How to Improve Your Self-Control

1. Avoid temptation by finding a healthy distraction to take your mind off of it.
2. Plan ahead to improve willpower and be ready with a solution,
3. Practice. Think of self-control as a muscle...the more regularly you use it, the stronger it gets.
4. Focus on one area at a time. Trying to juggle change in too many areas will exhaust and demotivate you.
5. Practice mindfulness to slow your thoughts and control gut impulses.
6. Remind yourself how things can go wrong if you lose self-control.

Since it has been scientifically proven that we have a limited stash of self-control, use it wisely.

The key is to practice it often...exercise it like a muscle to strengthen and improve over time.

Tip: Begin with delaying gratification, put off short-term desires in favor of long-term rewards...like, sticking to your diet and allowing yourself an occasional treat day.