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My-I-We-Us-Our-What and Who.

Glenn Sargent — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 22:14:20 +0000

When we say, “My car” or “I have” it designates ownership and control. My car is a little red Model Cruz. I own it, drive it and it takes me where I want to go. In so doing I am in control of my car and the extension of my life it enables.

I determine when to turn the the steering wheel, apply the break and where I want to go. It’s not one of those new self driving cars, it needs me. Even if it was one of those new self driving cars, it would still need me to tell it where I want to go.

But my little car also tells me what it wants. It tells me when it needs fuel, and if I don’t provide it, it will soon refuse to go. It sends me feelings through my backside and the steering wheel that lets me know if I’m going too fast. If I make bad decision, like not braking hard enough to stop in time, the car will override my actions and apply the brakes harder without my input, or it may turn on the headlights when I forget to. In fact I no longer have to remember to turn on the headlights, my little car makes that decision for me all by itself.

So I control my car and at times it takes over control from me, or should I say controls itself without my input. My car is a machine, I own it, and I control it. But it does also have a mind of its own which allows it to make decisions without my input and that I have no control over, like turning on the headlights for example.

Now when we say “My head hurts” or “I feel good” or “My eyes are blue” it also designates ownership, the ownership of our head, feelings and eyes. Just the language we use determines that we own our body and feelings. Do we control our body, does it do what it is told? Sure we do, and it does; but not all of the time.

We instruct our body to walk, jog or run. Like the steering wheel of the car we can make it go left or right, we are in control. But our bodies also automatically control certain actions and choices, and we have no control over them. For example we cannot hold our breath forever, even if we could hold it until we lost consciousness breathing would resume as soon as we did (Don’t try this I would hate to be proven wrong). Some aspects of our body are semi-automatic, like the cars fuel warning our body sends us signals saying I’m hungry. It lets us know when we need sleep, or need to drink water. We don’t have to follow these signals, we can fight sleep, and ignore the drink signal depending on our circumstances.

So What are We – Are Car Or Something Special?

What we are is different to who we are. What we are is an incredibly intricate biological machine, with hands arms and legs, with a computer (brain) and sensory devices (sight, smell and hearing) sitting at the top of the machine. We physically use this machine to fully enjoy our lives; it would be wise for us to respect and look after this fabulous machine.

The Real Question Is – Who are We, or I?

Some would say our ego, spirit or soul, it depends on our faith or personal beliefs. Others may simply say it is our conscious self. So which is in control of our decisions, the subconscious US that automatically runs our machine, knows what we like and influences our choices based on what pleased us and was successful for us in the past, or our conscious US. Are we prisoners to our habits and subconscious? No we are much more than that.

Our conscious self (ego spirit or whatever) is the control knob of our subconscious. To change our lifestyle (including eating habits) all we need to do is trust our conscious self, spirit or ego, and learn how to use its control knob to rewire our subconscious for success.

Understanding Our Post Structure

Glenn Sargent — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 04:40:00 +0000

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Some people want to lose weight to look better or improve self esteem, others understand that maintaining a healthy weight is the most proven way to extend personal health spans.

At the end of the day how much we eat is the primary determinant of our body weight. But other factors like what we eat, when we eat, when we sleep and so on can also affect body weight and influence health spans. All posts written by us are evidence based, and designed to inform. How you use this knowledge is entirely up to you.

Monkeys Vs Humans?

Glenn Sargent — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 07:02:03 +0000

Biologically we are very similar animals. Although when it comes to our brains, we are worlds apart and not just in intelligence.

The most significant difference is awareness. Humans are aware of intangible concepts that matter. We know the future exists, it’s doubtful monkeys are aware of the meaning of “future”.

So unlike the monkeys in this experiment,(view post), we are aware that we have a future. Most humans ought to be aware that being overweight or obese plays a significant role in most of the terminal chronic diseases.

So unlike the freely fed monkeys who had no idea that overeating would dramatically affect their future, as humans we are smarter and do know so.

Or are we? Why are so many of us overweight?

Most animals, including humans, have evolved to overeat when food is available to store energy for when it’s not, and this seems to be a natural driver since during our evolution we experienced feast and famine. During good times we stored energy for the bad. The built in drive to overeat during the good times to allow for survival during the bad was necessary and beneficial.

This is not the case in modern western society since it is almost certain that food will be available tomorrow, and the day after that, and so on.

So even though we know food will always be available we are biased to overeat, especially the tasty foods we have available today. The issue is we tend to discount future value relative to instant gratification. Think about what your future is worth? What is an extra healthy day worth, or an extra healthy year, or healthy decade?

Is it worth more than chocolate and cake, or two chocolates and two cakes, or a cake a day for a week?

This human flaw of discounting the value of future benefits when weighed against instant gratification not only applies to eating, it drives whole industries. An example is the credit card industry.

This is not a personal flaw, it is not a personal weakness, it is built into our subconscious, how to modify our subconscious and eliminate this ancient driver is key to successful weight management.

Why being overweight is not your fault

Glenn Sargent — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:19:24 +0000

I’m afraid I have to admit that I used to think it was. I used to think that “fat” people were lazy or gluttons; in my mind I would say, “Why don’t they just eat less?”

I was once fat and while I was not technically obese, I never thought of myself as being lazy or a glutton, or even fat for that matter.

After 12 plus years of reading the biological science and an enormous number of research papers, I now know that putting on weight is not caused by people deciding or wanting to be fat. In short, few if any choose to be overweight or obese.

I now know it is not our fault if we become overweight, we shouldn’t blame ourselves if we are overweight or fat. We should be more compassionate to others who are. Weight gain is actually driven by unconscious decisions we are unaware of. So the best advice I can give is this; don’t blame yourself for being overweight. It won’t help you lose it, and it’s not your fault.

Overeating results in weight gain. Most (if not all) weight loss programs instruct participants to eat less and exercise more, they rarely work in the long term because they are treating the symptom and not the cause.

Work on understanding how the subconscious mind and sympathetic nervous systems drive weight gain and how you can rewire your brain to overcome these drivers and enjoy permanent weight loss, subscribe here.