Think carefully before you make a decision.
Sounds right.
But there are situations where conscious, deliberate
decision-making falls short. The conscious decisions you make when dieting and
trying to lose the weight may fall into this category.
Here’s how. “I have decided to stay on my weight-loss diet
plan by being more careful about what I eat.” How many times have you heard
this? The intention is there. Maybe even the effort is there. But yet the
dieter fails. Why is this?
A conscious, deliberate decision in this case probably doesn’t
do justice to all that is affecting this person’s ability to keep to her
weight-loss diet plan. In fact, almost by it’s very nature the conscious,
deliberate decision gives the dieter a false feeling of having done the problem
justice.
Try this instead. See what you need weight-loss help with.
Make sure it’s important to you. Then take some time off mentally from this
problem. Don’t look for a solution. Let your mind go on to other matters. Enjoy
your day, and see what happens when you return to your weight-loss problem at
some other time.
You might be surprised to find that, “without thinking”, at
least consciously, you’ve come up with a great analysis of your problem that
leads directly to a viable solution.
Psychological research on the benefits of thinking
unconsciously supports this method.
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