Are you afraid to try? Afraid to commit to a decision you would dearly love to make? I believe that all too often we are controlled by our fears – fears that get in the way of us making the changes that would mean we could live the life we long for.
This is so true when it comes to taking control of our lifestyle, our eating, our activity and our weight loss. When it comes to making positive changes, the fear of failure can become so overwhelming, simply because we look backwards into our most recent history and become discouraged even before we see that there is another way, a light at the end of our very dark tunnel.
For many of us, the patterns of life that give us comfort can actually prevent us from moving forwards. Change itself causes us discomfort. Changing habits is quite a frightening prospect. No one understands this more than we do at Slimming World. And that understanding is what makes a Slimming World group one of the safest places in the world, for here, at last, we can be completely open about our patterns, our habits and, most difficult of all, our emotions. Here, we find people who have found the release, the freedom, that being able to speak openly and honestly brings. And for many, losing the guilt and the shame, and losing the fear of failure, means losing the denial that has been such a stumbling block.