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If you are trading in your bad habits for healthy, acne fighting ones, you should know that using willpower alone will never work in the long run. You need to start thinking differently!
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if you buy bread that is gluten free and its whole grain with all the nutrients can you eat it?
Yes, sure you can! But do you know what grains contain gluten? They won’t list gluten as an ingredient on the package or anything. You should know that most bread does have gluten in, especially ones that you would find at a normal grocery store. There are specialty gluten free breads available at health food stores and certain bakeries, but I find that gluten free breads are sort of cardboardy, so I don’t even bother.
Hey, when I was getting a degree in public health I was taught there are four factors that influence changes in behavior: BBSSO.
1) Benefits: sometimes we can change our behavior because of the benefits we will get/feel and those are enough to motivate a change in behavior; like looking good is such a strong desire and benefit…that it alone is enough to keep us motivated.
2) Barriers: sometimes we need to remove barriers that are preventing the behavior we want, like if we are 20 miles from the gym, we are never going to be successful at daily working out at the gym. It may require we move closer to the track or the gym or public transportation or the farmstands or natural food store etc.
3) Severity: The consequences of not changing the behavior might be severe, like the consequence of continued smoking is cancer which is very severe so the fear of the consequence often motivates behavior.
4) Susceptibility: The consequence may be severe but if we don’t feel susceptible to the consequence then it won’t motivate us. So susceptibility and severity usually go hand-in-hand. Most people don’t have trouble brushing their teeth twice a day because we feel very susceptible to the severity of pain and lost teeth. Most people don’t have trouble brushing their teeth twice a day because we feel very susceptible to the severity of pain and lost teeth.The severity of diabetic complications (leading to death) may be motivating, so if we feel very susceptible they both drive us to behavior changes.
So, sometimes we understand the benefits, we remove the barriers, we understand the severity, and we feel very susceptible and still… We feel guilty for not changing our behavior. So, why are we changing?
5. Outcome: if the outcome of our efforts occur quickly, the new habit is quickly established. For instance, if we diet for one day and can lose 3 pounds, everyone would diet and lose weight. Unfortunately, the outcome is typically unseen (like not getting cancer ) or way in the future (weight loss). This is the strongest deterrent to behavior change: A delayed outcome. Doubting an outcome at all or recognizing a distant outcome stops most people. If basketball players couldn’t see the ball going into the net, the game would be abandoned quickly. It’s the immediate gratification of seeing the basketball go through the net that motivates people to play the game. If the net was behind a large board and you needed a spotter to tell you if it went in or not, who would play? Immediate gratification/outcomes win every time. The flavor of a pizza or doughnut wins over losing weight at the end of seven days.
Why do I share this? Because in several studies, knowing these factors have influenced and helped individuals overcome their problem area.
Cheers!