There are some times when I am very committed to more healthy behaviors. These are called \u201ccold\u201d times, because my passion to stuff myself is low:<\/p>\n
And here are the \u201chot\u201d times when my passion to consume calories is high and I am least committed to healthy behaviors:<\/p>\n
So how do we make use of this? I try to take advantage of the cold<\/em> times to manipulate my behavior in the hot<\/em> times. Ask yourself, \u201cif I were a controlling, manipulative taskmaster, how would I make sure someone in my house didn\u2019t have a beer when they got home? How would I make sure they didn\u2019t eat ice cream in the evening?\u201d The easy answer\u2014keep the treats out of the house.<\/p>\n So if I have an attack of conscience while brushing my teeth in the morning, because I had 2 beers when I got home from work yesterday and my weight went in the wrong direction, I can walk into the kitchen and take the rest of the beer out of the fridge. I hate warm beer, so I\u2019m unlikely to have beer when I get home later that day. Even moving the beer to a fridge in the garage can help\u2014anything to make it less desirable and less convenient during the \u201chot\u201d times.<\/p>\n Fans can help too. My wife always knows if I\u2019m on offense or defense. When I\u2019m on offense, during a cold time, I ask her not to buy any ice cream that week. I\u2019ve even been known to ask my wife and kid to eat my favorite ice cream before I get to it. When do I have the fortitude to make this request? During my cold times. I ask them while brushing my teeth in the morning. Or if I\u2019ve just pigged out and eaten half of the ice cream and I\u2019m feeling guilty and stuffed, I ask them to finish it off as soon as they can so there will be none left for me.<\/p>\n Continue to Get the Fans Into the Game<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are some times when I am very committed to more healthy behaviors. These are called \u201ccold\u201d times, because my passion to stuff myself is low: While brushing my teeth after breakfast After eating and drinking way too much and feeling sick to my stomach And here are the \u201chot\u201d times when my passion to … Continue reading “Hot & Cold Times – Momentum 2”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78,"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}