Quick idea to help make sticking to your bright lines easier

Ever find yourself craving a little something when you sit down to watch TV? Or get in the car? Or the minute you come home from work?

I have so many situations that trigger food thoughts. If you always used to eat when you're in a certain situation, that can be a hard thing to change.

Here's a quick idea to help:

Change things up. Challenge yourself to change as much of your behavior around that habit as you can. Mix things up. Whatever used to be your habit, do things differently.

For example, let's say you struggle after walking in the front door after work. You've developed a habit of eating a little something right away when you get home.

Try this: drive home from work a different way. Come in a different door. Hang your coat in a different place. Do something different that's soothing or fun the minute you get home: put on your favorite cozy clothes, pick a new flower from the garden for your bedside vase, turn on your essential oil diffuser.

Or, let's try another situation. Let's say you always eat when you sit down at night in front of the TV. How much of that situation can you change?

Well, you could always do something else entirely. Make it a 30-day no-TV challenge. Read a great book, take a walk, soak in the tub, do a yoga video.

Or, completely change up your TV situation. Maybe rearrange the furniture, move the TV to a new location, sit in a different chair, make TV-time the time you paint your nails or give yourself a face mask or enjoy a new kind of tea.

Breaking up as many behaviors as are linked to that habit might just make changing that eating behavior easier.

Certainly worth a try, especially if you're struggling.

[Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Bright Line Eating or Susan Peirce Thompson and the opinions on this blog are my own.]