A reward doesn't have to be something big, like a cheap meal. It can be as simple as reminding yourse fto feel a sense of pride by writing down how much weight you've lost each week. And i am absolutty certain that from the way you talk about it, when you hit a hundred and 85 pounds in the past, you were proud of that. I think if if you share that with wanda, and she knows how important it is to you, then when she congratulates you, it's going to be really, really rewarding.
John needs to shed 15-20 pounds. At age 72, on the cusp of retirement, he wants to reduce his blood pressure medication and have more energy to travel. John knows how to lose weight—at an earlier point in his life he lost more than 50 pounds! But now he’s gained much of it back, and with his wife baking him more sweets during the pandemic, he can’t motivate himself to keep the weight off. In this episode of How To!, we bring on Katy Milkman, a behavioral economist at the University of Pennsylvania to help John try some new mental tricks to achieve his goals. Start by reengineering your environment, Katy says, then create a concrete plan with loved ones who can hold you accountable. John can use a turning point, like his impending retirement, to kickstart a new weight-loss regimen that sticks.
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