Comments on: New Study Reveals “Secret” to Weight Loss http://www.balance-your-health.com/787/study-reveals-secret/ Build a better body with Balanced Health Blueprint. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:53:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hiram http://www.balance-your-health.com/787/study-reveals-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-2355 Hiram Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:50:24 +0000 http://www.balance-your-health.com/?p=787#comment-2355 One thing I forgot to mention is that cutting down on your snacking is a great idea - just kind of difficult to actually do. One reason for this is that a lot of the snacking we do is <b>habitual</b>. We're not really hungry, it's just that we've conditioned ourselves that every time we sit down to watch TV, we automatically grab the bag of chips. Before we know it, the TV and the chips have become linked by habit and it becomes hard to do one without having the other. Conditioned habits are easy to form and can be difficult to break. However, the first step in breaking them is by recognizing what has happened. You can then try substituting healthier alternatives as you work to break the link. For example, you can snack on carrot or celery sticks instead of on high-calorie chips. Yes, yes, I KNOW that carrot or celery just doesn't taste as good. That's kind of the whole point. Doing this has a number of benefits. First, even if you eat the same quantity of carrot or celery as you do chips, you'll benefit by eating foods with lower total calories and higher fiber. Second, if you don't like the carrot or celery nearly as much as you do the chips, you'll probably eat less of them. You'll benefit again by consuming fewer calories. Third, you may actually decide that eating raw carrot or celery sticks while watching TV just isn't your thing. You'll benefit here by weakening the link between TV and snacking to the point that you can now break it completely. Hiram One thing I forgot to mention is that cutting down on your snacking is a great idea – just kind of difficult to actually do. One reason for this is that a lot of the snacking we do is habitual. We’re not really hungry, it’s just that we’ve conditioned ourselves that every time we sit down to watch TV, we automatically grab the bag of chips. Before we know it, the TV and the chips have become linked by habit and it becomes hard to do one without having the other.

Conditioned habits are easy to form and can be difficult to break. However, the first step in breaking them is by recognizing what has happened. You can then try substituting healthier alternatives as you work to break the link. For example, you can snack on carrot or celery sticks instead of on high-calorie chips. Yes, yes, I KNOW that carrot or celery just doesn’t taste as good. That’s kind of the whole point.

Doing this has a number of benefits. First, even if you eat the same quantity of carrot or celery as you do chips, you’ll benefit by eating foods with lower total calories and higher fiber. Second, if you don’t like the carrot or celery nearly as much as you do the chips, you’ll probably eat less of them. You’ll benefit again by consuming fewer calories. Third, you may actually decide that eating raw carrot or celery sticks while watching TV just isn’t your thing. You’ll benefit here by weakening the link between TV and snacking to the point that you can now break it completely.

Hiram

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