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Wednesday, February 17, 2010Stop Fussing Over Your Weaknesses!
Do you feel defeated when it comes to implementing healthier food
habits? If so, this article will give you empowerment.
You see, people who have poor eating habits tend to focus on their
weaknesses. They keep repeating to themselves "I know I shouldn't
have X (make it your preferred guilt-inducing food: chocolate, chips,
fries, bacon)." And so the cycle of fleeting pleasure, remorse, and
short-lived determination repeats itself.
Try Another Source of Motivation
Einstein once said that the definition of insanity is to keep repeating the
same behaviors over and over while expecting different outcomes. So if
obsessing over your food habits has led you to no avail in the past, don't
expect it to be a fruitful endeavor moving forward.
Rather than count on your already over-solicited mental
- Physical: Rather than give in to that brownie, put on your sneakers and go for a
walk. Research shows that people who can best resist tempting food are
those who divert their attention. Other research also shows that when a
tempting stimulus is not available, our brain activity related to it diminishes
considerably.
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Emotional: Learn to look at that slice of pizza differently. Rather than see
the comforting flavors, envision the cholesterol deposits it will leave in your
arteries, the rising blood pressure that will ensue, and that sweaty and
out-of-breath feeling that you might experience just trying to walk up a flight
of stairs over a lifetime of pizza slices. Yuck!
Next time you want to avoid a certain food, save your mental