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magic71755 wrote: »

Great advice...SHORT TERM CLARITY...great for not just losing weight, but whenever you have a task that needs to be broken down in order to achieve success.

I LOVE IT! Thanks!

For me its all about stopping in that moment of urge/panic/sadness/hunger ... its stopping yourself dead ... just for a moment ... and thinking

I think for many of us it's become so routine to cheat, to think 'oh i'll just have this one today'.... and then one becomes 3 or a whole pack because for some of us its kinda all or nothing ... we struggle with the in-between

Its tough ... a friend of mine said that for learning to ride a bike, we fall off that bike a lot, then we get on again but we're NOT expected to know how to ride that bike the 1st time.... with dieting we somehow think we are ... we think we can do it ... but then the brain gets tired of saying no ... we have limited willpower .... but we have more conscious thought... its breaking the cycle

I've not had a single chocolate, biscuit, cake or anything truly bad since 1/1/17 .... yeah only 3 weeks i know... but i've wanted to ... last night ... so much i could have emptied the biscuit tin the way i felt .... but i stared at it and thought .... and in the end, and with some messages from my MFP buddies which helps enormously, i said no ... i said it won't help .. not this time ... not in the way i need to help myself... so instead had a big glass of squash and a couple apples .... and i enjoyed that ... i took my time

It is hard... we face so much 'easy food' ... but we have to learn within ourself how this is done..

What you're describing sounds like a book I've started reading that teaches cognitive behavioral therapy in regards to diet & weight loss- The Beck Diet Solution (it's not a "diet" book per se, as it doesn't prescribe any particular way to lose weight, just how to modify thinking & behavior around food). While most of us know what we need to do to lose weight, often in the face of cravings or an emotional crisis, our brain starts making excuses- "You've had a rough day... you deserve this", etc. So the idea is, for long-term success, we need to re-train our brain so it supports us in those situations rather than sabotaging us. I'm still early in the book, but I can tell it will be helpful, and not just for weight loss.