Thinking "I Am Obese" Makes You Obese

Our minds just don't get the pats on the back they so aptly deserve. They're there always kind of like our shadows are. They work hard for us, they have provided all kinds of decisions, they work to pick us up out of our doldrums, they function as Self-Storage lockers for our experiences, they act as judges and still, with all this going on, they scarcely get more than a nod, if that.

In truth, they are the source of both the problem and of the self healing than is possible.

I was in my early 30s when my therapist asked me "What did you just think?" and I was unable to answer him. When I sat in that chair across from his desk, already acclimated to accusations by my parents and my church, I felt intimidated by his question. I resolved to never be unable to answer that question again, should he even ask it.

That event was pivotal in my life. It was the beginning of my journey within. I started to watch myself thinking. Now you may think it strange, but I had not begun to observe my thinking until this happened to me. What about you? Do you watch what you are thinking? Are you aware of the nattering that goes on inside your mind?

Another key experience occurred for me in the 70s when I was enrolled in the est training of Warner Erhardt. My trainer spoke about one's "little voice" and she quipped, "You know - the one that just said 'What little voice?" That's precisely what my own little voice told me! She clearly had my attention. From those early events, I became a keen observer of my thinking processes. I was fortunate to study logic in college and it helped me shape my ability to use my mentality to reason deductively.

I wasn't consciously aware of all these happenings until I was a bit older. I was consumed with the correction of this horrid obesity with which I'd been shackled and I just didn't recognize the connection between it and the manner in which I'd been thinking.

Many obese individuals are not overeaters. Some are. But every obese individual is a thinker. I know that what I've thought and not what I've eaten has caused my obesity. Here are a few of my mistaken thoughts:

* They call me Patty Fatty. I must BE fat.

* They say I look like Aunt Ida and she is fat. I'm going to be fat when I become an adult.

* Having a healthy appetite can make you obese.

It's so sad when you think how an innocent child is affected by the inputs of their parents, relatives, teachers, and friends ~ all innocently enough. What's true is that your thought, your mind, is the causative part of you. It works frequently unnoticed in the background.

I really, really pray that this article permits you to give your mind and its thoughts the attention it truly deserves. I'd encourage you to give these ideas some conscious review in your life. If you can see what you've thought, and you can see how what you've thought has manifested forth in your life, you can then create a way to un-do it by changing the way you think.


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Pat Matson is the Wise Weight Woman who helps overweight women overcome their struggles with bodily image by teaching universal spiritual principles. Want to learn how to love and accept yourself and give up dieting forever? Get her free report You Are Good and Perfect Right Now and I Can Prove It! at http://www.theworldofwithin.com