Friend of Julie: Done with Demons

Done with Demons

Posted by Theresa on February 14, 2016 6 comments

I've been struggling to stay on program. I do great and then I don't. To help me stay on my weight loss journey, I pull strength from a wide range of sources. What helped me stay on program recently are words of wisdom from Bob Harper, Julie Kibe, and Glinda the good witch.

Glinda and Dorothy

A few weeks ago there was a scene on the TV show The Biggest Loser where Bob asked the contestants what brought them there. During their discussion, Bob talked about the importance of believing in yourself and this dialogue followed:

Contestant: How can you fight for something you don’t believe in?

Bob (speaking to all the contestants): There’s a demon in you and he’s a liar. He’s a liar feeding your head with all these negative thoughts.

Contestant: I’m done with these demons.

"Me too!" I promised myself, "This demon has been lying to me and I'm done listening!"

One of our key friends recently asked me:

Do you think it's possible to lose Julie out of your head?

I responded with something I imagine Julie might say:

It was you all along – you took the weight off yourself; I just got you started.

This reminded me of something Glinda the good witch told Dorothy and is something for us to remember as well:

You've always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself.
~ Glinda, The Wizard of Oz

We all have the power within us to do this program. The key is to keep coming back to what we know: this program works, but if we continue to go off course, it doesn't. The more we go off, the harder it is to get back and stay back. Keep coming back to the program.

Find wisdom where you can and use it to keep you on your journey. I've been at this for five years now and I'm never giving up. Don't you give up either!

You are capable of more than you know.
~ Glinda, The Wizard of Oz

6 comments:

Anonymous2/17/2016
Oh my, so nice to find something on the internet about this program! I have been searching and there is so little out there! I love your blog, and this last entry is fantastic. What great analogies these quotes are. I started this program Feb. 6 of this year, only the beginning, but I see results so I'm hyper-focused.

I would love a place to come to as a resource, so thank you for being here!
Unknown2/19/2016
I LOVE this post! Glinda the Good Witches words are just stuck in my head!!!! It is SO TRUE!!! Julie has said similar things to me whenever I thanked her!!! Thank you Theresa for posting this!!!!!!
Unknown2/19/2016
Oh thank goodness someone else is fighting the same fight! I started last September and just recently I've been questioning myself--is the weight I've lost enough? Do I want to stop even though Julie told us that when we look in the mirror and say "Damn, I look hot" is when to stop and I'm over half there? It's getting more and more difficult every day. I think that I'm dealing with how I used to use food and that is really scaring me because it was all habit and reflex. Now eating is fuel. Changing the way we think about eating is hard, isn't it? Thank you so very much for your blog.
Unknown2/22/2016
I've not gone totally off program, but the "I want french toast" refrain is getting louder even though I am happy ordering scrambled eggs and a meat. I do take a nibble at a forbidden food once in awhile...the paczki that I loved now tasted like solid Crisco; the bite of home-made cinnamon swirl toast tasted like cardboard; the few french fries off my hubby's plate at Johnny's Diner was worth the nibble and the bite of brownie pie from the Whately Inn was delicious. Thank goodness my nephew saved me from going totally off program because, damn, that pie was delicious!

I'm happy to stay the course right now, but my brain is doing it's best to get me back to old habits. And working out the habit vs hunger is getting on my last nerve!

Weeks ago you posted about "wanting a food is like wanting a car, you acknowledge it and move on" and that is my mantra every day.