OK. My aversion techniques worked. Well, kind of. The thing is that their use was quite short sighted.
Aversion techniques are great if you are repeatedly eating a food that you just can't say no to. But they are not meant to be used for a whole diet change by themselves.
I tried using them exclusively to enforce my healthy eating habits and it worked for a few days. However, it all boils down to motivation. As I hadn't built the motivation needed, I gave in keeping up my aversion of paying a 'fine' to eat wheat.
They will work if you tie them in with other things. If you have been trying to lose weight for a while, you probably know how to lose weight (keep calories down, stay away from sugars and refined carbs etc. ). The problem is putting it into action and then keeping it going.
In his book Think And Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill's main points are that to succeed in anything you need to follow certain things in order. They are:
1. Have a strong desire/yearning to do something
2. Totally believe you can do it
3. Plan thoroughly
4. Take action
5. Persist until you succeed
I have a very strong desire to lose weight. I totally believe I can do it. I have a plan to do it (stop eating wheat and sugar). It's just the putting it into action and persisting in it that I suck at at the moment. This is where motivation comes in. I'm currently reading some things to try to learn how to channel my motivation so that I actually implement this.
The aversion techniques come in here. When your putting your steps into action you may find you trip over Irish coffees, for example. So, you would go back to your plan, add in your aversion techniques to it to rid that trip-hazzard then commence steps 4 and 5. The motivation comes in at 4 and 5 so that's what I need to get it nailed next so that I can really up my game.
How do you motivate your self to lose weight?
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