Slimming World
I have recently joined a group called Slimming World, where slightly
overweight people like myself join other slightly overweight people once a week
with the aim to … you guessed it… loose weight! One of the techniques used to
help us attain this is implementation intentions (Gollwitzer, 1999). Implementation
intentions consist of making a plan so that when a specific situation arises (e.g.
going to McDonalds after work), a specific outcome is already decided, and this
automatic response is now elicited (driving another route home from work to
avoid McDonalds). We write these down at the beginning of each new week and
share them with our group.
And it works!
References
Gollwitzer, P. M. (1999). Implementation intentions:
Strong effects of simple plans. American psychologist, 54, 493.
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