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Are Co-Workers Making You Fat - Avoiding Unexpected Goodies
Taming the See Food Eat Food Response
By Kathryn Martyn, M.NLP
What happens when you're just minding your business and suddenly someone walks by with
a delicious looking cake, muffins, or some other goodie you weren't expecting. You
weren't hungry a minute ago but now you are suddenly ravenous. So you jump up and rush
to get yours before it's all gone. After you get back to your desk and a few minutes
go by, what happens?
You suddenly realize you want more. Your stomach may be growling in fact. You can still
see those muffins in your mind's eye. You want them. A few minutes pass while you debate,
"I want another, No, I shouldn't, but, I really want one, they sure tasted good. If I don't
hurry they might all be gone, what about your diet, who cares? I'm getting one," and off you go.
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eating out of a primal see food/eat food response is not okay
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Frustrating, isn't it? All you need is a plan for when the unexpected food suddenly
drives you to eat. It's not like this isn't going to happen time and again, so having
a way to deal with it, in that moment, is better than simply being swept up in the wave of wanting.
The old pattern of see food, want food, eat food, get angry about eating food, eat more
to get over feeling angry, get angrier, give up, eat more. This cycle generally ends when
you either pass out or the food is gone. It doesn't have to be this way.
TV commercials also induce this see food, want food response, which is why so many people
overeat in the evening while watching their favorite shows.
Try this new approach using a technique called Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT).
It's effective in that it forestalls the immediate pattern of jumping up and rushing to
get a treat, and gives you a moment or two to think about what's happening. Realizing you
want a treat is fine, and deciding to have a treat is fine too, but simply eating out of
a primal see food/eat food response is not okay. You can move past that immediate driven
response to food cues by using this approach.
Step 1: The Desire to Eat Unexpected Food
Do a round of EFT the first moment you suddenly are struck by a desire to eat (when you
weren't hungry or thinking of food a moment before):
"Even though seeing those muffins made me hungry, I deeply and completely accept myself."
"Even though I'm suddenly starving, I deeply and completely accept myself."
"Even though I want some cake (or whatever it is), I deeply and completely accept myself."
"Even though I know once I start, I'll never stop eating all day, I deeply and completely accept myself."
"Even though I'll wreck my diet today, I deeply and completely accept myself."
Now, these statements make not appear to make much sense, but if you've used EFT in the
past, you'd know that a quick round of EFT on whatever it is that's first and foremost
in your mind (the thing you want, despite that you wish you did not), is what you want to
address. That's how EFT works. I don't know anything about my car's engine, but I can
drive. You don't have to understand every nuance of EFT or why it works to use it. Just
do use it. (For info on learning EFT see resource box).
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