Quiz: Are You Your Toughest Critic?
Do you agree or disagree with most of these statements?
- Self-discipline is the key to staying at a healthy weight.
- Willpower is crucial in making good-for-you food choices.
- Individual responsibility is what decides if you’re healthy.
- Giving in to bad choices is why most people struggle with their weight.
- Punishment works better than rewards.
- Pointing out your own flaws and shortcomings is the best way to change them.
- Most people could easily live a healthy lifestyle if they really wanted to.
- People who are overweight should accept the blame for their situation.
If you agreed with most or all of these statements, you’re in good company. Many of us have been taught to believe that when we have a weight and health issue, it’s our fault. We’ve failed.
People in our lives said “You could lose weight if you just….”
Or “You just need to …. , that always works for me.”
Yet anyone who’s struggled with dieting and health knows that it isn’t that easy. If it were, we’d have already done it, right?!
In fact, scientific research has identified a long list of factors that affect what we all weigh – and NONE of them have to do with personal character flaws. Or willpower, or self-discipline.
Weight is just a number on the scale. It’s not a measurement of your worth as a person.
And with the right tools, and support from people who are on your side, you can begin retaking control of your health and weight.