The Will and the Way. A Hacker’s Guide to Behavioural Change
If you’re still struggling to reach your fitness goals, maybe it’s not your willpower or something “defective” about you (that’s a story anyway), but perhaps a perspective that needs to shift. You’ve likely heard the phrase, “fake it until you make it”. But before you roll your eyes and abandon this read, what if there was another take on this? Find out how goals are similar to a transactional mindset and why habits are more relational and therefore more likely to see you through to success!
Calories In Vs Calories Out Myth
The National Institute of Health found that ghrelin, a hormone that drives hunger, is higher when people consume ultra-processed foods compared to eating a well-balanced diet. If appetite and hunger are driving food choices it is clear how processed foods set up a dysfunctional loop: hunger leads to eating more (because you’re still feeling hungry), non-satiety signals to the body to conserve energy (energy is stored as fat to be converted later into energy) and the loop continues.