BYE-BYE BAD HABITS! HIJACK YOUR HABIT LOOP FOR UNSTOPPABLE HEALTH SUCCESS!

Introduction

Hey, health freak! Do you want to be rid of the rut syndrome? Have you ever found yourself pressing the snooze button in the morning only to find that you are not on track with your fitness plans- again? Do you feel frustrated as the resolve that you have to eat healthy foods fades as you succumb to a late night snack attack of chips? And are you nodding? In that case, I must reveal to you something tremendously exciting: it is all not your fault! It is not about not having will power and not being lazy and having some fundamental underlying issue with your character.

The actual cause is far more straightforward and, the best part is, it is something you can be in complete control over. We are speaking of the science of forming habits and it just so happens that today we are going to jump in head first to the world of what is known as the habit loop. Throw out all you ever heard about discipline training. It is not a pep talk it is a strategic play book! I will teach you how to harness the automatic functions of your brain--the same functions that have been working against you--and turn them into powerful apparatus to create a life of unbeatable health achievement. In this episode we will unlock the mysteries of habit, discover the principles that steal game-changing habits and give you a brand new lens through which to look at how your everyday activities really determine your fate. This isn;t fine tuning a couple of issues, this is a total mental hijacking a friendly take over of your own mind in your best interest! Think you are ready to bid those bad habits adieu and greet a new normal healthy, happy you? Alright, lets do it!

1. Your Brain The Secret Blueprint What is the secret of the habit loop

To truly answer how habits work, you have to begin with the most basic yet most important thing in all behavior change science, the habit loop. It is the psychological machine with three steps which operates within every single one of your programmed actions like brushing your teeth and taking a snack whenever you are bored. The habit loop is a smart, wonderful and at points infuriatingly efficient system our brains apply to economize. Ponder this: had we only been able to turn consciously doing each step of tying our shoes or getting to work each day we would not have the energy to do so! Our brains are geniuses and the habit loop is masterpiece of laziness. How then are these three mystical steps? The point is it is easy. It first has about a cue. This is the kick-starter, that is, what will make your brain go into autopilot mode. It might be a time of day, a place, emotional content and/or person. As an illustration, you may have the morning coffee as a source of your cues such as, a ringing of your alarm clock. And there is the Routine. This is the very behavior that is happening--the action you take physically or mentally in reply to the cue. Going to the coffee example, it would be waking up, going to the kitchen, grinding the coffee and making coffee.

Lastly there is the Reward. This is the reward, the slight scratch of gratification that says, to your brain, Hey! that was good! We will have to repeat that sometime.” What you get in the coffee ritual does not only include the caffeine rush but the feeling of sitting down and having the warmth of the mug in your hands, and the scent of the coffee. This reward is the most important component as it is what completes the loop and cements that behavior once and for all into your neural pathways that it becomes a permanent part. That is what makes building habits a near untenable force. The science of habit formation intends to teach a person to accept that this is not a conscious conflict, it is a process of redirecting neurons. Not brute force, but clever engineering and that is what we are going to do!

2. Good Habits:

You must form them in the best ways possible through the art of addition. You know the habit loop now and you are ready to begin building! This brings us to, the fun part, making of awesome good habits that once built are going to make you healthier more productive and happier. This is not some major overhaul but a small step by step stuff that builds up to substantial outcomes. Habit formation strategies refer to what is known as habit stacking or a highly effective method of habit formation. And it is extremely effective, and simple.

Rather than attempt to magically squeeze a new habit into your already busy life, it is instead a matter of piling one habit on top of another. The action in the above example, stating that you have a certain action that comes after your morning coffee out, i.e., after you drink a cup of coffee in the mornings, you open your email. You can add a new health habit in a stacked manner such as, after I finish having my morning coffee, I will do 10 squats, and then I would check my email. See? All you have done is to associate a new and favorable behavior with an old cue and in that way it is far more apt to hold. The second element that will lead to success is by ensuring that your new habits are so easy that you are unable to resist them. Getting a sense that you want to exercise? Do not set time in a gym at the very beginning. All you need to do is lay out your exercise gear ahead of time. This turns out to be so striking that the routine is almost effortless. It is a secret to developing such daily habits that do not seem to be a burden. And we cannot leave out morning routine habit power.

How would you begin your day determines what will follow. Piling on top of a couple of easy, virtuous morning rituals such as drinking a glass of water, stretching five minutes or doing a gratitude journal entry to establish a backbone of rewards and efficiency. These are what we refer to as keystone habits, since they tend to set off a chain of domino like effects creating additional positive changes in your day. It all is creating a new habit loop in which you know that you need to repeat immediately because there is the reward even though it is very small one. So, be consistent, it is your superpower here!

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All right, now we know how to establish good habits. But what about our bad habits we so very much want to get rid of? This is the point where many get trapped and think that the only thing that is necessary is increasing the amount of willpower and discipline of forming the habit. That, however, is a myth! It is a fact that a bad habit cannot simply be deleted. Your brain has formed a strong neural connection and in and of itself attempting to fight it is comparable to the attempt to stop a train using only your bare hands. The truth of the matter on how to end bad habits is to recognize the loop of the habit and steal it. The solution that you will require in breaking the cycle is either to attack the cue, the routine or the reward. It is best to leave the original cue and reward and alter the routine. To put it in other words, take a scenario where you always end up not paying attention to what you eat, as you unwind in front of the television set, snacking on chips. The couch is your cue and the delicious, salty taste and sensation of comfort is your reward. You should replace the habit instead of attempting to simply avoid eating chips which is a sure way of failing. Make sure instead of going to grab chips when you sit on the couch (the cue), take out a bowl of pre-cut and healthy veggies or a handful of almonds (the new routine). You still will receive the same comfort and have a satisfying crunch (the reward) but a much healthier result.

This forms the psychology of changing habits. YOU are not striking out at an urge, you are just offering your brain an alternative, superior method of getting the satisfaction it is in search of. The same can be used in quitting the procrastination habit. When you get the urge to procrastinate a task (the cue) you can use the social media (the old routine), but instead you can set a timer to five minutes and just begin the smallest step in the task (the new routine). The reward will be that of having the satisfaction of achievement and momentum. It is really the best approach there is to how to break a bad habit for good!

4. The thinking involves the connection between mind and body: the effects of awareness and discipline.

Little changes do not always achieve the desired result; engaging your mind and body in the processes count too in making changes lasting. This is also the place where such tools as mindfulness and self-discipline come into the picture. Whereas we have mentioned that will power is not always the key solution to the problem, it is not entirely useless either! Just imagine that self-discipline habits are not a punishment you have to put yourself through, it is a muscle that should be exercised to get stronger with time. Whenever you actively decide on the new and improved routine in place of old and automatic one, the muscle is strengthened. With practice it becomes easier and easier. That is why it is so important to make small doses of changes which are easy to cope with. You get to experience success and this arouses confidence on the next change. Mindfulness for habit change is another very potent means of changing habits. A lot of our bad habits occur through us being on autopilot without even being conscious of what we are doing. As you take a minute, to pause and observe the cue, the routine and the impulse, you create a small window of opportunity to allow yourself to take another course of action. As in the case of example, when you are about to pick your phone just breathe deeply and ask yourself, why are you doing this? So what am I really being repaid? With this small action of awareness, you can break the unconscious habit loop long enough to have your conscious mind take control of the self.

It has altered the game! And tracking your habits is an amazing idea to develop a self-discipline muscle. As you monitor progress , you ensure that there is a record of success that you can see and this provides good incentive that will strive to push you to continue. Its all about designing an environment where your success is apparent and rewarded and easier to establish new habits which stick and have a sense of satisfaction in how far you have come.

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Where to next then? You have the design, the plan and the instruments. So here is the point where you combine everything and create the healthiest, happiest you can be. It is important to keep in mind that there is no need to rush to change; this is not a race but a marathon. You do not even need to be perfect but you need to be consistent. Falls happen create a slip-up, but do not be discouraged! That is natural in the process. One simply needs to get straight back on the path and turn what has been learned into a lesson as opposed to losing it altogether. The new habits that you will incorporate in your daily life will be clumsy initially but with practice, they will become as automatic as the old ones. It is your quest to be able to design your life. First isolate a single one of your bad habits you would like to overcome and a single one of the good habits you would like to develop. Take into account planning with the assistance of the habit loop. Well that is the future! What's that old routine? Then what is the new routine that you will follow? What will be the reward up front?

This is the gist of psychology of habit change and the key to your future. You can use the habit tracking to see how you go, and reward each small success. Whether it is a week of getting to bed on time or ten days of drinking more water, each and every one of these successes builds your new anchor as a person who takes control over his or her health. What we have covered about behavior change science today is not merely the realm of theory; in fact, it is a realistic, and effective road map to a healthier life. That is why go out there and start building. Well, what are you waiting anyhow?

Conclusion

And that is that, people! Now we have explored the mind boggling science behind habits and got rid of any mystery around the habit loop, we have put the right set of strategies in your hands that you require to get rid of any bad habits and develop new good habits that can last. This is not something like you are punishing yourself through submission, rather this involves learning how your brain functions and utilizing it to your benefit.

They have to stop going by the flimsy willpower and start the sound, scientific game plan. Heavy, yet simple is the power of Cue, Routine and Reward. This dream of your new, healthy life is not so far after all--it is in fact a set of little, deliberate habits, simply waiting to be created. And then well what are you waiting? Great, let us do some hijacking of that habit loop and cause some unstoppable health success, start as of today!