WWCarol
10-13-2004, 11:15 AM
Switching, one of Weight Watchers Tools for Living was discussed at my Monday meeting. In fact we did it there.
Switching is used to change unwanted habits.
1. Identify the habit you want to change. (Example: Maybe you'd like to stop eating snacks when you're watching TV at night.)
2. Close your eyes and make a very big, bright, colorful picture in your mind of what you see just before the unwanted habit begins (like a cookie in your hand coming toward your mouth). The more unpleasant this picture, the better. Then clear away the picture.
3. Now make a big, bright colorful picture of the way you would like to be (desired state)-the sort of person who would respond differently, with more choices, standing proud and self-assured. Make the new picture of this new you as attractive as you can. Now clear away this picture.
4.Again, make a large, bright imagine of the first picture (the cookie coming toward your mouth) and put a small, dark picture of the person you would like to be in the lower right-hand corner.
5. Now switch these two pictures by making the picture of the person you want to be get bigger and brighter, as the old image becomes dimmer and smaller. Clear your visual screen, or open your eyes. Repeat this process 5 times, and do it quickly (only a second for each switch). Clear away the picture at the end of each switch.
6. Test: Bring up the old picture again. It shoud be harder to do. If the old picture is still strong when you test, repeat the Switch pattern (4 and 5).
Whenever you feel yourself on the verge of going back to this unwanted behavior, do the Switch again. Focusing on the picture of the "new you" will help you change your unwanted habit.
I came home and tried it on: stopping-weighing-daily, changing to, weighing at WW's weigh-in. Surprisingly, I didn't even THINK about weighing the next day! :eek: I've weighed "daily" for about a YEAR! :eek: I had hung the "switching" paper on the scales to remind me, but I didn't even GO to the bathroom with the scales in it...! :confused: I find this pretty amazing.
Has anyone else tried this technique?
Switching is used to change unwanted habits.
1. Identify the habit you want to change. (Example: Maybe you'd like to stop eating snacks when you're watching TV at night.)
2. Close your eyes and make a very big, bright, colorful picture in your mind of what you see just before the unwanted habit begins (like a cookie in your hand coming toward your mouth). The more unpleasant this picture, the better. Then clear away the picture.
3. Now make a big, bright colorful picture of the way you would like to be (desired state)-the sort of person who would respond differently, with more choices, standing proud and self-assured. Make the new picture of this new you as attractive as you can. Now clear away this picture.
4.Again, make a large, bright imagine of the first picture (the cookie coming toward your mouth) and put a small, dark picture of the person you would like to be in the lower right-hand corner.
5. Now switch these two pictures by making the picture of the person you want to be get bigger and brighter, as the old image becomes dimmer and smaller. Clear your visual screen, or open your eyes. Repeat this process 5 times, and do it quickly (only a second for each switch). Clear away the picture at the end of each switch.
6. Test: Bring up the old picture again. It shoud be harder to do. If the old picture is still strong when you test, repeat the Switch pattern (4 and 5).
Whenever you feel yourself on the verge of going back to this unwanted behavior, do the Switch again. Focusing on the picture of the "new you" will help you change your unwanted habit.
I came home and tried it on: stopping-weighing-daily, changing to, weighing at WW's weigh-in. Surprisingly, I didn't even THINK about weighing the next day! :eek: I've weighed "daily" for about a YEAR! :eek: I had hung the "switching" paper on the scales to remind me, but I didn't even GO to the bathroom with the scales in it...! :confused: I find this pretty amazing.
Has anyone else tried this technique?