Personal Evaluation
1. Do you feel vulnerable to any self-sabotage traps right now? Which ones? Why? Sometimes I consider eating some foods outside of the PRISM guidelines - like corn nachos. They don't contain flour or sugar, and they give me something different to eat instead of eating brown rice and rice cakes all the time. Sometimes I feel like the guidelines are a little too stringent, if they don't let you have things that don't contain flour or sugar, but they forbid it 'just because.'
2. Have any of these traps sabotaged your past efforts? How and when? The last time I tried to lose weight, I told myself that I was cutting out alcohol - especially coke and rum (my personal choice). But when I got to a party with my family, I always felt my resolve dissipating, and I gave in to my desire. But this usually led to me having more than one drink and always feeling horrible afterwards....
3. List some KEY PRINCIPLES or guidelines that you can focus on today which will strengthen you in this area. I can focus on following the guidelines as they are listed in the introduction packet, etc. The guidelines are not there to harm me or to deprive me - they are there to guide my journey and teach me new habits and ways of eating, so that I can make more informed decisions about what I am putting into my body.
4. Who will be most affected by your decision to allow yourself to fall into a self-sabotaging trap? Me. And my husband too - because he doesn't like to see me succeed only to destroy all my progress in a short time frame, and then beat myself up about it.
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