psychology

Adopting Healthy Habits

February 13, 2010
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Be it trying to lose some weight, sticking to an exercise regime, taking your vitamins, quitting smoking, or any other goal, if it is something that goes against your usual routine, adopting a new habit is going to be met with some resistance. You can reframe the problem (it’s about building NEW habits, not destroying [...]

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To all the obsessive people in the world

January 17, 2010
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This is to all the obsessive people in the world: Get out, get a life, get some perspective, get off your high horse and your holier-than-thou mindset. Get a breath of fresh air. Get some quiet. Get some peace of mind. Become clear of what you need to do, and why you need to do [...]

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Thinking in Black and White

January 16, 2010
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All too often, people like to shift between two modes. They’re either on a diet, or off a diet. They’re either eating clean, or swallowing everything in sight. Either on a perfect workout routine, or doing nothing at all. I’m guilty of that as well, and I attribute it to my impatience and perfectionism. Very [...]

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The 1 Important Thing to Constantly Ask Yourself During a Workout

December 9, 2009
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This is a short post, because its only about one thing that everybody should be asking themselves during their workout. And the question is: “Is it safe?” Is the next rep going to be safe? Can I sustain another 5 mins at this pace? What does hitting my PRs today mean in the long run? [...]

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When to be concerned about the minutiae, and when not to

November 21, 2009
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Lots of people get caught up in the minutiae. They want to know every possible new method of treating a disease/ curing an ailment/ etc, and pounce upon every single possible new theory in “science”. What I contend in this article is that there are known responses of the human body towards certain stimuli, but [...]

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Accumulation

October 29, 2009
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Once again, I give you a monster post – about 2400 words. In almost anything that we can endeavour to do, the end result is often the product of numerous tiny accumulations which become significant over the course of time. Tiny jumps in the evolutionary ladder brought us apart from our chimpanzee cousins (albeit very [...]

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Men vs Women: How Different

September 27, 2009
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Clearly, anyone who thinks that a man and a woman are equal must be living on Mars. Sure, we have equal rights, blah blah, but when it comes to fitness training, nature designed the male and female body in pretty different ways. As you would guess, this has some implications on how a female should [...]

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Hair Gel and Diet Coke: Or why we make choices

September 24, 2009
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Just a fun post. Went shopping, and decided to pick up some hair gel. I saw the homebrand hair gel, cost – $1.09. I didn’t buy that, thinking that I wasn’t that cheap. So I bought the one you see in the picture, for $3.99. Not the most expensive one there (I really wonder why [...]

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Diet Self-Sabotage 4: Preventing Self-Sabotage

September 19, 2009
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This is the last (and shortest) post in Self-Sabotage in Fat Loss Diets. It is mainly a summary, and ultimately, change will have to be initated by the subject himself/herself. In Diet Self-Sabotage 1: The Lack of Proper Expectations and the Proper Plan, I talked about how people set unrealistic and unspecific goals and expectations [...]

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Diet Self-Sabotage 3: The Lack of Flexibility

September 16, 2009

This is part 3 of the Self-Sabotage in Fat Loss Diets series. In Diet Self-Sabotage 1: The Lack of Proper Expectations and the Proper Plan, I talked about the need to set both realistic and specific goals and expectations. In Diet Self-Sabotage 2: Patience, Perception and Randomness is Dieting, I talked about how the body [...]

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