How to resist junk food
August 4, 2011
Focus on thinking about your health and you’re more likely to choose something healthy to eat even if it’s not something you find delicious. In a California Institute of Techonology study, people who are told to think about healthiness were more likely to turn down junk food even if it is something they find tasty.
Kinda wish I’d known this before I went to stock up on M&M, Big Feet and Fuzzy Peaches to snack on during my 20 hours of travel time… Ah, who’s kidding who, I’d still have gotten the candy. Celery sticks would only make the looooong flight even harder to bear.
Filed under: Diet,Healthy Swellness
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Melanie | August 15, 2011 at 11:05 AM
Thanks for this tip! I struggle with this all the time.
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healthandswellness | August 15, 2011 at 4:05 PM
I don’t think this tip would work for me, I love potato chips too much. Although I do find immediately after a run, I usually feel too guilty to eat anything too junky — all that hard work going to waste and all. (but then forget after a few hours
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