These are notes from my weight management class. Any inaccuracies are the fault of the note taker.

• We can have self-talk
• Just cutting certain foods may not cause weight loss
• Feelings of accomplishment and hopefulness can encourage more dedication on your goals.
• Often self-talk is when you’re alone
• Seek out the triggers of self-talk
• Causes of self-talk negative
• Cognitive distortion > say things sound rational but are not true.
• All or nothing thinking
• Overgeneralization
• Mental filter
• Disqualify the positive
• Jumping to conclusions
• Mind reading
• The fortune teller error
• Magnifications or minimization
• Emotional reasoning
• Should statements
• Labeling and mislabeling
• Personalization
• Assumptions about our appearance can influence our self-talk.

How to think positive

• Create a list of things we’ve accomplished in the past.
• Create a list of positive things people said about us.
• Count your mini accomplishments. Yum, I ate grapes.
• Concentrate of thing you’ve accomplished when you remember the day.

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