#8 Keto for Ego
Let’s shape up that bad boy
No one likes an egoistic person. And the bitter truth is that everyone is one. But it becomes malign when it consumes and blinds us.
Ego is indigenous and I don't know if I can completely let go of my ego and become a monk or not, but I think I have found another way. It’s almost impossible to let go of ego, coz it’s a part of our body, an intangible one like…like our soul. And like any part of our body, it needs to feed on something. Don’t think why can’t we let it starve to death. It will consume us as a whole. So we have to feed it something. Let's plan for a diet for our ego.
All of our egos have crossed their BMIs. They are these fat ugly creature who unlike us, do not mind looking ugly in the mirror, but we do…I do… So we need a diet, not only to look beautiful but to stay healthy.
Look at it this way. Haven’t we seen dogs and cats live under the same roof, forgetting their eternal enmity? Or haven’t we seen the news about some carnivorous pet who is actually vegan? How, because of what is called conditioning. So this diet is to condition our ego to keep it in a healthy state.
Intermittent Fasting
When someone argues with you, try to ask yourself, why is he saying what he is saying? Have I done anything that might have offended him? If yes, acknowledge it, let your ego starve. Apologize and feed their ego.
It is good not to feed your ego at times. It might be tough, as every beginning, but soon he will get the hang of it and you will taste the fruit.
Salad
If someone tries to piss you off or try to make you angry, don’t fall for that. You might think they are making you angry, but in reality, it's always your choice. We all have seen posts saying ‘I like to listen to lies when I already know the truth’ and 100 more like that, which in a subtle way is feeding our own ego. Imagine someone trying to make you angry, but you know it's your call to get mad or not and you choose not to be. That will make them try harder and go in vain again. That’s a healthy way to feed your ego. Try it!
Dehydrate
No, it’s not spelt wrong. In a normal diet, you would want to stay hydrated. The same is your ego, he loves to stay hydrated; so he won’t allow those drops to pour out. What if someone sees you? You have portrayed yourself as or it is how you want to be perceived, strong. So starve your ego and dehydrate. Let those drops drip. Cry! it’s okay. No dam was built without shutters.
HIIT
No diet is complete/successful without a bit of cardio or high-intensity training. There comes these situations where you want to do nothing but burst out so that you can feed your ego ‘Biriyani’ and put him to sleep. Try to stay calm in that situation. It is super hard but very efficient, try to do that sometimes.
Cheat day
Ah! you followed all these for so many days and you screw up one day. It’s ok; that’s what makes us human, we are allowed to screw up once in a while, things do get out of control sometimes. It’s all part of it. Consider it your cheat day, and the moment you realize you went off track, bang!!! you are actually back on the diet.
The ideal BMI
The key is to manage a low but ideal BMI for ego. Don’t go too low or that will be worse. We know keto can go bad and we don't want to overdo and get ourselves weak. The lowest BMI is your self-respect. Don’t go below that, you don't want to trade your self-respect in this process. There is a subtle difference between self-respect and ego and try to keep the shit in between.
No one else can create a custom plan for you by asking a few questions, unlike the regular diet. This is a general idea behind and the framework. Create one dedicated plan for yourself. You only know by what values you proceed and thus you only can define and set your limit for self-respect. And to perfect it, we only have the old school method of trial and error. And that’s the key to success., never cease trying.
Don’t judge
Have you seen anyone mocking/ making fun of someone else in a gym? Not often right. Rather they motivate. You will be terrified to see that 90kg mountain, thinking he might mistake you for his dumbbells, but he will be the first one to smile at you and show you how to do stuff. So if you come across an egoistic person, do not judge him ( or her; I am all in for gender equality), he might be on the same path or soon will be. Throw him a fake bone for the time being and try to evangelize him into dieting.
This doesn’t mean you have to be on the losing side always, doesn’t mean you have to let the other person win the conversation always. The question is when you are already aware you are right, what is the point in proving it.
I am not a specialist or a psychiatrist or whoever gets paid to care shit about this. I don't know if this is the right way to handle this one but looks okay to me, at least in the short term. And that's the idea too. Like in Hollywood we have seen, “I think you are old enough to understand” and they say whatever crap they were hiding; this is a similar process to train ourselves. So that when our ego is old/mature enough we can break the truth…that there is No SPOON!!!
Love!
