How to break a bad habit 如何改掉壞習(xí)慣
1 如何改掉壞習(xí)慣
We all have something we can do to improve ourselves. Mark Twain tells of a doctor at the bedside of a very sick, elderly lady. The doctor told her that she must stop drinking, cussing and smoking. The lady said that she'd never done any of those things in her entire life. The doctor responded, "Well, that's your problem, then. You've neglected your habits."
Twain added: "She was like a sinking ship with no freight to throw overboard."
Knowing that you have a bad habit doesn't necessarily make it easy to break. There are a number of reasons for why you seem unable to pull away from the vicious cycle that you've gotten yourself into. In some cases, it's because you are being innately defiant of the rules imposed by society, or maybe you don't really understand how harmful your bad habit is to your health. There are also those people who rationalize their habits and make excuses for them. In perhaps a worst case scenario, you may have a genetic disposition to addiction, which makes it seem impossible to conquer.
How you tackle your bad habit is dependant on your ability to identify that you do indeed have a problem, and your willingness to confront and overcome it. Some helpful things that you can do to break your bad habit is by first identifying it and being conscious of when and why it occurs. Keep a log so that you'll be able to track your progress as your bad habit lessens and eventually disappears or you are able to get it under control. Set goals for yourself so that you know what it is that you'd like to accomplish in both the short-term and long-term. Make sure that your goals are realistic and gradual so that the sudden loss of one bad habit doesn't inspire a new one. If you recognize that your bad habit is highly addictive and/or detrimental to your health, it might be a good idea to seek out a counselor, self-help group, or the support of your family and friends.
2 Bad Eating Habits 不良的飲食習(xí)慣表達(dá)方式
(1)Drinking alcohol on an empty stomach 空腹喝酒
A bottle of anchor steam harbors about 150 calories. Beer-and alcohol in general-is packed with calories, and if you consume it on an empty stomach it will go straight into your blood stream and get stored as fat. Added to that, it will make you overeat by increasing your insulin levels, which causes the levels to plummet even lower, making you crave food you probably don't need.
(2)Eating a heavy meal before bed 臨睡前飽食
A nice big meal-or even a satisfying snack-will put you right to sleep. It'll also go straight to your gut. While proof that eating before bed directly causes weight gain is debatable, if you eat a large meal that is high in carbohydrates before your body goes to rest, chances are that your body will not burn them all for fuel.
(3)Drinking fruit juice 喝果汁
True, pure fruit juice has lots of vitamins, but it also has a lot of sugar, usually more sugar than the fruit it came from. And sugar energy, when it's not used immediately in the body, is stored as fat. Drink a few glasses of fruit juice and you'll accrue calories like a snowball collects snow when it rolls down hill.
(4)Compulsive snacking 強(qiáng)迫性吃零食
You compulsively snack on chips, wasabi rice crackers and Cheetos while you work. The habit might help you burn through projects, but it also helps your body store fat. Plus, most snacks are super salty and won't help your hypertension.
每個(gè)人都有壞習(xí)慣,尤其是在吃的方面。很多人在工作的時(shí)候不斷地吃零食,其他人則容易狂飲啤酒。還有一些人超愛享受高脂肪的宵夜--像魔鬼的蛋糕,切達(dá)奶酪或香腸切片等美味垃圾食品。但是,即使你是一個(gè)一般的健康的人,你的習(xí)慣在不知不覺中也損害你的健康和體質(zhì)。不良飲食習(xí)慣會(huì)嚴(yán)重侵蝕你的健康。所以,首先知曉哪些習(xí)慣對(duì)身體不利,然后再慢慢改變吧。
Thirty days is all you need to make a habit change permanent.
30天已經(jīng)足夠讓你培養(yǎng)一個(gè)永久不變的好習(xí)慣了。
Changing habits isn't a matter of willpower, but patience and strategy.
改變一個(gè)習(xí)慣與意志力并沒有重要的聯(lián)系,相反耐心和策略卻非常重要。
Get clear in your mind what the benefits are of making a change.
讓自己清楚地了解到新習(xí)慣的改變會(huì)帶來的好處和優(yōu)點(diǎn)。
Winston Churchill once said, "Plans are useless, planning is invaluable."
丘吉爾說過,"紙上談兵是沒用的,只有開始行動(dòng)才有用。"
A health examination institution recently published a list of bad habits with lack of exercise topping the list.
一家健康檢查研究機(jī)構(gòu)最近公布?jí)纳盍?xí)慣排行榜,缺乏運(yùn)動(dòng)高居榜首。
It was also noted that while many people are in the habit of sitting with their legs crossed or getting out of bed as soon as they wake up, doctors say that they can lead to scoliosis and postural hypotension, respectively.
值得注意的是,蹺二郎腿、睡醒立刻下床是許多人的習(xí)慣,但醫(yī)師提醒,上述習(xí)慣可能分別導(dǎo)致脊椎側(cè)彎及姿勢(shì)性低血壓。
Even those who exercise habitually may not understand their body and do the wrong kind of exercises. For example, middle-aged people with high blood pressure could power walk, but they should not play basketball.
即使有運(yùn)動(dòng)習(xí)慣,也可能由于不了解身體狀況而做了錯(cuò)誤的運(yùn)動(dòng),例如患高血壓的中年人適合健走,不適合打籃球。
Getting out of bed too quickly could cause postural hypotension and dizziness in elderly people orpatients with cardiovascular disease, causing them to fall.
睡醒立刻下床,易使心血管疾病患者、銀發(fā)族出現(xiàn)姿勢(shì)性低血壓、眩暈,容易跌倒。
Staying in bed a few minutes after waking up is not a sign of laziness and could instead be good for your health.
適度賴床三分鐘,不是睡懶覺,反而有益健康。
In terms of food and drink, bad habits include eating hot food or having a daily intake of 300mg of caffeine.
飲食部分,喜歡吃燙食及每天咖啡因攝取超過三百毫克,也都算壞習(xí)慣。
Toilet habits are also important. Reading on the toilet or squeezing too hard if one is constipated is not good.
如廁習(xí)慣也很重要,如廁閱讀,便秘時(shí)過于用力排便都不適合。
It is recommended of avoiding eating food that is hotter than 40°C and drinking more than two cups of coffee or tea per day.
避免長(zhǎng)期食用40攝氏度以上的高溫食物,咖啡或茶一天不超過兩杯。
It is a bad habit to sit up late at night.
熬夜是個(gè)壞習(xí)慣。
Folding quilt as soon as you get up is a bad habit. There are many toxins left on your quilt and you need to let them get off. Or you will get skin diseases easily.
一起床就疊被是個(gè)壞習(xí)慣。被子上有許多毒素,你需要清除它們,否則容易得皮膚病。
You should eat breakfast, or your stomach will be thinner and you may get stomachache or stomach perforation.
你應(yīng)該吃早餐,否則你的胃壁會(huì)越來越薄,你可能胃痛或者胃穿孔。
Biting pens or pencils is just like eating slow poison.
咬鋼筆或鉛筆頭就像服用慢性毒藥。
The germs get into your blood when you are biting hands.
當(dāng)你咬手指的時(shí)候,細(xì)菌會(huì)進(jìn)入你的血液。
Four common bad habits combined-smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet-can age you by 12 years, sobering new research suggests.
一項(xiàng)最新研究結(jié)果讓人警醒:吸煙、酗酒、缺乏運(yùn)動(dòng)和飲食不合理等四個(gè)不良習(xí)慣加在一起,會(huì)讓你看上去老12歲。
The risky behaviors were: smoking tobacco; downing more than three alcoholic drinks per day for men and more than two daily for women; getting less than two hours of physical activity per week; and eating fruits and vegetables fewer than three times daily.
這些高風(fēng)險(xiǎn)行為包括:抽煙、男性每天喝酒超過三杯或女性每天喝酒超過兩杯、每周運(yùn)動(dòng)不足兩小時(shí)以及每天吃水果和蔬菜少于三次。
The US government generally recommends at least 4 cups of fruits or vegetables daily for adults, depending on age and activity level; and about 2 1/2 hours of exercise weekly.
按照美國(guó)政府的建議,成年人每天至少要吃四份水果或蔬菜,食用量可根據(jù)年齡和運(yùn)動(dòng)量進(jìn)行調(diào)整,每周應(yīng)鍛煉約兩個(gè)半小時(shí)。
Reading on your bed is bad for your eyes.
躺在床上看書有害眼睛視力。
Kissing someone that smokes is like kissing an ashtray.
吻一個(gè)煙民就像吻一個(gè)煙灰缸。
Smoking makes your teeth yellow and ugly.
吸煙讓你的牙齒變得又黃又丑。
Smoking will give you cancer.
吸煙會(huì)導(dǎo)致癌癥。
Yang: My wife always complains when I smoke. She says smoking is the worst thing.
楊:我的太太在我抽煙的時(shí)候一直抱怨。她說抽煙是最壞的事情。
Li: Then you shall stop, darling.
李:那么你就戒掉吧,親愛的。
Yang: But cigarettes are my best friends, honey. I know smoking is not good but I cannot live without it.
楊:但香煙是我最好的朋友,甜心。我知道抽煙不好,但是我不能沒有它。
Li: Ok, I can tell you some advantages of smoking, and then you can decide how to do.
李:好的,我可以告訴你抽煙的一些好處,然后你來決定怎么做。
Yang: Really? Advantages? Please go ahead.
楊:真的嗎?好處?請(qǐng)繼續(xù)說。
Li: First smoking will protect your house against thieves. Smoking people usually cough a lot during night, thieves may think they are awake and then go away.
李:首先抽煙可以防范小偷。抽煙的人晚上容易咳嗽,小偷們會(huì)認(rèn)為他們還沒睡著然后就跑了。
Yang: It is not a good reason. Do you have another one?
楊:這不是個(gè)好理由。有別的呢?
Li: Well, smoking people will scare away fierce dogs because they are usually humpbacked and dogs will think they are taking stones.
李:嗯,抽煙的人能夠嚇跑惡狗, 因?yàn)槌闊煹娜巳菀遵劚常窌?huì)以為抽煙者在撿石頭。
Yang: Come on, these cannot be called advantages.
楊:得了吧,這些不能夠成為好處。
Li: I have the last one' smoking will keep you young. Smoking people usually have many diseases, so they don't have chance to die old.
李:我還有最后一個(gè),抽煙會(huì)使你保持年輕。抽煙的人通常有很多的疾病,所以他們沒有機(jī)會(huì)在老的時(shí)候死去。
Yang: Ok, guy, I will stop smoking.
楊:好吧,伙計(jì),我會(huì)戒煙。