ANT

Ants...My first thought is tiny crawlers that make me itch and drive me crazy in the spring when it seems that they are after anything and everything. At our meeting this week we talked about a different kind of ANTS
Automatic negative thoughts.....when you stop and think about it negative thoughts are about the same as real ants. They drive you crazy and devour all positive. IF you allow it. So what can you do to change you negative thoughts? I've thought about it the last few days. I tend to get caught up in the things that I haven't done. Take this last weeks weigh in, I only lost .6. At first I was beating myself up, why didn't I do better? Why can't I lose this faster? When I should've reminded myself of exactly how far I've come. Some weeks are going to be small losses but it is still a loss. Some weeks I'm going to have big losses. I may even have a bad week where I actually gain. I can't judge myself by what the scale says. It is just a # after all. I'm a person who has taken charge and am doing what it takes to make positive changes. That my friends is a GREAT thing. I am very proud of myself.

So I challenge you to do whatever it takes to retrain your brain to think positive thoughts about yourself. Take a pad of post it notes put them by your mirror and every time you look in that mirror write something positive that you like about yourself and post it on the mirror. See how quickly you cover your mirror. Now you can "see" all that everyone else sees all the time.

Have a fabulous weekend!!!!