Avoid temptation.

IsMollyReallyHungry
IsMollyReallyHungry Posts: 15,389 Member
edited September 2024 in Motivation and Support
Avoid temptation.

If a cookie is sitting on your counter at home, you are more likely to eat it than if the cookie is in your pantry (or in the store). Despite the simplicity of this idea, many keep tempting foods in plain sight and try to convince themselves they won't eat it--but then they do.

If you really want to have some success at losing or maintaining, then remove temptation from your life as much as possible. You don't have absolute control of your environment, but you are not helpless, either.

Action for the day: Look through your home and office today. What temptations can you get rid of? With whom should you set limits so that you are not constantly bombarded with tempting foods?

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  • Luckymam
    Luckymam Posts: 300
    Absolutely agree. You hear so many people say "I can't help eating crisps/sweets/biscuits etc, because they're always in the cupboard at home"... erm, why buy them?

    Then they say, "oh, but I buy them for the kids"... your kids don't need them either.

    Just don't buy them!
  • Syreeta6
    Syreeta6 Posts: 377 Member
    Absolutely agree. You hear so many people say "I can't help eating crisps/sweets/biscuits etc, because they're always in the cupboard at home"... erm, why buy them?

    Then they say, "oh, but I buy them for the kids"... your kids don't need them either.

    Just don't buy them!

    AGREED! Out of sight, out of mind!
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