Strategy 2: Neuro-Linguistic Programming
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This week we will learn Neuro-Linguistic Programming which is a way to associate emotional eating as something negative. So that when you consider emotional eating you will associate it with something negative.
Basically you think of something terrible, and associate emotional eating with that, through a visualisation technique that you practice over and over again, until it is part of the way your brain automatically thinks.
So the task this week it to:
1. Everyday do this visualisation technique in the morning and night.
2. Blog below about how it works for you.
I have adapted this script from this page http://www.worldofnlp.com/nlp-techniques-binge-eating/
1. Categorize the type of food you normally emotionally eat. For instance, it could be fast food, snack food, chocolates, etc.
2. There is usually a situation or context where such emotional eating takes place. For instance, you might snack whenever you watch TV but not really anywhere else. Or you might binge eat snack foods after meals. You have to identify the context where you get the feeling of wanting to binge eat.
3. Picture the context in your mind. During this time, notice the full-sensory experience of binge eating. Notice what you see, hear and feel, especially after that food goes down your stomach.
4. Clear your mind.
5. Now imagine something that is totally and absolutely disgusting for you. For instance, it might be the garbage dump or decaying meat. Smell and taste this foul thing in your mouth (this may take some getting used to) and notice how you feel like wanting to throw up.
6. Clear your mind again.
7. Go back to #3. Picture the emotional eating situation again and imagine yourself doing the emotional eating like the first time, noticing the level of pleasure your experience, but this time, on the next time you taste that food, notice how you chew or bite into it and it opens up the sensation of something absolute foul-tasting, as in #5.
8. Do this about 4-7 times (if you feel really sick the first time around, you can go to the next step).
9. Clear your mind.
10. Test by imagining emotional eating in your mind. Does it bring back the same desire? By this stage, you would have successfully disconnected the automatic behavior of binge eating.
11. Repeat this for all the contexts you do emotion eating in (e.g. at home alone at night, parties, afternoon at work)
Basically you think of something terrible, and associate emotional eating with that, through a visualisation technique that you practice over and over again, until it is part of the way your brain automatically thinks.
So the task this week it to:
1. Everyday do this visualisation technique in the morning and night.
2. Blog below about how it works for you.
I have adapted this script from this page http://www.worldofnlp.com/nlp-techniques-binge-eating/
1. Categorize the type of food you normally emotionally eat. For instance, it could be fast food, snack food, chocolates, etc.
2. There is usually a situation or context where such emotional eating takes place. For instance, you might snack whenever you watch TV but not really anywhere else. Or you might binge eat snack foods after meals. You have to identify the context where you get the feeling of wanting to binge eat.
3. Picture the context in your mind. During this time, notice the full-sensory experience of binge eating. Notice what you see, hear and feel, especially after that food goes down your stomach.
4. Clear your mind.
5. Now imagine something that is totally and absolutely disgusting for you. For instance, it might be the garbage dump or decaying meat. Smell and taste this foul thing in your mouth (this may take some getting used to) and notice how you feel like wanting to throw up.
6. Clear your mind again.
7. Go back to #3. Picture the emotional eating situation again and imagine yourself doing the emotional eating like the first time, noticing the level of pleasure your experience, but this time, on the next time you taste that food, notice how you chew or bite into it and it opens up the sensation of something absolute foul-tasting, as in #5.
8. Do this about 4-7 times (if you feel really sick the first time around, you can go to the next step).
9. Clear your mind.
10. Test by imagining emotional eating in your mind. Does it bring back the same desire? By this stage, you would have successfully disconnected the automatic behavior of binge eating.
11. Repeat this for all the contexts you do emotion eating in (e.g. at home alone at night, parties, afternoon at work)
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