Bad: “Causing or liable to cause sickness or ill health; injurious or harmful.” (Dictionary.com).
When someone says, “that’s bad for you,” you may start thinking, ‘Maybe I should consider giving it up.”
Now I’m Catholic, so usually I’m only in this mindset for 40 days sometime in the spring. However, I think it’s important to have this mindset at all times of the year.
Let’s take a closer look at how healthy “giving things up” can be.
Most people I know make it a practice to give up things. It could be smoking, soda, fast food, TV … the list goes on. I have a thought though. Instead of giving things up why don’t we replace them. What???
So let’s say you give up soda. Is that it? Just cold turkey.
What replaces your need for caffeine, sugar, carbonation, etc? It’s healthier for your body, but it can be stressful mentally. Instead of just giving it up, replace it with something healthier.
So wherever you keep the soda in the fridge, replace it with diet ginger ale or something like sparkling water. Then when you go to grab that soda, there’s something in its spot, it’s pretty similar and your body isn’t freaking out.
I’ve seen a lot of people (myself included) get on super healthy binges and then revert back to — or often worse than — where they started. That’s the worst-case scenario because it can affect your confidence to continue, besides reducing the effects of what you’ve accomplished.
I don’t want to see that happen to anyone.
So here’s my advice: Stop simply quitting stuff. Instead, start replacing your bad habits with healthy ones.
Quote: “It’s always the little decisions that have the biggest impact. Do it because you love it.” — Mark Cuban
- John
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