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—————- The next find out more meeting for our March programme is on Tuesday 23rd February which is in [cntdwn todate=”31 March 2020 23:59″ timeoff=”0″ showhours=”0″ showmins=”0″ pretext=””] Check myrise.co.uk/briefing-meeting to find out more, see what the meeting involves and, potentially, take that next step to transforming your life and body 🙂 ———————-
You may have seen that I’ve mentioned today’s blog a few times already this week,
If my theory is right, that should lead to an increased ‘open rate’ today.
I’ll let you know next week.
What I did was ‘open a loop’.
Create an incomplete story in your head.
And we don’t like that.
As a species, we like completion.
Conclusion.
Closure.
And end.
We like to close that loop.
I realised this the other day when I was late for the school run.
I’d been number crunching some info from the website on usage.
It had been on my ‘to do list’ for months.
But once I’d started it I struggled to tear myself away and leave it half done.
I could’ve quite easily come back and finished it later.
There was no rush whatsoever.
But that loop had been opened.
It’s like leaving a film five minutes before it ends.
We want to see how it ends.
Even films I’ve not been enjoying and have stopped watching, I’ll usually google to see how it finished.
Closing that loop.
And we’re the same with our meals.
We don’t like to leave something incomplete.
Half done.
And we were probably taught by parent’s and grandparents that “Some child in Ethiopia would love that” (I was 5 in Live Aid year).
Or “Waste not, want not”.
Leaving food on a plate is hard to do.
Requires a level of willpower.
A finite resource that runs out.
So………..
What’s the answer.
Make it so we don’t need to leave food on the plate.
A smaller portion size.
Maybe go back for more if you’re genuinely still hungry.
Or learn for next time what is a suitable amount.
Maybe punch it into MyFitnessPal (or other calculator) before so you know how much will help you hit your numbers.
Or help you choose which option you go for.
Perhaps a smaller actual plate.
But, ultimately, get an amount that will, overall, leave you in maintenance or deficit.
Don’t put yourself in that position where there’s still that ‘open loop’.
Allow it to be closed.
To be completed.
Finished.
Much love,
Jon ‘Times’ Hall
P.S. You know, if you’ve been reading these and live or work in or near Macc and have never booked in for our find out more meeting, you’ve got a big loop that you’ll feel better for closing. Just find out more. If it’s not for you, you’ve only wasted half an hour. If it is, you might be about to change your life –>Â myrise.co.uk/briefing-meeting.
