget to appreciate myself. I am a work in progress, but I had many positive things to say about myself. Every day I make it to the gym and get on the treadmill, the first thing I think is that I am just thankful that I got off the couch and out the door. The rest tends to take care of itself. Once I am off the couch and out the door, I often surprise myself with what I can do. But I really need to start appreciating me.