The Food Breakup- It's Time To Change Your Relationship With Food!

"I can't take one more bite." "I shouldn't eat anymore." "I should stop." ...and then I eat one more bite. ...and then another. ..."Well, I might as well finish it." That was my internal voice. Let's say you've decided you're going to have one bite of the cake. Cool, you know what you're going to do and I'm not a believer in never eating something like that. Enjoy a bit of cake! But, one bite leads to another. Then another. Then 800 calories later you feel like sh*t! Ask me how I know this. We can learn to get conscious of the moment right after the good taste has passed when we think to ourselves, "I should stop." BAM!!! That's the moment to get conscious! BAM!!! We can learn to recognize that internal voice and ASSAULT your food...or should I say SALT your food. At that moment of willpower, recognize it! Leverage it! Grab a salt shaker and coat the food in salt. I mean so much so that it lo...

Willpower is a fickle friend. Having willpower in the moment of decision can be HIGHLY unreliable! Let's face it, it's too easy to cave in the moment of a "what do I eat" decision and make a choice that doesn't support your goals. This is usually followed by the "why did I just do that?" feeling which hurts our confidence and undermines our ability to get to our goal. Ask me how I know this...because I've done it 1000 times! We can prevent the problem though of having to make a good decision "in the moment." One tool to use is "Predecide". Predecide is simple...and we need simple!  Predecide what you will eat before the moment so you eliminate the emotional decision. When you're in the moment of making a decision on what to eat, emotions play a part of the decision and willpower may not hold up. However, if you know what you want before the moment of decision you take the emotion out of the decision. You just act...you don...

Did I get fitter today? That's all that matters. Did I make progress towards my goal today or not. Let's look at it a bit further. 1) Did I get ____ today? Maybe your goal isn't fitter it's healthier. That's fine, insert the word "healthy" and it becomes, "Did I get healthier today?"  I'm cool with that. Maybe you want to get stronger. Then your question is, "Did I get stronger today?" Make it your own. BTW- I'm a fan of "Did I get fitter today?" 2) Take your question and when you are in the moment of decision as what you will eat or if you should exercise...ask yourself...  "Will this get me closer to or further from fitter/healthy/stronger?" ACT accordingly! It's the decisions in the moment that define us! 3) One more rule. If you have to think about it when you ask yourself the question, "Did I get fitter today?" ...you DIDN'T! Let's act like the person we want to become!...