The Conscious and Sub Conscious
I was just reading about self sabotaging thoughts. I think its a book by Joe Vitalle about marketing or earning money or something... Very interesting. Out Conscious mind wants something (money, muscles, fat loss whatever) but there are those sub conscious thoughts that get in the way. At the risk of sounding like meaningless psycho babble, here is an example.
(Conscious thought): I need to eat well to lose some fat. I want to get lean. I know that means no starchy foods unless I just did some exercise.
-I choose a few meat and leafy vegetable dishes from the stall.
-I begin to sit down and look at my plate
(Sub-conscious, self sabotaging thought): This is not going to make me feel full, where is the pile of rice I usually eat?...
(to me, the most damaging thought): "What is a meal without rice?"
With all those self defeating thoughts, the conscious mind can only overcome for a while, and it cannot continuously overcome them. And people quickly fall off the clean eating plan.
Some things that help: Write down you goal and read it 100 times in a row. "I want to lose 5 kg in the next 2 months". As you read it, there will likely be self sabotaging thoughts that come up. Cut these down by focusing on the image of what it will be like to have achieved your goal easily and painlessly. The Visualization of your success helps to cut out the negative nonsense. In this way both your conscious mind and sub conscious thoughts work together for success.
posted by Coach Jonathan Wong @ 4/05/2007 05:39:00 PM
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