How to Buy Chocolate Then Forget to Eat It
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I'm Strange. I Prefer to Think of Myself as Resourceful
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If you'd like to learn how to obtain quality chocolate, put it in a drawer and
forget it's there, learn to use EFT and NLP techniques to conquer your
emotional eating. That's what I've done, and it's such a freeing thing to be
able to feel right with the world, be happy with myself, my shape, and not feel
controlled by something like food.
I eat what I want, but I do make an effort
to make good choices (usually). For example, last night I baked a cake I made
on Easter and totally loved (Better than Sex cake). This thing is nothing more
than yellow cake, vanilla pudding and tons of whipped cream - not exactly diet
fare, but when I can't get a certain food out of my head, I usually either make
it or go and get it, and then totally enjoy it. That's what I mean when I said
I eat what I want.
So today, I have an entire cake in my refrigerator.
Did I have a piece of cake for breakfast? No. My husband bought me some fresh
local raspberries at the Farmer's Market yesterday, and I wanted them so I had
some on my cereal this morning. The cake sits and waits. When I was in the
kitchen I noted the remnants of last night's grocery shopping.
I saw a
huge, individually wrapped cinnamon roll on the counter. I just
"knew" I was going to want to eat something sweet last night since
baking the cake was bound to make me crazy so I'd in anticipation of future
hunger I bought the following:
- One Giant cinnamon roll from Sarah's Bakery. (Oops, I weighed this bad boy and it's 15.5 Oz! Almost a pound of dough and sugar - oh my).
- Small container of Scharffen Berger chocolates. This little clear box comes with 12 squares equalling 2.1 Oz. Individually wrapped. I put them in the drawer.
- A dozen of my favorite shortbread cookies which I put in a drawer in the kitchen. My husband will eat them if he sees them, so unless he says something about "wanting something sweet" I wait to let him know they are there.
While
watching a movie last night (Friday night ritual) I did start to get sort of
hungry so I thought about what to do about it. I recalled how I'm feeling much
better lately, getting back to a regular routine of exercise, and I just didn't
feel like eating a lot of cookies. Yes, they were there, but I just wasn't in
the mood to eat them. I had a pang of hunger, but I wasn't really hungry, it
was nearly midnight for crying out loud!
So, I ate one of those chocolate squares - remember, they're pretty small
right? Well I ate it in four bites, letting the chocolate melt in my mouth. I
take my time with chocolates and they satisfy me so much more than just popping
it in my mouth, chewing twice and swallowing. I'm not in a hurry to get it over
with.
Discovering Lost Candy
This morning I checked my body fat and it just happens I keep my Omron Body Fat
Analyzer in the closet on top of a leftover chocolates box from last Christmas.
I decided to look inside the box since I thought there was one of those
chocolates still leftover and I was surprised to find two of those Christmas
chocolates in there (Joseph Schmidt truffles - some of my favorites) and about
eight squares of that very same chocolate I bought yesterday (Scharffen
Berger). I forgot they were there.
So, you see, I handle my cravings by buying the foods I want, then putting them
away and maybe eating them, maybe not. For me it's the need to know I can have
what I want - and keeping something nearby in case of emergencies. I also know
if I leave things out where I'll see them, I'm much more likely to decide to
have some, so I put them away. For you it may be different.
Some of you won't
want anything tempting in the house. That's okay too. We're all different. The
only way you'll discover how you are is to tackle those emotional issues - the
reasons you think you can't stop eating after a handful or two; the reasons you
feel like it's out of your control, or not your decision how much you eat, when
you eat or what you eat.
Wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to buy your favorite food and leave it in a
drawer long enough to forget it's even there? That's what it's like to not have
an eating problem, and that comes from giving yourself permission to enjoy
food. You are worthy, you do deserve to be happy.
My methods can help - I know because they've worked for me, and I truly have
had a sweet tooth since I was a kid. I used to eat bag after bag of candy - I
once had 11 cavities in one dentist visit!
