Thread: Changing habits using Fred

Great thread and thank you to who ever recommended it in the Cambridge site.

Think Fred and dinner times at work will be something of a past occasion as of Monday! :lol:

Fantastic KD. Now, everytime I want to snack it will take me back to my old piano-classes. So maybe Fred and I can be best frieds after all

Great thread - real food for thought.....will start re-training Fred today

I am new to this forum but posts like yours, KD, make me realise what a brilliant place it is! I too am an 'over' 'thinker and a control freak but at times auto pilot Fred seems to control me. I need to read your posts through carefully again and work on it. In the meantime, thank you! A brilliant explanation.

SilverS

Fred is the subconscious and controls 90% of the mind. We need to get |Fred on side with any change. Many people think Fred is supporting them, but actually his main priority is to ensure your survival. If you have programmed fred to believe that being fat protects you, he will take over and sabotage your diet etc

This is what was running my mind, but with hypnotherapy I'm now tellling Fred what to do

I have just realised that I have a Fred residing with me too His tenancy agreement needs to be renegotiated though

I re-named my Fred DICK, because he is a dick for sabotaging me all the time

me and my fred are about to have a chat !!!
i can explain and understand every diet going, i can advise others and be supportive, but i sabotage myself every time i start to lose.
obviously my fred has learnt that i don't want to lose weight.
well fred your wrong and i need to you to know that !!!

writing it down will hopefully start his learning process

i have been reborn this evening thanks to things i have read on here !!

FANTASTIC thread!! Very insightful and funny too! It definitely explains why I can be 100% all week and go mad at weekends! Its Fred!!!!!! No more mate!!!

two things spring to mind [right said fred] and drop dead fred ! great concept though ill be giving it a try xxx

Excellent thread, so glad it was bumped and I found it. Thanks

Absolutely brilliant. I wish I'd read your concept years ago. I'm a huge procrastinator... at everything besides 'quick'/ menial tasks. I often feel sad at a lost potential; particularly academically and musically. I hope I can regain some of what was lost rethinking in this way.

Bumped - because this is one of the best threads on Minimins. Thanks you KD!

Thank you for linking this in your diary, AliGal, and huuuuge thanks to KD for articulating this concept so beautifully. This chimes with something I read on Michael Eades' blog The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. » Why is low-carb is harder the second time around, part II about controlling your elephant. Human rides elephant, and it all looks graceful as long as the elephant has decided to give control over to the human. However, if the elephant goes on the rampage it's a force impossible to stop, regardless of the human on board... It's important to train your elephant/Fred, for sure.

Lovely connection, Weevil. Thanks for the Elephant, too! I love the paleo stuff - it makes such sense. Check out the lovely Swedish doc too - he has lots of great videos on why obesity has risen Diet Doctor - Real food for your health