How to Get Willpower
May 17, 2009 by Cherie Burbach
Filed under Women's Health
I’m fascinated by the concept of willpower. Aren’t you? I mean, what does it take for a person to stick to a diet regime? Are certain people more prone to success than others?
Jillian Michaels, one of the trainers for The Biggest Loser, mentioned something very interesting the other day on MSN. She said you can change your success with willpower by change the way you look at it. She cites the example that when you do things on impulse (grabbing that cookie – or five – sitting on the counter) you are using the part of your brain in charge of spur of the moment decisions. But when you stop for just a moment and think, you are using a different part of the brain. So if you stop and think about whether you want to shove that cookie in your mouth, you’re automatically giving yourself a boost when it comes to willpower.
She always says that the more you learn to think this way, the better you will be with willpower overall. In short, you’ll be making better choices.
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