alt Hacker NewsI have largely stopped smoking because when I smoke regularly I end up weighing 20-30lbs more from eating everything.
Going on an actual calorie restricted diet while consuming cannabis is basically impossible for me.
Then instead of walking 60 minutes I end up sitting and listening to music.
There is really not anything for me that correlates with healthy behavior when I smoke.
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That's good you have the self-awareness. You're kind of on the edge of NLP territory. Is it the act of smoking or is that simply your internal slang for cannabis use? Can you walk and listen to music at the same time? (Fine, maybe you need to walk someplace where you won't get hit by a car or someone on an electric scoot.)
As the other comment says: set and setting. And it works both ways, you can take some memento with you, and when you're being quiet and introspective and you're feeling good fondle some fob: a keychain, a rosary, buddhist prayer beads, some macrame you're working on, it doesn't matter. Point is later when you're in a different situation, you can replay that ritualistic behavior and it will probably reach in and remind your body, which will then remind you mind. This is human nature: it's known that e.g. humans remember / forget things when passing through doorways, and some forms of acting use cues like this especially for emotional resonance.
Yeah this was a big one for me, weed has lots of little knock on impact into other CV risk factors
You ever taken a hike or nature something and try it in that different context?
Set and Setting are also relevant too. If you do it a soecfic way with other soecific tools and activities while on it, that all gets packaged and reinforced.