Interestingly our habits go beyond just our conscience self. Our appetite and hunger are regulated non consciously.
The cravings we experience can be from hormones and chemicals within our bodies.
Clear states, “As habits form, your actions come under the direction of your automatic and non conscious mind. You fall into old patterns before you realize what’s happening.
This actually makes me feel better about not having perfect discipline when it comes to my eating habits.
These habit-sparking cues become pretty invisible. That’s why the first step in changing or forming habits is being aware of your existing habits.
To become aware of this begin by making a list of all your habits throughout the day. It’s easy to want to automatically judge each one as good or bad. Resist this at first because all habits serve us in some way. That’s why you keep repeating them.
Start categorizing each one as to how it helps you to become the person you desire to be. Try not to be too judgmental at this point about whether they are good or bad.
Begin by being on the lookout for those habits that don’t align with your identity. One way to do this is to use the “Point and Call” technique. In other words when you are about to do something say it out loud and continue saying out loud what the outcome will be.
“I’m about to eat a cookie which will make me go over my WW points today. I know if I do that I’ll be disappointed in myself.”
When you actually hear out loud what you are about to do it makes the “consequences seem more real.”
It helps you not to mindlessly slip into an old routine that you are attempting to change.
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
Carl Jung
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