The FlyLady: Eat only one or a dozen?

Do you ever catch

yourself having conversations with voices inside your head? I don't think you

are crazy because this can be a good thing, depending on which voice you

listen to.Do you remember when you were little watching cartoons? A cartoon

character would have a little angel on one shoulder and a little devil on the

other and there was a battle over making a good choice or a bad choice. In real life

the voices are part of you, in your mind. You are not stuck in the middle of

this conversation; you are actually a part of it.Let's say you want to eat a dozen donuts. It is you who has

tempted you with the donuts. Then it is the voice of reason which is telling you

why you should not eat the whole box of donuts. You have a choice to eat them or

not to eat them. You get to make the ultimate decision.When you

recognize that you are actually having the conversation is the beginning of your

journey. The next big step is realizing who that voice in your head really

belongs to! Those voices don't just talk about donuts, they tell you how big

your thighs are and they beat you up!When you are FLYing you deserve to

be treated nicely, and it starts with telling those voices to go away! You don't

have to listen to those negative voices that say ugly things. Instead of them

berating you over your dress size, they can love you into not eating 12

donuts by saying how much better you will feel if you don't eat the whole box.

They can give you a reward for being kind to your body. Just

recognizing the voices for what they are is such a huge step!When you

replace those negative voices with a voice that is kind and gentle, you will

start to see a change in your attitude. We don't have to feel put down and