3 Reasons you need to shape your physical and social environment to lose weight.
So…I have a confession…I am crazy busy right now. As such I didn’t have time to come up with story to illustrate today’s main point, which is…You need to shape your physical and social environment to assist you in losing weight and reaching your fitness goals.
There are three reasons you need to shape or control both your physical and social environment if weight loss or transforming your body is your goal.
- Things in your social and physical environment influence and affect you.
- Modifying your environment is an important skill for long term sustained change. After all you want to change and stay that way right?
- Modifying your environment reduces the amount of willpower and effort you will have to use.
How it works from a Physical Environment standpoint.
- Visibility – If you can see it, you will eat it.
- Convenience – If it is easy to get, you will eat it.
- Proximity – If it is close to you, you will eat it.
Think about it, let’s say there is a vending machine at work that has your favorite candy bar in. Plus, whenever someone opens the office door you see (visibility) that candy bar smiling at you. Additionally, the water cooler is right next to the vending machine and you have cash in your pocket (convenient). The last draw, it is literally 10 steps away from your desk, yep you have counted.
You can fight this battle for a little bit…but most likely you will lose it.
On the other hand, if you could change your physical environment.
First, you move your desk around so you won’t be starting at the thing every time someone opens the door.
Second, you decide to bring a water bottle to work which would make going to get the candy bar less convenient and you leave your cash in the car so you couldn’t buy the candy bar unless you walked all the way outside which is less convenient and removes the proximity of the item as well.
Think about it and how you can apply it?
Tomorrow, I will address changing your social environment.
Go be awesome!
KELLEN LAKE – Making weight loss easier, but not easy ;-).
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