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Feel fat, Be fat

I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes us fat, and what makes us STAY fat, and here’s one of my theories.

We stay fat because we’re so used to thinking of ourselves as fat. I know I do. I think of myself as fat, as needing to lose weight. So, I’m fat, and I need to lose weight. Needing to lose weight is as much a part of my identity as having brown hair, being a woman or being short is. It’s part of who I am.

How in the world can we change that? As long as I think about myself as a fat person, I’ll think, act, and EAT, like that in all likelihood. So, step one is to start thinking like a thin person. Begin to act like a thin person. How do you do that?

1. Thin people don’t obsess over every bite. They don’t count calories, weigh food, etc.
2. Thin people don’t eat when they’re not hungry.
3. Thin people don’t overeat. They quite when they’re no longer hungry, not when they’re full. Big difference!
4. For thin people. food is food, not comfort, not entertainment. Just food.

Think about these. If you can start to think about yourself as thin, then you can start to ACT thin, and then you can start to see some changes.