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How to Eat a Little Chocolate at a Time
By Kathryn Martyn, M.NLP
Learn to Eat a Small Bit of Chocolate Not the Whole Vat
If you'd like to learn how to obtain quality chocolate, put it in a drawer and
forget it's there, learn to use EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) and NLP
(Neuro Linguistic Programming) techniques to conquer your emotional eating.
That's what I've done, and it's such a freeing thing to be able to feel right
with the world, be happy with myself, my shape, and not feel controlled by
something like food.
I eat what I want, but I do make an effort to make good choices (usually). For
example, last night I baked a cake I made on Easter and totally loved (Better
than Sex cake). This thing is nothing more than yellow cake, vanilla pudding and
tons of whipped cream - not exactly diet fare, but when I can't get a certain
food out of my head, I usually either make it or go and get it, and then totally
enjoy it. That's what I mean when I said I eat what I want. So today, I have an
entire cake in my refrigerator.
Did I have a piece of cake for breakfast? No. My husband bought me some fresh
local raspberries at the Farmer's Market yesterday, and I wanted them so I had
some on my cereal this morning. The cake sits and waits. When I was in the
kitchen I noted the remnants of last night's grocery shopping. I saw a huge,
individually wrapped cinnamon roll on the counter. I just "knew" I was going to
want to eat something sweet last night since baking the cake was bound to make
me crazy so I'd in anticipation of future hunger I bought the following:
One Giant cinnamon roll from Sarah's Bakery. (Oops, I weighed this bad boy and
it's 15.5 Oz! Almost a pound of dough and sugar - oh my). Small container of
Scharffen Berger chocolates. This little clear box comes with 12 squares
equalling 2.1 Oz. Individually wrapped. I put them in the drawer. A dozen of my
favorite shortbread cookies which I put in a drawer in the kitchen. My husband
will eat them if he sees them, so unless he says something about "wanting
something sweet" I wait to let him know they are there.
While watching a movie last night (Friday night ritual) I did start to get sort
of hungry so I thought about what to do about it. I recalled how I'm feeling
much better lately, getting back to a regular routine of exercise, and I just
didn't feel like eating a lot of cookies. Yes, they were there, but I just
wasn't in the mood to eat them. I had a pang of hunger, but I wasn't really
hungry, it was nearly midnight for crying out loud!
So, I ate one of those chocolate squares - remember, they're pretty small right?
Well I ate it in four bites, letting the chocolate melt in my mouth. I take my
time with chocolates and they satisfy me so much more than just popping it in my
mouth, chewing twice and swallowing. I'm not in a hurry to get it over with.
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