| Today you are really hungry. You did a lot of running around. It’s been an exhausting day. You were so busy that you didn’t have a chance to get something to eat. Now you’re going to make up for it. You say you’re really hungry. You’re really going to eat a lot of food. You think you need the food because you didn’t eat anything all day. You just feel that you need food and lots of it. You are almost desperate for food. Hold on. Let’s not forget that you weigh 30 pounds more than you want to. So, before you decide on what food and how much food you’re going to eat stop for a minute and think about what you’re doing. Why do you think you need to eat a lot of food? You think that is a foolish question because you haven’t eaten anything all day and now you are REALLY hungry. Well, let’s consider that. Are you eating for nourishment or is this just a reason for you to put as much food in your mouth as you can? How much food do you think you need for nourishment? Actually, you’d be surprised how little food you need just for nourishment. Anyway, you weigh 30 pounds too much so you have lots of reserves for your body to draw on. That doesn’t mean a thing to you. You don’t want to listen to this. You think this is nonsense. You just want to put some food in your mouth. Nothing is going to stop you from putting a lot of food in your mouth. Have you considered the possibility that your “hunger” might be emotional rather than your system’s needs for nourishment? Do you always feel this way when you miss a meal or two? Do you get panicky? Do you find yourself looking around for some food to put in your mouth? Do you try to make sure that you never miss a meal? What does missing a meal mean to you? What do you miss most about it? Is it not having the food in your system or that you didn’t have the food in your mouth? You really have to answer this question. You may think you’re “hungry” but it might not be your system that needs the food. Here’s what we’ll do. We’re going to enable you to find out what your “hunger” really is. Try missing a meal. See how you feel. See whether you think you need the food in your system or whether you miss “eating” the food. E.g. putting it in your mouth, tasting it and chewing it. (Remember, that’s what eating is.) If you miss “eating” the food, your hunger wasn’t really a lack of food in your system at all. You weren’t “hungry.” It was just your emotional need to put food in your mouth. Is it that kind of “hunger” that keeps you weighing 30 pounds more than you want to weigh? That’s what you’re going to eliminate. |
