How you eat matters. A recent study supports what seems obvious to me: a pleasant, relaxing eating experience leads to healthier food choices and better health. So many people race out the door, grabbing something as they go, or they graze all day long without ever sitting down to enjoy their food. The study looked at the eating[…]
Do you find yourself saying – screaming?! – these words (silently, or maybe not so silently) to yourself? Want to change a habit? I do. Most of the habits I hear about people wanting to change are related to eating. “I need to (want to, have to, DEFINITELY should, etc.) stop . . . .[…]
Habitual thinking patterns can easily undo the best of intentions when it comes to eating. Because they have become habits, these thoughts play out unconsciously, which makes them so sneaky and difficult to change. A perfect example is the all-too-common self talk that proclaims “I blew it.” The obvious (but not really very logical) conclusion[…]
– Willpower is usually much better when a person is well-fed. Being over-hungry is like tossing your willpower right out the window! – The same can be said for pleasure from your food. After days on end of boring, tasteless food, it is usually not long before willpower wears thin and cravings for tasty food[…]
Seemingly little things we do can make a HUGE difference in how the day goes. If you are skeptical, keep reading.
The process of changing habits is a topic of huge interest to me. It is a large part – arguably the largest part – of helping people get healthier. For this reason, earlier this month I found myself at an all-day seminar on the subject. One piece of new information has been rattling around in[…]