Weve helped youeat on a budgetandnavigate the college cafeteria.
Now well help you eat well around your Pac-Man roommate.
Its not just you.
The solution is simple though: Put yourselfin a better food environment.
Start with theout of sight, out of mindapproach with your roommates junk food stash.
Theyre based on food psychology research, and they work without costing youadditional willpower or energy.
In this case, we obviously wouldnt recommend you do an epic purge of your roommates stash.
Its not your food to throw away.
This way you dont see it , and he still gets his snacks.
This idea works the other way, too.
Keep healthy snacks, like fruit and vegetables or even chewing gum in plain sight and within easy reach.
Considerflexible dieting, or the If It Fits Your Macros (IIFYM)approach to food instead.
Its something I personally follow and have great results with.
The biggest benefit is actually psychological.
IIFYM freed me from the idea of cant have foods.
Im able to truly enjoy theideas of moderation and balancewith IIFYM, guilt-free.
This flexibility means you’re free to enjoy a cookie without stressing out.
you might (and should) never touch your roommates food, because that would be stealing.
On the other hand, if your roommate is actuallyofferingjunk food, you might invokethe F*ck Yes!
This rule is similar to why you shouldplan your cheat meals in terms of risk versus reward.
You also learn to predict how you might feel about your choice afterward.
Illustration by: Sam Woolley.
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