Weight loss is not a goal to task yourself with in order to get yourself to do what you don't want to do. It will be much easier to attach your weight goal to a vivid and compelling version of you who has normalized her relationship with food.

In order to embrace this new version of yourself and start, it can help to say goodbye to the previous version of you so you can step into this new relationship. 

Homework: Write a goodbye letter to past you. 

Start with gratitude. Validate that version of you and all she went through. Thank her for all that she did, all of her efforts, all of her feelings, and how she continued to show up. 

Then tell her how you are different now. Note all of the ways you can think of. Then say goodbye. Tell her that you need to focus on the future and all you now know. 

We will ALWAYS create our weight results as a reflection of how we see ourselves (self-identity). So if you want to take your weight loss to the next level, you must start seeing yourself differently to support those changes. 

Answer the following journaling prompts to help you flesh out how you start to see yourself when you focus on acting from the future you who has lost the weight. 

The Day One journaling App - has a speech-to-text feature. 

25:14 Future- Self Journaling Prompts: 

1. How will I feel when I am at goal weight? (One word that describes a feeling)
2. What are 5 ways that I can create that feeling for myself now?
3. What does future me know that I haven't figured out yet?
4. How does future me at goal weight go about her day differently? Be specific and list as many different things as you can think of.
5. What is exciting about the future at goal weight? What will be the same?
6. What does my future self need to do for weight loss that I'm not currently doing? –—–What is the key first step that is doable to create this in my life now?
7. What does my future self need to STOP doing in order to lose weight I am still currently doing?
8. What is the key first step that is doable to create this in my life now?
9. How will I know when I am my future self goal weight/range? 
10. If I had a magic wand to bring me the future I want immediately, what would I regret not having learned for myself that I know I want to figure out?
11. What will moving into my future self cost me?
12. What is the cost of staying where I am?
13. What will I choose to say goodbye to when I decide to become my future self fully?
14. What will I choose to make room for when I become my future self?
15. What are three words to describe the past year and why?
16. If I could travel back to the beginning of the year last year, what advice would I give myself that last year was going to teach me?
17. What is the status of the goals I set last year (use data to form your conclusion), and what goals do I want to set for the year going forward?

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