The Mayndarin task is very confronting.
It is important to take mental ownership of the new smaller shape which has been the result of the sum of the small changes made over time. Manageable changes that weren’t too hard, and are even becoming habits by now, like drinking some extra water, and gradually reducing the amount of cheese eaten.
What happens if instead of congratulating ourselves about the new smaller shape, the eyes still see a large body which oveflows the underwear? Thoughts may take the path that what is being seen is obviously not size ten, never will be, it is all so demoralizing and depressing and all one wants to do is go and eat chocolate ripes and barbecue crisps.
Those sorts of thoughts and feelings might mean that we are just not ready to lose the amount of weight that we did at this time in our lives. Not yet. It might need to take place in the future. It might need to be at a slower pace.
What we are able to do is to think about the situation and try to make conscious decisions about just how many chocolate ripes and barbecue crisps to eat and for how long. Perhaps we might need slightly less of them than last year and will still be able to feel better, feel more like our usual self? Perhaps, instead, some of the chocolate ripes and barbecue crisps could be… Mayndarins?