Eat them veggies:a guide to becoming a sexy geek.

by Maria MolfinoTwitter: @mjmolfi

veggies makeyou sexier

✓SKIN: MOJO GLOW! studies show veggies lead to perceptible improvements in the healthiness and attractiveness of facial skin

✓FRESH BREATH: Parsley, carrots, celery—basically any fiber-rich veggies keep your breath fresh and teeth clean for optimal mojo all year around

veggies make you smarter

✓MEMORY BOOST: phytochemicals increase memory and cognition by enhancing communication between neurons in your brain (true story!)

✓ENERGY: constant supply of glucose that won’t make you crash...

a virtuous cycle indeed

you eat more veggies

you become sexierand smarter

OK, you’re on board with me.

Now I’m going to suggest 3 simple steps to getting more veggies into your belly.

Ready?

STEP 1: go buy the veggies!

✓Get your butt to the store OR

✓Sign up for a CSA that delivers veggies to your door OR

✓Use Safeway online shopping that also delivers to your door

how to eat more veggies

i’m a trap door!

YES

how to eat more veggies STEP 2:

put them where you can see them in your fridge

Here’s my story: I put a picture of 14 of the best veggies on my fridge with all their benefits. I looked at the picture right before I opened the fridge.

my fridge

how to eat more veggies STEP 3:

put a pic on your fridge that primes you to grab veggies

Step 3 is the most crucial part of the sequence! It consists of two other things that make it

work. These are very important! So listen up...

how to eat more veggies

choose a pic that really makes you

want to eat your veggies!

maybe that meansfresh and leafy

how to eat more veggies

set a mental goal to grab X number of

veggies each time you open the fridge.

how to eat more veggies

Having a mental goal running in the background is needed because the picture you place on your fridge will trigger that goal. Have a specific goal in mind: “Every time I open the fridge, I will grab one veggie.”

what step 3 looks like

pic triggers your goal

you see appetizing pic

you open fridge

you grab veggie(s)

you grab fridge handlein your mind

one more time: how to eat more veggies

STEP 1: go buy the veggies!

STEP 2: put them where you can see them in your fridge.

STEP 3: put a pic of veggies on your fridge that primes you to grab veggies. - make sure the pics are appetizing to you- pick a mental goal for number of veggies you will grab every time you open the fridge.

don’t forget to congratulate yourself

(for being the sexiest veggie geek at your school)

thanks for listeningI’m Maria, a Stanford Masters student and wellness instructor; email: mmolfino@stanford.edu