on the radar quicklist 3category tricks to form healthier eating habits title create cues for healthy patternsurltext paving the way for new behaviors can be accomplished by using what scientists refer to as context cues which essentially means tying the behavior to something else that makes sense for example if you already cook dinner at home set a goal of using that time to prepare lunch for the next day too even if its just portioning out leftovers to take to work when a new behavior is consistently carried out within a specific context its much easier to remember to take action and those actions are more likely to stick for example youll wind up with clean eating lunches all week instead of forgetting and having to buy a less healthy meal 15 ways to lose weight without trying ive seen people apply this in lots of ways and its worked for me too for example i started to practice brief meditation immediately after opening my blinds to let in the morning sun before long the two actions began to feel like one daily ritual even setting your cell phone alarm to trigger you to take a break at the office to drink water or have a healthy snack can work as a cue for many of my clients this trick eventually led to automatically taking the break without needing the alarm quicklist 4category tricks to form healthier eating habits title question conventional notionsurltext in my years of counseling ive found that many people who are on the road to forming a new habit wind up talking themselves into quitting because they hang onto conventional notions about what will work for example the eating plan in my latest book sass yourself slim requires taking a daily dark chocolate escape which involves eating a few squares of dark chocolate without distraction during you time over and over ive seen this tactic work for curbing cravings and decreasing the desire to eat both sweet and salty junk foods like chips and baked goods but the moment someone starts to think two little dark chocolate squares arent going to make me not want cookies they stop practicing it and stop giving it the chance to make an impact but the truth is many of the assumptions we hold about what will work or wont are false one recent stanford study found that small portions are actually more satisfying than larger ones another found that no pain no gain workouts that dont feel fun can trigger rebound overeating which may cancel out your calorie burn bottom line keep an open mind ive had dozens of clients say things like i never thought id ever be able to give up diet soda or i never thought id look forward to cooking healthy meals but they got there because they had faith and hung in 11 ways to stop overeating after your workout quicklist 5category tricks to form healthier eating habits title find supporturltext one of