Friday, February 20, 2009
Becoming and lefty
Cliff read something interesting in Discovery Magazine recently. We only have so much willpower. If we use our willpower to make ourselves rake leaves, we might not have enough willpower to say no to a chocolate chip cookie (or the whole bag of chocolate chip cookies). However, willpower can be exercised and increased. They did a study that showed brushing your teeth for 30 days with your non-dominant hand (left hand for most of us) will increase your willpower. So that's my new weight-loss plan - I'm brushing my teeth these days with my left hand.
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3 comments:
What a great idea!!! I, too, am going to do the lefty teeth brushing trick. I just hope I don't have bad breath for the next month.
Thank you for sharing! I'll give it a try but I'm not sure how gentle and fluid my left hand will be at brushing my teeth. Sounds complex. Maybe I'll eat and open doors with my left hand and dig change out of my left pocket instead. Does that still count?
This went about as well as my dieting . . . I lasted four days before brushing my teeth with my right hand. (sigh)
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