Ms Elizabeth's Journal, 16 August 2017

Have you ever noticed that some people have the ability to predict the future and they don't even know it? I'm not talking about 1-800-PSYCHICS. I'm talking about people in your life that tell you they fear something or they fear they are something and in the end.. yup they totally told you in the beginning that this is the way things would be. I have someone in my life now that keeps telling me they are afraid they will let me down. They keep saying it over and over again. Why? Well probably because they listen to me complain about my current life but it's more than that. Maybe its because they already know in the back of their head that yeah.. they will let me down. A day will come and something will happen and they won't choose me. Or maybe they just say it enough that they can't help but do it.

I've dated guys that would make an off handed comment that they were a jerk. Just random comments. Most of the time half joking. They always turn out to be jerks at the end. It took me 25-30 years to realize this. Now when someone says I'm afraid I will do this.. over and over. I expect it. I know it's coming. And that's ok. It is what it is. That person is in my life right now for a reason. I will enjoy that relationship and cherish it and if they predicted the future. Well I can't say they didn't warn me. Why am I going on about something so.. well it's kind of depressing? Well it made me wonder. If self fulfilling prophecies work then why can't I use them??

I'm nuts right? Seriously though.. can I go around telling people I'm really a size 8 and become a size 8? Can I say I'm excited I'm going to lose a ton of weight in the next 6 months. Smile and walk away from the very confused person in front of me and make that happen? I've set goals before. I've typed them here and there.. set them as goals in the 10 different weight loss apps on my phone.. doodled them in journals and notebooks only to find them 6 months later and think "Crap I was only 195 back then and I was going to lose 50 lbs? Make that 205 lbs and 60 lbs now. WTH!!" The thing is... I set those goals and I moved on. I didn't tell the cashier at the grocery store scanning my ice cream that I'm going to be happy, healthy, and have a butt made of steel. Saying these things to random strangers is probably safer than telling people I actually interact with. People I interact with will have me locked up.

I think this could be a thing. Self predicted weight loss.

HI! I'm really 150 lbs you just can't tell because there is an extra 55 lbs hiding it. I'm also afraid you will all have to put up with me because I plan on journaling my successful way to 150 lbs. Oh yeah.. and... I'm nutty but I will be a smaller nut soon.

Ok someone can get out the fuzzy straight jacket now.

Huh.. maybe next time that person says. I'm afraid I'm going to let you down. I will respond. You'll regret it because I'm going to have the sexy body I always dreamed of when you do.

Diet Calendar Entries for 16 August 2017:
210 kcal Fat: 11.00g | Prot: 15.00g | Carb: 18.00g.   Breakfast: Atkins Meal Peanut Butter Granola Bar. more...
2124 kcal Activities & Exercise: Fitbit - 24 hours. more...

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And your journey goes on, and I predict that you will be thin, with a butt made of steel. 😎😎😎😎 
16 Aug 17 by member: DO N OK
Sounds good to me. Signed: Man of Steel 
16 Aug 17 by member: TomLong
Sounds like you're onto something big here!  
16 Aug 17 by member: T8U9
Thoughts are things! I've always heard that the biggest step in any journey is believing you'll get there. Hang in there! 
16 Aug 17 by member: jeannieselby
You are NOT crazy, DFW! There is a well-established technique for setting and achieving goals, and you've completely figured it out on your own! The description is here: http://absoulutelyanna.com/how-to-set-goals-in-4-steps/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I know that the copy will show up as a hug lump of text, so here's the outline and some of the details, all inside the quotation marks: "How to set goals step by step: (1) Get creative with your goal setting: brainstorm! (2) Try to set SMARTer goals. SMART stands for: Specific -- Measurable -- Attainable -- Realistic -- Timely. (3) Write your goals down (4} Tell someone about your goals. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ So, those are the 4 steps on how to set your goals. I hope that they helped you, maybe even in time for setting your New Year’s resolution. Keep your eye out for my next post that will help you to achieve the goal you are setting. If you ever need help, feel free to reach out to me. I would be more than happy to help!"  
16 Aug 17 by member: Miraculum
There is a thing of self for filling prophecy in that a person says something so often that they actually self induce the problem into his or her life. After all you have what you tend to focus on the most in life.  
16 Aug 17 by member: letsDropThesePounds
We're very happy to put up with you until you are a smaller nut. Maybe we'll all be smaller nuts by then! 
16 Aug 17 by member: erikahollister
I wish I could have predicted bitcoins. Dang.  
16 Aug 17 by member: goingforit2016
Yep. You got it! The power of positive or negative thinking!🤷🏻‍♀️what people call the manifestation of your will in reality!💁🏻 
16 Aug 17 by member: smprowett
SMART -- Specific -- Measurable -- Attainable -- Realistic -- Timely. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Today I am going to eat only my RDI. Today I am going to move. Today I am going to eat foods that allow me to recover from my exercise. Today I am going to be happy. Work on those goals and F%^K the other ones since they have not lead to success in the past.  
17 Aug 17 by member: jparlett
A good friend of mine told his wife that she was going to abandon him. Everyone else did in his life, and she would to. She told him no over and over that she would not abandon him. He would not drop it and it was a self-fulfilling prophecy. They divorced. This was shared only to keep the same mindset you have now as the relationship develops.... 
17 Aug 17 by member: MightyFull

     
 

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