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How's it going? Welcome back to the podcast. Today we are going to be discussing how to make changes to your environment to promote healthier eating and exercise habits. And the reason that I want to

discuss this topic is I think that a lot of people, we often tend to underestimate the importance

of our environment in shaping our habits. When I say our environment, I don't just mean the

things around you. So when I say our environment, I mean, yeah, your home, but also your work,

your car environment, you know, where else are you spending time? Who are you spending time with?

What are the things that you're exposing yourself to in terms of the mental inputs as well?

So what are the things that you are surrounding yourself with and how are those things impacting your health?

After this episode, I want you to take some time to really think about that and think about how you may be able to implement some of the things that we discuss in this episode or think about some ways that you can creatively make changes to your own lifestyle and your own environment to promote

healthier habits because the reality is a lot of the behaviors that we engage in on a day-to-day

basis are going to be heavily influenced by our environment whether we like it or not they are

going to be influenced by our environment. You can

exercise the highest level of willpower in, you know, break away from the environmental pressures,

but that's difficult. And that's really one of the reasons that a lot of people struggle is a lot of

people are trying to make changes and behavioral changes without modifying the larger

environment. And this is one of the things that we are struggling with overall as a society in the

United States is we have created an environment that is very conducive towards physical inactivity

and towards the overconsumption of highly processed foods that aren't very nutritious.

We have created an environment that makes it very easy to do that and makes that the default

choice. Those are the less expensive options in many cases. Those are the more convenient and

accessible options in many cases. And that's largely a consequence of being able to prepare

and package these foods and keep them from going bad.

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