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Are You A Perfectionist?

Daily Inspiration

By Dr. H. Sklare

Friday, November 17, 2006

Are you a perfectionist? Well, if you are, weight

loss and lifestyle change is definitely going to be a

challenge. The research that I have accumulated over

the years, through The Inner Diet, reveals that 51% of

all overweight people have a serious problem with

perfectionism. A perfectionist is someone who brings

an all or nothing mentality to weight control and

lifestyle change. People who bring this mindset demand

the impossible of themselves. What do they demand?

They demand perfection! This pattern of thinking

creates real problems because, once the perfectionist

varies even slightly from their program, they abandon

the entire program. And, since no one is perfect, this

throw the baby out with the bathwater mentality dooms

them to failure before they even begin.

The key to changing this all or nothing attitude is to

attack and challenge the very thinking that leads to

it. There are a variety of strategies and theories

out there that focus specifically on helping you

change the way that you think. For example, one way

to accomplish this is offered through an approach

called Rational Emotive Therapy (RET), developed by

Dr. Albert Ellis. In brief, this theory provides a

simple, cognitive strategy to help you attack

perfectionist thinking at its roots, thereby opening

the door to healthy change. And for the perfectionist,

this is a critical cog in the wellness wheel! So, if

perfectionism is preventing you from living the

healthy life you dream about, why not make today the

day you stop trying to be perfect, challenge that

unrealistic thinking and accept being human like the

rest of us?

What Have You Done Today To Make You Feel Proud?? - The Biggest Loser

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-Sapphyre

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