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The <a href=/articles/2015/01/secrets-to-weight-loss>weight-loss formula</a> is often summarized as <a href=/articles/2017/11/snack>eat less</a>, exercise more. However, “there’s a gap between <a href=/articles/2017/09/keto-diet>knowledge and action</a>,” says Ted Spiker, author of the book Down Size. “We can be inundated with information or be given <a href=/articles/2018/02/food-journal>a plan</a>, but what makes people change in a lasting way?”According to Spiker, there are two mindset shifts can help people make healthy changes that will stick.1. Accept the slip-ups.Dieting is one of the only areas of life where we <a href=/articles/2015/01/secrets-to-weight-loss>don’t accept mistakes</a>, Spiker says. “At work, we make mistakes, we learn, we do better; in relationships, we have fights, we work it out. We don’t expect perfection. But if we fail at a diet—overeat or consume something we don’t think we should—we throw in the towel and say: ‘Forget it. I ruined it.’ We never accept the fact that we can make mistakes and be flexible. In the long game, you have to have that mindset.”2.Use if-thenstatements.This is a willpower tactic that can serve as plan of attack when temptations arise, Spiker says. The gist: Figure out a game plan before an event that might trigger overindulgences. So, if X happens, you do Y. “If I’m going to a party, then I drink three glasses of water between drinks; if I am going to a pizza place, I’ll order a salad have only a slice,” he offers as examples. “People who use ‘if-then’ more effectively handle temptation because it helps them deal with impulses.”

The mindset switch

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