I studied marketing at uni and really enjoyed learning about the concept nudging from behavioural psychology/insights.
It’s super interesting to me and recently I was thinking instead of on a mass-scale for public health or corporations purposes, etc, what if I tried to use this concept to help my own weight loss.
It’s already super hard, but I do want it, so the question is how do you trick yourself into eating better/less each day?
One example of nudging for food (for meetings, coffee mornings, etc) is to make plates smaller to enhance the appearance of the amount. Using the same amount on a bigger plate mentally gives off the impression that there’s less food at this event, meaning you may like it less, etc, but with a smaller plate with the same amount of food, you show people there’s maybe an excess of food/it’s a good environment to be in.
Well, I know eating plates already exist (I even had an idea back in uni that trolleys should be sectioned into different colours, small area of red, medium of amber, large green space, to indicate how much should be in one sort of area, with the labels around the shop using the same colours next to the name of product- to potentially nudge buyers into making a healthier eating choice).
Anyway! Do people have any ideas/tricks like this that could work? I know people drink water when they feel hungry first/right before meal, but what else is there?
Like in a practical sense, is there anything else that could actually value into tricking one’s brain to help get through the day and manage initial cravings/desires/binged when it’s hardest at the start/consistently just make this a habit.
Appreciate any help! Let’s make this easier on all of us!
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