Comments on: Diet-Sized Snack Packs Turn Off Willpower http://smarterfitter.com/blog/2008/07/04/diet-sized-snack-packs-turn-off-willpower/ Less diet, more brain Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:38:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Sheamus http://smarterfitter.com/blog/2008/07/04/diet-sized-snack-packs-turn-off-willpower/#comment-920 Sheamus Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:19:13 +0000 http://smarterfitter.com/blog/2008/07/04/diet-sized-snack-packs-turn-off-willpower/#comment-920 The problem with some that comes in 100-calorie options is one hundred calories seems like such a nothing amount - and it is - that it's easy to think, 'Oh, one more pack won't hurt... I'll just run it off tomorrow...' and down the slippery slope you go. Having said that there's been a lot of stuff on the various health/fitness blogs this week about vices and a lot of people really seem to struggle whenever anything calorific is in the house, many preferring an 'out of sight, out of mind' approach to junk food. I think until you can get past that lack of self-control any advances you make with your own health and fitness will always be fleeting. That's why for me an <a href="http://irun365.com/8020-nutrition/" rel="nofollow">80-20 approach</a> to nutrition is far and away the best method. Six days a week I'm eating clean (in my case, low-GI) and on the seventh it's party time. It works - I'm in really great shape and I'm guesstimating 2-3 months away from a six pack. The problem with some that comes in 100-calorie options is one hundred calories seems like such a nothing amount - and it is - that it’s easy to think, ‘Oh, one more pack won’t hurt… I’ll just run it off tomorrow…’ and down the slippery slope you go.

Having said that there’s been a lot of stuff on the various health/fitness blogs this week about vices and a lot of people really seem to struggle whenever anything calorific is in the house, many preferring an ‘out of sight, out of mind’ approach to junk food. I think until you can get past that lack of self-control any advances you make with your own health and fitness will always be fleeting.

That’s why for me an 80-20 approach to nutrition is far and away the best method. Six days a week I’m eating clean (in my case, low-GI) and on the seventh it’s party time. It works - I’m in really great shape and I’m guesstimating 2-3 months away from a six pack.

]]> By: SeaBreeze http://smarterfitter.com/blog/2008/07/04/diet-sized-snack-packs-turn-off-willpower/#comment-917 SeaBreeze Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:31:00 +0000 http://smarterfitter.com/blog/2008/07/04/diet-sized-snack-packs-turn-off-willpower/#comment-917 This study is awesome. I have always suspected that if I buy snack-packs then I will eat them. If I don't have them then I have to actively think about what I am and am not putting into my body. This study is awesome. I have always suspected that if I buy snack-packs then I will eat them. If I don’t have them then I have to actively think about what I am and am not putting into my body.

]]> By: MizFit http://smarterfitter.com/blog/2008/07/04/diet-sized-snack-packs-turn-off-willpower/#comment-916 MizFit Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:09:27 +0000 http://smarterfitter.com/blog/2008/07/04/diet-sized-snack-packs-turn-off-willpower/#comment-916 you are 100% right. although I do think, for some people, this is the perfect learning tool. the roots and WINGS to learning to gage on their own. Miz. you are 100% right.

although I do think, for some people, this is the perfect learning tool.

the roots and WINGS to learning to gage on their own.

Miz.

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