Hi val & Jc members....

I have struggled most of my life up & down with my weight. Done a million diets...failed failed failed!!!! I do love jenny, but I am stuck....I got to 20 pounds lost like any other diet I have ever done & then STOP!!!! My inner critic comes out & I sabbotsh myself, get down & negitive....HELP!!!!

This sounds like a perfect time to start working on mindset. You need to turn that negative thinking around if you are going to be a long term successful weight manager. I've heard touchstones can help, but I have yet to buy them.

Quite a few of the thoughts that go thru our head are WRONG! So when you have negative thoughts, start talking back! Instead of thinking about how you always fail, tell yourself that "I may have failed in the past, but this time I will be different!" and start listing the things you are going to do differently this time! Instead of thinking how big your backside is or whatever your trouble spot is, think about how it is getting smaller every week. I think one of the manuals we got when we signed up has a whole chapter about this, so it might not be a bad idea to go and re-read it for more ideas.

You CAN do this! Have faith in yourself! You can do anything you set your mind to, so start getting your mind set to loose the rest of your unwanted fat!

Take care,
Angela