Salad instead of steak? Working out? Skipping that second beer or glass of wine? Healthy habits are THE WORST.

If youre someone who gets up every morning and cant wait for your run, considers eating sweet potatoes a splurge, and sets aside thirtyminutes before work to meditatethis book isnt for you. If youre someone who thinks about getting up to go for a run but goes back to sleep, regrets last nights dinner of fast food, and can barely get to work on timelet alone meditatethen this book will help you find the motivation youve been looking for to live your healthiest life, even when you dont want to.

With this funny, in-your-face guide, you wont find advice on how to enjoy exercise, or tips for making broccoli and kale taste as good as donuts and ice cream. What you will find are solid skills to help you actually do the healthy things you know you should be doing. Using these skillsbased in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and neuroscienceyoull learn to find the motivation youre really craving to adopt healthy habits, even if they do suck. Youll also discover how to accept self-criticism, develop self-compassion, and live a more meaningful life.

This book not only acknowledges that many healthy habits suck, it uses science to explain why we want the things we want (junk food), crave the things we crave (sugar), and dislike the things we dislike (exercise). At the end, youll feel validated in feeling like these things are the absolute worst. But youll also find the motivation to do them anyway.