I am eating too much junk and processed food while watching movies and youtube videos. I want to stop as it affects my health. Any suggestions.

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    1 year ago

    Basically we all need to learn how to hack ourselves.

    Whatever that may look like for you is fine, so long as the hacks don’t cause secondary problems then whatever works works.

    Your Ritual = sit, watch, snack on crap, repeat until ??

    So maybe try and replace each bit, one at a time, and see what you can bear to white knuckle long enough for it to transform into an enjoyable habit:

    • Sit -> walk on treadmill / exercise bike / whatever while you watch, or go outside for a walk while you listen to podcasts etc

    • Watch -> listening to podcasts and music or video audio frees up your eyes to be doing a crazy or hobby while you listen. This also means your hands will be occupied and not snacking.

    • Snack -> swap in fresh sweet crunchy veg (carrots, sweet bell pepper etc) or popcorn (no butter ya sneaky bugger) etc

    • Repeat until ??? -> Portion control. You don’t take the whole bag of chips out of the kitchen, you take out a small bowl full and that’s your limit

    Pick whichever one you want.

    Change is hard. We kinda hate it. But it’s worth it.