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Yesterday’s blog was the original one I intended to write about my dog.

Monday’s was a bonus I thought of whilst writing that one.

As is today’s.

Yesterday I talked about walking and training my dog when she was hungry.

As she responds better to treats then.

Treats.

The little bits of food we give dogs.

But also often how we describe certain bits of our own food as a justification for eating them.

Usually something more calorie dense.

Often sugary.

Maybe alcoholic.

Something we’ve termed as “unhealthy”.

But are justifying as a “treat”.

Because we “deserve it”.

After a “hard day”.

Which I get.

Life’s not always easy.

The human mind’s job is to make us feel better.

And the things we put in our mouth are often the quickest way to improve how we feel.

At least temporarily.

Unfortunately, they can then lead to the opposite.

A bigger reduction in how we feel overall than that short term gain.

It doesn’t mean we can never eat or drink those things.

No food or drink is inherently fattening or bad for our health.

It’s the overall balance of the week.

But, could we challenge that way of seeing things?

Is it a “treat” if we have some version of it every day?

Is it a “treat” if it contributes to us feeling worse overall?

Could it just be some food and drink that we have an amount of?

That we enjoy, sure.

But it’s just food and drink.

Could we “treat” ourselves with something else we only get pleasure from?

Watching our favourite programme?

Buying something we want?

Doing something else we enjoy?

You might argue that we’d do that anyway.

But, chances are, we’d have eaten or drank that thing anyway at some point.

It’s just how we frame it.

How we choose to see it.

Remembering that the words we use drive our thoughts and feelings which drive our actions and behaviours which drive our results.

If calling certain foods and drinks “treats” has worked for you, that’s cool.

If it hasn’t, is it worth questioning it?

After all, we treat dogs with food.

Much love,

Jon ‘Williams’ Hall

P.S. Hard middle name that. Any one?

Jon Hall
Jon Hall

When not helping people to transform their lives and bodies, Jon can usually be found either playing with his kids or taxi-ing them around. If you'd like to find out more about what we do at RISE then enter your details in the box to the right or bottom of this page or at myrise.co.uk - this is the same way every single one of the hundreds who've described this as "one of the best decisions I've ever made" took their first step.