By now it is accepted among experts that the only safe and lasting solution to weight loss involves, not a focus on diet and exercise, but on identifying and eliminating / replacing our own self-sabotaging beliefs and attitudes.
This – and nothing else – must be weight loss “Job #1.”
But there’s a major roadblock in the way: your own ego!
You see, your ego is not very interested in this business of exchanging self-sabotaging beliefs for self-supportive ones. On the surface, that doesn’t make any sense. So how could it be true?
You see, your ego is highly invested in your existing belief structure because it has been involved from day one in the accept-reject process. As such, your ego is attached to your current beliefs—no matter how well or how poorly they may be serving you. The ego is all about maintaining the status quo—the unconscious status quo.
Your ego may or may not be the least bit interested in the truth, because the truth may conflict with the ego’s existing beliefs, and than that would mean rocking the boat. So you need to know going in that there WILL be resistance to ANY new beliefs, no matter how beneficial they ultimately may be. Why? Because the ego has no concept of “later,” and therefore can’t grasp the concept of deferred gratification. Continued…
Filed under: Psychology | Tagged: self-sabotaging beliefs, weight loss success
