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If you’ve lost motivation and need to break a bad habit, it’s important to understand what patterns have become linked together to form the habit. Mercedes: For example, I had a habit of eating “red-light” foods after work. To change this behavior, I had to break a chain of patterns. I learned through close observation that I would eat junk food only when I was on the couch watching TV. So I first changed the food I ate, because I still had this feeling of wanting to snack on something. I ate carrots and bananas instead. Then I basically stopped watching TV right after work. Instead, I would sit on the couch with my dog and a cup of mushroom hot cocoa and enjoy that instead. If I am going to watch a show, I need to wait until I have had a meal and am 80 percent full. This process of figuring out my triggers has helped a lot! It doesn’t mean I don’t do it ever, but I don’t snack on red-light foods nearly as much now.