I generally don’t pay much attention to diet, fitness or weight loss advice in mainstream magazines such as SELF. (You shouldn’t either!) Most of the advice is too general and often not applicable to the typical overweight dieter. However, this little tid bit is some of the best “how-to lose weight” advice you’ll get!
Quit fighting with yourself over food and you might banish cravings for good. A study published in Behaviour and Research Therapy revealed that women who accept that they lust after Hershey’s Kisses found it easier to resist the urge to unwrap them. Researchers taught the women in the study to recognize their limited ability to control their thoughts about certain foods. Then they encouraged them to give themselves permission to have those thoughts and let them go rather than acting on them. “Think of cravings like any other tic in your body, like hiccups and itches,” Forman says. “Tell yourself, ‘My mind is having a craving right now.’ Pretty soon, you’ll see that the impulse to order something fattening is not the same as actually ordering it.” Use this mental trick the next time you’re at a restaurant and the siren song of a bacon cheeseburger threatens to derail your healthy plan. Breathe, count to three and select the grilled salmon and green salad. Then eat them serenely.
Got cravings? Ditch that diet mentality - Diet and nutrition- msnbc.com
Up next? I think I’m going to pick apart the diet of a Registered Dietitian - you know, the folks giving out weight loss advice. That’s gonna be fun!
I’ve got lots of stuff brewing right now, including a photo shoot for an article promoting Tom Venuto’s new book, “The Body Fat Solution”.
I’ll resume the “Is Your Eating Out Of Control” series later next week.
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