{"id":5668,"date":"2009-02-19T08:05:32","date_gmt":"2009-02-19T13:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=5668"},"modified":"2009-02-17T17:04:40","modified_gmt":"2009-02-17T22:04:40","slug":"simple-steps-to-make-habit-changes-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/simple-steps-to-make-habit-changes-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Steps to Make Habit Changes Easier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/how-to-wean-yourself-off-diet-soda\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5762\" title=\"no-soda\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/no-soda.jpg\" alt=\"no soda\" width=\"200\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><a title=\"creating new habits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/4-steps-to-creating-new-habits\/\" target=\"_self\">Hab<\/a>i<a title=\"creating new habits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/4-steps-to-creating-new-habits\/\" target=\"_self\">ts<\/a> are those things that we do so frequently and naturally that we do them without thinking. When trying to change a <a title=\"creating new habits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/4-steps-to-creating-new-habits\/\" target=\"_self\">habit<\/a>, especially terminating a specific action or reaction or changing to a new action or reaction, these unconscious responses can feel out of your control or make you feel like you have an addiction.<\/p>\n<p>When I quit drinking <a title=\"juce soda and water\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/the-truth-about-juice-soda-and-water\/\" target=\"_self\">soda,<\/a> I was not addicted and did not have withdrawals, but it was the first thing I reached for when craving sweet or wanting a boost in the afternoon. Rather than trying to control what has become an unconscious reaction, you may find it easier to control the stimuli that cause that reaction or create <a title=\"positive stress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/stress-the-good\/\" target=\"_self\">new stimuli <\/a>to create a new reaction.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"0in;\" align=\"left\">Are you trying to stop a certain habit or reaction, create a new habit, or replace an old habit with a new one? When trying to stop a specific reaction, it can be helpful to remove those things that might encourage that reaction and introduce new cues that discourage that reaction.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/4-steps-to-creating-new-habits\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5761\" title=\"post-it\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/post-it.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you want to quit smoking, you don&#8217;t want to buy cigarettes and have them available. Posting a picture of yourself at your highest weight on your refrigerator is a common stimulus people use to discourage excess snacking. \u00a0If you are trying to improve your health by adding flossing to your daily schedule, a post-it note on the bathroom mirror might be the only added stimulus you need until it becomes an unconscious part of your routine. If you want to start eating <a title=\"healthy snacks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/tag\/snacks\/\" target=\"_self\">healthier snacks<\/a> instead of junk, put the graham crackers on the eye level shelf and the junk food out of site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Habits are those things that we do so frequently and naturally that we do them without thinking. When trying to change a habit, especially terminating a specific action or reaction or changing to a new action or reaction, these unconscious &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/simple-steps-to-make-habit-changes-easier\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[188,37,29],"class_list":["post-5668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-habits","tag-mental-health","tag-nutrition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5668"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5760,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5668\/revisions\/5760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}