Situation: You have had a hard day at work and you meet a friend to do your routine Monday night walk. You just don’t feel motivated, enthusiastic or energetic as you normally do and you are not sure what is wrong. Why is it your friend is ALWAYS motivated. You are worried that this is the beginning of the downslide of your motivation and goals as you SHOULD also be positive about exercise.

What do you think your feelings are in this situation?

Situation: You had a work morning tea and you wanted to stop at one piece of carrot cake but it’s been so long since you have had your colleague’s famous home-made carrot cake that you indulged in another. You feel like a complete failure.

What do you think your feelings are in this situation?

Situation: You had planned to go out for a light jog when it starts to hail and thunder. Due to the weather, you have to abandon your outdoor exercise today. You are starting to feel very defeated because you never seem to be able to follow things through. You have managed to do exercise everyday this week until today.

What do you think your feelings are in this situation?

Situation: You have coffee with your friend whom you haven’t seen in 10 years. She looks beautiful, superthin and extremely happy. She also orders a pizza, a chocolate cake for dessert and drinks 2 glasses of red wine.
What do you think your feelings are in this situation?