| You’re at a birthday party. They are serving cake and ice cream. Of course you knew they would before you went to the party. You weigh 30 pounds more than you want to. Your weight makes you very unhappy. You know that eating the cake and ice cream is going to help you weigh less, but you are going to eat them anyway. Why are you going to do that? Are you really “hungry”? Do you need the nourishment? What are you thinking about when you are deciding to eat the cake and ice cream? Will you feel deprived if you don’t eat them? What would you miss the most if you didn’t eat the cake and ice cream? Having the food in your mouth? Feeling the food on your tongue? Tasting the food? What is it about having the food in your mouth and the taste on your tongue that overcomes your knowledge that having those foods in your system will make you unhappy? Why are you even considering doing something that you know will make you unhappy and may damage your health? Ask yourself these questions out loud. Tell yourself the truth, out loud. Do your “reasons” for wanting to put the cake and ice cream in your mouth make any sense to you? Ask yourself out loud how you would feel if you didn’t put the cake and ice cream in your mouth? What would you miss the most? The real answers to these questions will tell you exactly why you are putting foods in your mouth that you know will make you unhappy? Don’t eat any cake and ice cream until you answer all your questions honestly. Then eat some of the cake and ice cream. Now how do you feel? Are you experiencing any feeling in addition to having the cake and ice cream in your mouth? Does having those foods in your mouth make you feel better? Once you understand that you will better understand why you eat the way you do and weigh more than you want to weigh. |
