How long to form a habit?

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Blithe Morning
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How long to form a habit?

Post by Blithe Morning » Fri Sep 18, 2015 2:00 pm

How long to form a habit?

It depends, apparently. The research now indicates it can take between 2-9 months.

My guess is that if you are dealing with altering hardwired behavior, i.e. cues to eat, it can take even longer.

Take-aways:

1. Stick with it.
2. Don't beat yourself up.

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2 ... t-66-days/
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Post by oolala53 » Mon Sep 21, 2015 1:19 am

The link took me to an article about listening.

The National Weight Loss Registry reports that relapse doesn't really go down significantly until 2-5 years into implementing a diet plan.

The woman who wrote Brain Over Binge who stopped bingeing overnight said it actually took about 9 months before the urges subsided. Not many have the patience to keep ignoring them but it's likely because they keep thinking things should be changing faster.

Baumeister says never assume that having trouble with making eating changes means you don't have willpower. It's definitely possible, but has a history mostly of failure. Maybe as we understand more, people will hang in there longer and increase the odds for success.
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Post by Blithe Morning » Tue Sep 22, 2015 7:24 pm

How odd. I checked the link and it looked right. Oh well.

I relinked it. This time, I hope it works.

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Post by oolala53 » Tue Sep 22, 2015 7:34 pm

worked.

The author says the more complicated, the longer it takes. Since people are actually making adjustments along the way, it makes sense that most people say they are still tweaking content years in. Viva tweaking!
Count plates, not calories. 11 years "during"
Age 69
BMI Jan/10-30.8
1/12-26.8 3/13-24.9 +/- 8-lb. 3 yrs
9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
2 yrs flux 6/20 22
1/21-23

There is no S better than Vanilla No S (mods now as a senior citizen)

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