Since I’m just back from Charleston, South Carolina, I’m sharing one of my favorite blogs from the past.

How do you think that the experience of eating a piece of cake will make you feel?

Yes, I know it will feel good, but be specific.

Satisfied? Content? Comforted? Connected with others who are eating it? Loved?

Overeating is often an attempt to find the love you crave and fill the void you are feeling in your heart and soul with food.

It is looking in the wrong place to feel satisfied, content, comforted, connected, and loved.

What if you could easily get the feelings you really want from eating that piece of cake without ever having to lift a bite to your mouth?

What if the feelings were more delicious than any piece of cake could possibly be?

And what if those feelings inspired action that made your wellness goals faster, easier, and more fun to achieve?

Hard to believe I know.

But would you be willing to give it a try?

Would you be willing to spend just a few minutes a day to get it?

Would you be willing to look for and notice the changes you are experiencing so you can keep building on your success?

Would you be willing to let it be that simple?

If so, keep reading!

Now imagine yourself having achieved your wellness goal.

How does that feel? (Remember, be specific and feel it right now!)

It might be something like:

“Being 30 pounds lighter makes me feel confident.

It makes me feel attractive.

It makes me feel strong and beautiful.

It feels invigorating and it makes me want to give my workout my all.

It feels satisfying to slip on my jeans and have them be comfortable, and to know that I look good.

It feels like being energized and alive.

It feels healthy.

It feels like confidence in the choices I’m making.

It feels like being connected to my Higher Self.

It feels like being who I am meant to be.

It feels like being relaxed and confident in my body.

It feels like appreciation for how hard my body is working on my behalf in ways that take no effort from me. My heart is pumping, my blood is flowing, I am breathing in and out, my immune system and metabolism are functioning beautifully.

It feels like appreciation for all the healthy food I have eaten and the workouts I have gotten in, and for how amazingly my body has responded.

It feels like satisfaction.

It feels like contentment.

It feels like love.”

Doesn’t’ that feel delicious?

Doesn’t’ that feel way better than you feel when you eat a piece of cake?

Doesn’t that feel even better than it felt when you were 30 pounds lighter?

That’s how easy it is to feel that way right now.

Practice that feeling.

• Reach for it when you start to feel tempted to give into a craving.
• Practice it before a workout.
• Practice it before you eat your healthy meal.
• Practice it going to sleep every night.
• Practice it when you wake up.

Can you see how feeling that way consistently would make it easier to meet your wellness goals?

Together we can do it!