Rebuilding Determination - An excerpt

I was looking around the net for information on overcoming food addiction and came across the health recipes site.  While not all of the pages in the "eat" series are applicable, I did gather some motivation from reading them.  Maybe you will find the same...


Taken from this series:  http://www.healthrecipes.com/eat.htm

Rebuilding Determination
Failure can challenge us to try again or smash our self-worth. It can create determination or erode what resolve we have. We can use the failure to dig into our character and pull out strength, or lose all hope. The easy way is to give up. We stop trying so we won't get hurt again. All of your energy is sapped. We feel hopeless. But it is at this very point where victory is won. This is the point of faith. When all hope is gone, we can draw on the deepest strength and use it to build the determination to try again.

The effect of failure distorts our thinking. It is like entering a dark tunnel. We can't see our goals or even remember why they were important. We tell ourselves, "so what, it never really mattered." But, we are lying to ourselves. Don't let yourself get away with it. Remind yourself of the value of your goals. Build desire and enthusiasm. Tell yourself why it is important. Don't get mad at you, get mad at the behavior. Where is your fighting spirit? Are you going to sit back and take it? Are you going to let a stupid little failure push you around? You're tougher than that!

Write out your goals and what you want to accomplish. Enthuse yourself about your goals by visualizing you achieving them. Make achieving them feel pleasurable. See the things that will tempt you from your goals and create a feeling of revulsion as you think of them. Spend time building the desire to achieve.

We spend so much of our life on the little useless details. We easily become sidetracked. We forget what our goals are and lose enthusiasm. Put your energy toward what is important. You need to invest time in encouraging yourself to move forward. When you feel like giving up, remember where you are going and why you are going there. 

Thank you for this, it really hit home for me.
Sherry

Great advice!  We are so tough on oursleves when we get side-tracked from our goals.  Good advice to keep our eyes on the prize!

I like this.  I had given up, but it was really like I had never really tried.  I have more motivation now that I did shortly after my surgery.  I have to keep trying.  It's me or compulsive eating.  I think I can win.

Deanna

Great attitude!  You can do it!  Focus on making choices and not letting the food, emotions and bad habits control you. 

That is a fantastic article.  Thank you very much for sharing it.  I need a bit of motivation today as it has been a busy, busy day. 

So much of this article really hits me.  I'm going to print it out and save it for future reference.

Thanks again for sharing with us.

Cathy

Thanks for the link and the information!