Falling into Bad Habits

From what I can see falling into bad habits can sometimes take weeks, months, or even years. For me it takes just a few weeks, of changing patterns to form a bad habit, or pick a new one up. The habits I'm going to talk about are the ones directly related to weight gain. For me I start eating sweet, and salty foods, just the taste on my tongue, instantly hits a pleasure zone for me, and leads me to wanting more, and if eating well doing something else, ill eat way more than a serving. I think this can be true for a lot of people, and wants you start eating those foods, it is pretty hard to just stop cold turkey. Eating the foods that aren't good for your body leaves all kinds of negative effects, mentally, and physically. Physically, you will feel sluggish, heavy,and energy less, mentally may be different from one person to the next, but i feel less motivated, ashamed, regretful, unhealthy, and cravings for those types of foods, are much stronger. I find that the aroma, of anybodies favorite foods, are also a big trigger, it is easy to be focused on goals, and catch a scent of cake baking, and fall right back into a habit. Now for some people, they can just have a small piece, or if eating cookies, they will be content with two, but those are usually the people who don't have eating issues,for the rest of us, it is extremely hard to stop at just one. Exercise is the other factor involved, not enough can contribute to weight gain, and not eating the right foods, for energy is crucial as well. In order to conquer, and overcome, you must first examine what truly is motivating you, what are your goals, how can you attain those goals, what has held you back in the past, and what are solutions, that could make things better this time. I believe that no matter how much you fall off the wagon, that doesn't matter, there is always a new day, and different solutions, that with the strong desire can be found.