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I guess the trick is to experiment with different methods for different habits and see what works for you. For instance, the don’t break the chain method didn’t work for me when it came to exercise because exercise needs rest days.I’ve written about the techniques I experimented with here;1) Don’t Break The Chain Method. Some habits are simply binary. You either do them or you don’t. That translates to the presence or absence of a tick mark or a cross sign on a calender. For such habits, I personally use a calender-form habit tracker . You can find many such printables on pinterest, such as this one. Or you can design your own. Pinning those to a board in your room provides you with visual motivation as you start seeing more and more crosses appearing. You can use it for two habits, with crosses representing one habit and circles representing another. Anything more and the A4 version of it becomes messier.Jerry Seinfield used this method to write jokes everyday. He said,“After a few days you’ll have a chain. Just keep at it and the chain will grow longer every day. You’ll like seeing that chain, especially when you get a few weeks under your belt. Your only job next is to not break the chain.” Tweet thisAnd if you have to break the chain for whatever reason, you can make your own personal rule like, “Don’t break the chain twice in a row.”2) Tracker apps. One of the most common is Coach.me that helps you track the frequency of habits. The app also helps you connect to coaches for different habits but those require you to pay for the pro version. This app is also for binary habits, but it allows you to add in comments if you want to note down how much time each task took. It also helps give you an overview on all the habits you’re tracking.Another tracker app helps for timed habits. Atimelogger for the iphone is a personal favorite. You can log in all tasks you do every day. This gives you an indication on how many hours you spend weekly on important tasks and lets you stay on track of goals with a time component such as “Spend 5 hours writing every week,” or “Get 8 hours of sleep every day.”Then there are specific tracker apps for water intake and food intake and miles ran. They help send you reminders and notifications so you feel the urgency of updating them. Of course, sometimes they can be too overwhelming and it starts feeling good to ignore the notifications. If you’ve reached that level of insensitivity towards them, just save yourself the headache – and phone storage – and delete them from your phone as they don’t seem to work for you.3) Wearables such as Fitbit. These are trackers you wear like a watch (or clip-on) to track the number of steps you take, distance traversed, calories burned, amount of sleep you get. A lot of people I know who use fitbit highly recommend it, saying it significantly changed their sedentary habits, making them take the stairs instead of the lift, and take longer routes while walking. Fitbit also syncs with devices such as phones and tablets. The only thing about them is they’re not free.4) Go old school. Sometimes a tally system works best for things. Cal Newport hangs a sheet and tallies the number of hours spent thinking really hard on computer science research problems. The author of Deep Work and So Good They Can’t Ignore You calls it a minimalistic metric but it works for him and it requires basic technology which all – or at least most – of us happen to have; pen and paper. No calenders. No apps. No fitbits.

5 Reasons You Aren’t Losing Weight1. Your Gut Health Is InterferingEmerging research is uncovering just how important your microbiome the collection of bacteria in your gut is for your health, and potentially for your weight. A meta-analysis published in the March 2018 issue of the journal Genes looked at participants who incoporated interventions that favorably affect the microbiome, such as taking probiotics or prebiotics, and found that those people experienced a reduction in their body mass index (BMI) and fat mass compared with placebo.What to do Begin by increasing the prebiotics in your diet, suggests Kirby Walter, RD, who owns The Nourish RD in Chicago. “Prebiotics are fiber that feeds the good bacteria in your gut. You could be taking all the probiotics, but if you don’t feed this good bacteria, it can’t proliferate and overtake the bad bacteria in your gut,” she explains. Increase prebiotics in your diet by focusing on fruit and vegetable intake. Embrace variety (green beans one day, kale the next, and then a tomato salad) to give your gut a range of prebiotics that will keep it happy.2. You Skip Meals — Then End Up OvereatingIn an effort to cut calories, it’s tempting to go through the day trying to eat as little as possible and even skip meals. But if you do this, your body will push you to eat and this deprivation can backfire, says Walter. “Ninety percent of my weight loss clients are not eating enough during the day, and then they end up bingeing,” she says. If you restrict yourself all day, your body’s protective mechanisms will kick in the ones that drive you to get food, adds Walter. As a result, it’s not surprising if you eat an entire bag of cookies quickly late at night.What to do Eat on a predictable food schedule, advises Walter. If you eat regularly throughout the day, your body will be able to anticipate that you’re going to provide adequate nutrition for it. What’s more, she says, even if you’re trying to lose weight, make a plan for how you’re going to include a variety of foods into your day so you don’t feel deprived.3. You Eat Mindlessly or When DistractedRepetitive hand-to-mouth snacking while you’re in a daze watching TV or on your smartphone can make you wonder: What did I just eat?! Research shows that when you eat distracted, you’re more likely to eat more. When you’re aware of what you’re eating, you can make the brain-body connection that you’re full and satisfied.What to do Gorin recommends preparing your own meals when possible. “When you spend the time to cook or even assemble ingredients, you know the care that goes into preparing the foods you eat and you may be more likely to sit down and savor your food versus simply wolfing it down,” she says. And set aside at least a few minutes away from electronics to eat, Gorin adds.4. You Underestimate Your Portion SizesThe problem with portion sizes on packaging is that they’re pretty random. While there’s been a move to adjust serving sizes on packaging to be more realistic (like changing from ½ cup of ice cream as a serving size to ⅔ cup, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration), it’s still an outside guide that has no relationship to how hungry you are or what your body really needs.What to do Gorin recommends planning what you’ll eat for the day. “This can either be done by logging your food in a food diary to see how many calories you’re actually consuming (and adjusting portion sizes if needed) or working with a registered dietitian to create an easy-to-follow meal plan,” she says. If you want to handle that at home, Gorin has created printable mix-and-match meal plans that cut through the confusion and eliminate the portion-size guesswork.5. Your Medicine Cabinet Is to BlameSome medications cause weight gain or get in the way of your efforts to lose weight. Among them, according to the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, are: insulin to treat diabetes, certain antipsychotics or antidepressants, some epilepsy therapies, steroids, and blood-pressure-lowering meds like beta-blockers. These may cause weight gain because they mess with your metabolism in some way, alter your appetite, cause water retention, or contribute to fatigue, making you less active.What to do If you or your doctor notices that you’ve unintentionally gained weight, talk about it. Don't stop taking your meds just because you’ve gained weight, advises the University of Rochester Medical Center. In some cases, your doctor may be able to switch you to a different medication or adjust your dose.These 5 steps reveal the things you absolutely MUST AVOID if you want to look younger, to boost your immunity, reclaim your health, and achieve your ideal bod

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