Find yourself reaching for some chocolate or chips when you're feeling blue? "Curing" negative moods with food is a habit pattern that develops over time. We tend to eat foods that give us immediate pleasure. Sweets. High fat and salty combos. Really good tasting foods, that our brain remembers and associates with pleasure. And so we do it again. And again.
Next time you find yourself looking for a "treat", try this exercise instead: 1) Be still. 2) Imagine someone or something very pleasurable. A lounge chair on a sunny deck. Or a glass of wine shared with a good friend. A special person. 3) Now take a deep breath, and then make a decision about whether you really need to eat. Or have you "fixed" your mood with imagery?
Try it. Imagine how much healthier you will become.
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