Advice on breaking bad habits

[ABtucan]

OK, so a bad habit of mine is overeating and eating past fullness.

I want to break this and have designed a paper system for tracking this, amongst some other habits i want to build.

The problem i have is that tracking 'not overeating' every day, still communicates/ attracts the problem itself. Law of attraction states that you focus on what you get, so having overeating in the habit tracker still puts this idea in my mind.

Would it be better to change the wording to something more positive? the only problem with this is i feel im not being explicitly clear on the habit im trying to break and i know my mind well if i see that im tracking something every day and its not clear what im moving away from, it will try and rationalise the behaviour! on the other hand, i dont want to attract more of it! 

What are your thoughts and general advice for breaking a bad habit?

[caspex]

For the solution, you should read Atomic Habits. It's literally just about building good habits and breaking bad ones.

It says that the 4 laws to breaking a bad habit are to:
Make It Invisible, as opposed to obvious;
Make It Unattractive, as opposed to attractive;
Make It Difficult, as opposed to Easy to do; and
Make It Unsatisfying or Punishing, as opposed to Satisfying or Rewarding.

The book goes in detail with each law and explains them well.

 

[Eternal Unity]

@ABtucan 1 black coffee, 15 Mins after you wake up. 2 green apples 15 minutes after that. 

Stage 2 - Don't eat anything until lunch.

Everyday for 7 weeks.

 

Good luck,

Greg.