Today, more and more people are becoming aware of the importance of eating healthy and having a healthy lifestyle. Media and online sties today are full on info on the healthy lifestyle, the right kinds of food to eat, and whatever you need to know on achieving this kind of lifestyle. Despite of these literature and all the warnings given to us, there are still a lot of people who fail in their attempt at becoming fit and healthy. Despite the warnings and despite our understanding of the warnings, there are still a lot of people who eat high-calorie diets and engage in harmful behaviors like taking drugs and drinking alcohol. There are those that have given their best to do these things but have utterly failed. This indicates that achievivng a healthy lifestyle is a difficult thing to do which is also evidenced by the increasing stress-related sicknesses that people experience today. So, where does the problem lie?
The influence of gratification is the main cause of this failure. We don’t want to wait for a long time to see results but we want to ratify ourselves immediately after we have done something good. Even if you are promised a better thing in the future, people will choose an instant reward over it. People can’t wait for a better reward in the future, and if there is something that they can get now, they will surely get it.
If we apply this to being healthy, the reality is that you cannot immediately feel the effects or the benefits of adopting a healthy lifestyle. People know what is good for them; the problem is that they don’t want to give up on the nice things which will only results in an unhealthy lifestyle. You don’t do your dieting and exercising even though you know it is good for you since you will not see any benefit immediately. And this is the reason why many people fail to achieve the healthy lifestyle.
One way to help yourself is to give something to gratify yourself while you are doing your health plan. Just remember that it is not impossible to lay aside instant gratification to gain health benefits. Overcoming the problem of instant gratification can be done in several ways. But, you can actually try some methods to help you overcome this. One of the ways you can do it is by adding a bit of instant gratification to your health plan. Just to give you motivation to help you achieve your health goals, you can reward yourself every time you achieve a goal on your healthy living plan. You can start reducing rewards as you get used to your new habits.
Don’t make a mistake of rewarding yourself with food items that will go against your health goals. This can help you overcome the need for self gratification.