Apple Fritters, Pleasure and Pain
I love apple fritters. Today I love the idea more than the warm, sticky sweetness. During my college years I knew which donut shops were open at midnight. Eventually the pain in my gut became greater than the pleasure of the apple fritter and I retired those midnight runs to Sam’s donuts in favor of a tart green apple with almond butter. Everything we do eventually settles into providing pleasure and avoiding pain. What makes a personal health plan successful is how we define pleasure and pain.
Deprivation causes pain and failure
If you’re not sick already then an apple fritter may be the ultimate in pleasure. Deprivation may be the deepest pain. We develop emotional and physical addictions to pleasurable foods and deprivation is painful. Too many pleasurable apple fritters and eventually your gut, feet, knees or head become the source of pain. So, you seek relief with a harsh New Year’s resolution: no more apple fritters and exercising every day. Pretty soon you have the pain of deprivation combined with foot pain from too much walking combined with the pain of failure. There’s just not enough pleasure to sustain a deprivation type diet. That is why 92% of New Year’s Resolutions fail.
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