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Perfectionism

By John H. Sklare, Ed.D / February 15, 2012

Welcome to part 4 of my 8-part series on emotional eating. Today I want to talk about the third most-common issue that leads to diet disaster and weight-loss failure: perfectionism.

My Inner Diet research shows that this issue is a serious problem for 51% of all overweight people who are trying to lose weight. Since this issue affects 1 out of every 2 overweight people, chances are high that this may be interfering with your ability to stick to your diet and lose weight.

According to an article in the "Wall Street Journal," "Bariatric surgeons say they see a high correlation between perfectionism and obesity. Experts in eating disorders say that perfectionism is often at the root of anorexia, bulimia and binge eating."

So let's take a closer look at this issue and see just how it frustrates and sabotages the dieting efforts of so many people.

Perfectionism is a personality characteristic that has both positive and negative consequences.

On the positive side, you'll always find it associated with most highly successful people. When successful people are asked to describe themselves, perfectionist is an adjective they often use. Perfectionism helps propel these people on their relentless drive toward success and excellence.

However, there's a thin line between perfectionism and behaving
compulsively. Even though some people benefit from this behavior, it's not always a healthy quality.

Those of you who grew up with parents who demanded perfection from you know all too well that a perfectionist is seldom happy and never truly satisfied.

Because no one is perfect, perfectionism in weight management is a built-in guarantee of failure. Since this problem is so prevalent in overweight people, you may be one of those people who demand the impossible of yourself -- that is, to be absolutely perfect on your diet and weight-loss program.

I bet I can tell you exactly how every program you've ever been on has ended. You commit yourself to some weight-loss program and go along fine for some period, until you give into some temptation.

Now, being a perfectionist, you don't just slip a little and then quickly return to your program. No way! Once you slip, even just a little, the program is over.

The reason is that there's simply no room for error in the mind of the perfectionist. As a matter of fact, there's absolutely no difference between a minor slip and total failure! This throw-the-baby-out-with-the-bath-water mentality is at the heart of the problem for these people.

Now, don't get discouraged if you're one of the 51% in this category. It's important to understand that this way of thinking and behaving is not a life sentence.

Accepting the reality that you are a normal, imperfect human being likethe rest of us is the first step to begin solving this problem.

The second step involves providing yourself with a mechanism that will help you get back on track should you slip.

You must join the real world with the rest of us and infuse some realistic thinking into your battle plan in order to eliminate this eating trigger called perfectionism.

So, if you happen to be a perfectionist, what can you do?

The antidote for perfectionism is a three-step process that helps you to incorporate reality and flexibility into your program.
•First, you must set realistic goals, because the basic problem with the perfectionist is that they allow absolutely no room for error. That's simply an unreasonable, unrealistic and irrational goal. So you must incorporate some truth and rationality into your thinking and planning.

•The second step for combating perfectionism involves changing the way you think. It's the irrational belief you've held onto and reinforced over the years (I must be perfect or I'm a failure), that leads you to ultimately become frustrated and then fail.

For example, to the perfectionist, the thought that a minor slip equals total failure promptly leads to the end result of bingeing or giving up. One thought leads directly into the other, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. You can't have the negative result without the irrational belief. So you must ultimately challenge this irrational belief system if you are to succeed.

•The third step in combating perfectionism also happens to be the motto of the Boy Scouts: Be Prepared. Since nobody is perfect, falling off the diet wagon is common, so you must learn to be prepared for those minor slips when they occur.
For these occasions, I suggest you create, in advance, what I call a Retracking Plan.
Here's how it works:
•Take out a piece of paper and write down a day's worth of healthy meals and snacks.

•Then go to the store and purchase what you need for these meals so that you have the ingredients available in your house at all times. Think of it as your diet emergency kit.

•Then, when you slip, you immediately go to your Retracking Plan and make these preselected items your next 24-hour meal plan.
This prepares you for the inevitable slip, challenges your-all-or-nothing perfectionist thinking and gives you the exact formula you need for getting back on plan.

In short, set realistic goals, challenge your irrational perfectionist beliefs and be prepared. Now that's the perfect solution to perfectionism.

This ends part 4 of my 8-part series. On Wednesday, I'll be addressing the fourth most common emotional eating trigger: Commitment Level.
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Emanuel backs Illinois gay marriage measure
By Hal Dardick / Clout Street / February 15, 2012

Mayor Rahm Emanuel today said he would press for legislation pending in Springfield that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois.

"I'll push for it because it is consistent with the values base, and the practical values base, that I think is right as a city, as a state and as a country," said Emanuel, who supported gay marriage during the campaign.

Just Tuesday, Washington became the seventh state to legalize gay marriage, but in Illinois, the effort is seen as an uphill battle, even with Emanuel's support. It took decades to pass civil rights protects for gays and lesbians and years to pass civil unions, which became the law last June. This year, a bill has been introduced at the Capitol to approve same sex marriages.

Emanuel has presided over civil unions, including one of his top aides.

"If you have two loving adults, that should actually be held up as a positive, whether it's male or female, but in this case female-female, male-male," the mayor said today. "I think that's proper, and we shouldn't as a state discriminate."
 
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/clout/chi-emanuel-backs-illinois-gay-marriage-measure-20120215,0,46584.story
 
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