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Tip of the Week: Not a Quick Fix But a Permanent One

Have you gotten used to having everything 'on demand'? Do you want instant gratification? Do you find it hard not to act on your impulses? If you do, you're not alone. In today's fast-paced, fast-food society we have grown accustomed to getting what we want, when we want it.

Gone are tenets like "patience is a virtue." Gosh, remember the days of dial up internet access and how long it took just to get an email? We used to sit tight and wait. Not anymore. Life has sped up so much that we have grown intolerant of waiting. It's no wonder that we think every craving should be indulged. It's no wonder that when it comes to weight loss we want results and we want them now. The simple fact is that the mind just doesn't change a habit overnight. You can't get all your answers in a tip of the week. Reversing a lifetime of emotional eating takes awareness, attention, and good old-fashioned patience. But a good place to start is simply knowing that not every impulse in life has to be acted on. You don't have to tell someone off just because you're angry. You don't have snap at someone just because you're frustrated. And you don't have to eat just because you want something. Shrink Yourself members use a tool called, "The Hunger Coach", to overcome these anxious, urgent feelings. Step by step, the Hunger Coach trains Shrink Yourself members exactly how to think through a craving so they don't have to act on them. Feelings aren't facts. Many of them dissolve. Next time you have a craving, try waiting it out, and remember this too shall pass. If you are interested in learning how the Hunger Coach can help you, sign up for a 14 day Free Trial of Shrink Yourself.


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9 Comments In the order they were posted.

Mrs D Carpenter said...

Sounds promising, would like to hear more thank you

Isabel said...

Patience is something that I practice and it gets easier. A few days ago, I finally had a thought or craving to make a banana bread, but I know that from the past that giving in to this kind of thought has lead me to bingeing. I told myself that there was no turning back for me to eat sweets again because I know I will start with the craving obsession - which I hate. I know myself and God has helped me in my weakness. I just had to give Him something I could no longer handle after nearly 50 years. Since May I've lost 15 lbs. and it feels great to have that emotional well being last all day instead of a few minutes of overeating sweets and feeling miserable. This time around I'm not just losing weight, but I am willing to stay away from problem food and leave it behind - without looking back.

karen said...

It's good advice to try to wait out anxious, urgent feelings but I don't agree that overeating is caused by lack of patience or self-discipline and I doubt it's caused by access to technology. For me I overeat after a long period of growing frustration and self denial in areas other than food. I think the best way to avoid emotional eating is to give yourself every opportunity for long-term happiness in those non-food areas. For me that's setting aside time every day for my personal goals, even though other things may be more important or urgent.

Bill said...

I agree with Karen. Self-sacrifice is often the problem so how could more self-deprivation be the solution?

Tarla said...

Well said. More time needs to be spent giving into impulses. I always ignore positive urges, like wanting to create something or go out or dress up a bit, because I always have "more serious things to do". I'd have fewer negative urges to resist if I was less disciplined about the positive. Who ever decided that being an adult means you have to feel restricted and burdened all the time?

Alana said...

It helps me to create a plan to support NOT giving in. Our yearly Halloween celebration is important to my family, and I find the most dificult part is AFTER the party when I feel somehow sorry for leftovers that might be wasted. It's helped me to offer both healthy food "scared up" and candy I actually dislike why eat cheap chocolate? bleh. I try to focus more on the decorations and the kids than the food. We have a "switch witch" come to our house the next day and "she" takes the candy to a place where it will be used and appreciated - a homeless shelter, Dio de los Muertos celebration, soup kitchen, or AA meeting place many first-time recovering alcholics find sugar is the lesser of two evils while they withdraw from alcohol. And I say the serenity prayer a LOT.

Isabel said...

There is a sense of freedom from letting go of problem, processed foods like sweets. It is not burdening at all. I enjoy all my meals, but sweets kept me in a prison of compulsion that I no longer wish to return to. I truly feel physically and emotionally liberated. At age 55, I feel the difference in my body. It's nice not to have to think about nagging cravings. I've never experienced this until now.

Lori said...

Yesterday, I picked up 3 bags of Halloween candy at the drugstore and thought i had to have them because it was "on sale" and "it was for trick or treaters... Thank goodness I had the time to think about it and not buy them. In fact, I am constantly creating reasons in my head to justify binging. I am used to debating and putting down every idea or suggestion that deals with stopping binging...It is another habit like binging...to find the negative in ideas and suggestions to stop binging...but that just keeps me in the addictive habit of binging...my addictiondoes not want me to stop so it creates reasons, excuses and debates about why something will not work...in fact, if i keep an open mind, and be patient, it just may be a suggestion that works...as the article suggests, it is one step among many along the road to stopping binging. Every little change adds up to a big change...It is not an easy task. But If I think something won't work before I try it, I am sure to fail...but keeping an open and positive attitude helps me.

Giselle Brand said...

Excellent article. So much can be said about the importance of delayed gratification. A large part of your weight loss success is going to hinge upon your ability to say "no" to instant gratification. In the following link, Jemima exercises her "delayed gratification" muscles by learning not to be tempted by Halloween goodies around the house: http://conceptnutrition.com.au/2009/10/weight-loss-in-real-time-part-7/#more-969 Hope you can draw strength from her strength.

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