{"id":5606,"date":"2018-01-12T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/?p=5606"},"modified":"2019-06-10T20:10:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T00:10:17","slug":"resolution-week-reverse-psychology-failing-to-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=5606","title":{"rendered":"Resolution Week Reverse Psychology. Failing To Fail."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-opt-id=1451243950  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7547\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:199\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/iStock-475585958-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:4000\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/iStock-475585958.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:4000\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/iStock-475585958.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:4000\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/iStock-475585958.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:1737\/h:1150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/iStock-475585958.jpg 1737w, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:1470\/h:4000\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/iStock-475585958.jpg 1470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Every year we try to stick with our NY resolutions, and 80% of us fail by Valentines Day. This year we flip the script.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next week, I&#8217;ll give you the Top Ten Tips to totally mess up your diet. If 80% of us try to do this, and FAIL, we&#8217;ll finally win!!<\/p>\n<p>(HINT: if you want to skip the whole &#8220;reverse psychology&#8221; approach, just see what the bullets tell you to do, and do the opposite.)<\/p>\n<p>9.<b> Practice gastro-physics.\u00a0<\/b>Remember that if you eat a candy bar you can always annihilate it with diet products.\u00a0 Diet sodas and Snickers, for example, are dietary matter and anti-matter.\u00a0 They cancel, so if you have something naughty, just chase it with a Diet Coke\u00a0and some fat-free cheese \u201cfood\u201d product.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:385,&quot;335559991&quot;:504}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559991&quot;:504}\">10.\u00a0<\/span><b>Go for the\u00a0glo.\u00a0<\/b>Focus on foods that look like they come from outer space.\u00a0 Think\u00a0day-glo\u00a0pink,\u00a0and\u00a0neon orange.\u00a0 Those nuclear-yellow marshmallow \u201cpeeps\u201d are an ideal screw-up-your-diet food.\u00a0 What\u2019s the reasoning?\u00a0 The people on\u00a0<i>this<\/i>\u00a0planet are too fat.\u00a0 Now, have you ever seen a Martian who was overweight?\u00a0 Bottom line: If you eat food that looks like it was shipped here from Mars, you will be thin like them \u2026 albeit a tad orange with a bulbous head.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:385,&quot;335559991&quot;:504}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Good luck, and best wishes on a miserable failure to adhere to these tips.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wishing you a happy,\u00a0healthy New Year!!<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year we try to stick with our NY resolutions, and 80% of us fail by Valentines Day. 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