Mary was a happy-go lucky, 11 year old girl with lots of friends. She weighed a hefty 58 kg at just 11 years old. However, Mary didn’t seem to care about her weight. One day, a classmate of hers teased her because of her weight and called her ‘a pot of lard’. Mary was devastated. She was always in denial and acted as if her weight did not bother her but when her classmate told it in her face, her self-esteem came tumbling down. She decided to get fit but firstly, she had to increase her self-esteem. Below are the suggestions from Mary to increase self-esteem:
1) Attack self-destructive belief
• Mary erased negative thoughts like “I’m fat” and “ I can never do this”.
Mary told herself that she was capable of getting fit and deserved to
get fit. When she finally believed that she could, she begun working harder
to reach her goal
2) Seek out nourishing people
• Mary associated herself with friends who encouraged and motivated her to
get fit. She avoided the classmate of hers who insulted her.
3) Work on projects that will result in success
• Mary did not take on more than she could handle. She told herself she
would lose 5 kg in a month and she succeeded. She did not aim too high as
she knew if were to do that and not succeed, she might be demotivated.
4) Remind yourself of your successes
• Mary reminded herself frequently that she was once a fit runner who
represented her school. Because of this, her belief in herself increased.
5) Secure affirmation
• Mary always repeated to herself that’s she’s fit and after a while, the
affirmation was drummed into her mind. It became second nature to her and
after 2 months, she managed to lose a total on 10 kg !
-Carmen Lee-
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