Automatic healthy eating means the defaults—what you do without thinking—align with your goals. Research shows about 43% of daily behaviors are performed automatically. When habits are established, behavior requires minimal cognitive effort and willpower isn’t depleted. This companion explores what automatic healthy eating looks like (pre-decided environment, habitual timing, scripts for situations), the building blocks of automaticity, the transition period from effortful to natural, and maintaining habits through disruptions. (4 min read)
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