First, you’re going to have to stop using food for anything other than nutrition. You cannot continue to use food to celebrate, or as a companion, or for entertainment, or comfort. You cannot medicate yourself, your mood, or pain with food.
PHIL MCGRAWSmugglin’ that by me? That’s like tryin’ to smuggle sunrise past a rooster.
More Phil McGraw Quotes
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You can’t change what you don’t acknowledge.
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I love life, but not everything in it. I love people, but not all of them. I love myself, but not everything about me.
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You can’t change other people or (some) conditions; you can change only your reactions to them.
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You can choose to see your goal with 20/20 accuracy, and when you can see a goal that clearly, you can achieve it.
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The truth doesn’t have versions, it just is.
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Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.
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Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right.
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Experts indicate that you should aim for consistent weight loss of about one to two pounds per week, so you should remain realistic—you aren’t going to lose 40 pounds per week (no matter what any diet product claims).
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Learn when’s a good time to shut up
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Awareness without action is worthless.
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Hey, dummy, you might want to take the time and learn to fly before you do this again!
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In the meantime, let’s agree that what makes a problem big is simply that it’s yours.
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If emotional pain or problems have cropped up in your life, you must insist on getting closure. Closure means you don’t carry the problem or the pain. You address the issue, then you slam shut the book and put it away.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit
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Forgiveness of those who have transgressed against you, or those you love, is not about them; it is about you. It is a gift to yourself.
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