EP. #184: 7 Ways to Delay Gratification to Achieve Your Goals

<span style="font-weight: 400;">You’ve decided you’re going to finally do what you need to do to lose those extra pounds. Starting today, you’ve resolved to eat better. </span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You’re going to eat only when you’re hungry. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You make a yummy salad and bring it to work for lunch. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You vow to eat fewer sweets and exercise for an hour three times a week. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Then you stop in the grocery store, and they are giving away free doughnuts to customers. You had oatmeal for breakfast and aren’t hungry, but you grab a chocolate glazed one and wolf it down while walking to the cash register.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At lunch, your coworkers order some pizza, and you decide to join them. You put your salad in the fridge and think, “I’ll eat it tomorrow.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the end of your work day, you decide you’re too tired to stop at the gym. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So much for good intentions! </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Can you relate? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ever since the first humans evolved in Africa, people have done things that are against their better judgment.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s not because you’re weak willed.   </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No doubt you’ve delayed gratification many times in your life. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stay tuned and learn how you can consistently do it with food, too! </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you’re enjoying this podcast, please consider supporting it in any amount. You can leave a tip to show your appreciation from the link on my website.</span></p>