Are you an all or none thinker?
Oh boy....My name is Jenn and I am an all or none thinker! So I missed this topic in the meeting room, but was able to pick up the weekly reader the following week. I am so glad I did because this hits home in a big way for me. I am notorious for this. I take this so seriously - this all or none thinking that not only will I discount a whole day, but if my "major screw-up" with food happens mid to end of week, I count out the entire week calling it a loss and chalk it up to a start over on Sunday. I know, I know it's a horrible mindset and I am working on breaking it. The Weight Watchers Weekly on this topic reminds us that so many of our thoughts are automatic and that over time those automatic thoughts that don't help can turn into a thinking style that trips us up. "All of none" is a common thinking style. With "all or none" thinking it turns everything into good/bad, failure/success. It's an unhelpful thinking style that doesn't...