This study investigated how approach-motivated positive affect and emotion regulation alters attentional focus in a healthy, undergraduate population. Data were collected from 109 Introductory to Psychology students on attentional focus, working memory capacity, resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia, desire ratings for a series of neutral or dessert images, and snack selections. Confirming previous research by Gable and Harmon-Jones (2008), in comparison to participants who viewed a series of 36 neutral images, participants who viewed images of appetizing desserts had a more local attentional focus on Navon’s (1977) letters task. Those in the positive and negative groups were asked to consider either the positive or negative qualities, respectively, of the dessert images. Participants who considered the negative qualities of the dessert images reported significantly less desire for these items and took significantly more healthy compared to unhealthy snacks. Furthermore, participants in the positive group took significantly more unhealthy snacks.