Katie: I'm thinking think about my own personal situation and getting some pre consulting advice from you Katie. "I have a bunch of shorts that don't fit me comfortably and I long to wear them" She says she should throw out the comfortable shirts and force herself to wear those until they're comfortable by changing her eating behavior. 'You need probably to change the process for getting there rather than how big the pain is and the discomfort of not having the goal achieved' Says it's all about what's right in the here and now and what's rewarding instantly.
Behavioral scientist Katy Milkman of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania talks about her book How to Change with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. What can we learn from research in psychology and behavioral economics about breaking the habits we want to change? Is that research reliable? And should Russ Roberts accept being overweight or keep working at finding the thinner man trying to get out?