Limiting Beliefs & Self Sabotage
January 8, 2010
I wonder if Tiger Woods lies in bed at night and marvels to himself at some of his own headline-making conduct. Who knows? Maybe he is as baffled as us. I’d wager that he might even be MORE baffled at his acting out than we are.
After all, people will do crazy things to get their needs met.
Especially if these needs are subconscious. Dr. Phil, one of my non-fitness idols, summed it up by saying that every repetitive behavior has SOME payoff.
Otherwise, we wouldn’t keep doing it.
If your fitness level never improves and you feel like you’re stuck at the same weight, maybe you are self-sabotaging even the best workout regime by late night snacking, for example.
Many of the regulars (that I love) at my gym remain (usually) 8 to 20 pounds heavier than they’d like, in spite of the fact that they exercise every day. I’d guess that it is some type of self-sabotaging behavior (like waiting until you are TOO hungry to eat or late night UNPLANNED eating) that is keeping them from getting to their goal weight.
Raise your hand if you’ve ever gone to the gym, worked out for an hour, then drove around running errands and crossing things off your list, (because you are busybusybusy) then when you finally get home, four hours and 600 calories later, you are starving so you undo all your hard work at the gym by eating more than you planned. Rather, if you bring a banana or a protein drink with you in the car and have it as soon as you leave the gym, you will not have to deal with the (20 pound) weight that will be, just like Tiger, the result of unmet needs.
This is technically called a conflict between your conscious desires and your subconscious beliefs. This kind of conflict shows up in relationships (in Mr. Wood’s case), self-esteem, spirituality, but especially, in health and body issues including weight loss.
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Posted by Penny | Filed Under Blog
Comments
Interesting blog post. And that sounds like classic Dr Phil as regards self-sabotage and so true, too!
The key thing is to be aware of your self-sabotage, aware of what it does and how it works (in your example, it’s a matter of ‘overeating’ after doing lots of chores). And then, well maybe then we can do something about it.
As regards Tiger Woods. It just goes to show how bad things can get if it goes unchecked…
Steve
PS Just read a great article on ‘self sabotage’, actually, about how to notice and what to do when you do notice… http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/overcoming-self-sabotage/200912/when-desires-collide-which-one-choose
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