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Post by mare on May 5, 2022 4:25:48 GMT -5
Today it's about not having it just because it is there. Will you practice the exercise? Already good at this? Cyn, ermabom, peacemama, charlotte21, honeybzzzs, hipmom, lumberjack55, ColleenStarr, twizzler827, golfergal26, gemellus, fitin14, mooselady12, lunabear, phoenix, ColleenStarr, mary~m, squintco, SharkPhin, madeafan
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Post by mooselady12 on May 5, 2022 6:00:31 GMT -5
This is one I am working on. I am able to avoid the temptation at times, other times not so much. I practice this as often as possible. It’s life- there are tempting things in many places. I have physical control of what appears in my home, but not what appears elsewhere. Saying no, distancing myself from the tempting food, and reminding myself why I am choosing this lifestyle/food plan all help.
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Post by ermabom on May 5, 2022 8:01:26 GMT -5
I've noticed that it is easier for me to ignore something completely even if it is there, vs trying to limit it. There are a few exceptions - I can stick to two squares of dark chocolate and enjoy them but I can't do that with milk chocolate or other sweet things. If I eat sweets, I want more of them. But if I don't eat them, I don't crave them. It is very weird.
It is the same at home as it is anywhere else. I stopped eating stuff that people brought to work and it never tempted me once I stopped.
I started eating peanut butter crackers from the vending machine and I had a very difficult time stopping. I finally had to just put that whole area off limits.
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Post by lunabear on May 5, 2022 13:22:47 GMT -5
I'm the same ermabom. Super sweet things like milk chocolate just set me up for a rollercoaster of craving. It's best if I just don't start. If it's something I really really like and it's sitting there, it's still hard to resist. I've taken lately to giving that particular food to DH. If I decide it is his, I won't touch it.
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Post by ermabom on May 5, 2022 13:36:05 GMT -5
lunabear, Since I’ve told myself that I don’t eat those things, I find it easier to resist even when it’s sitting there. I have managed to resist the chocolate my nephew brought back from Denmark - it might still be there since it is dark and the other two don’t like it. I was also able to resist the brigadeiro type chocolate ‘thing’ my sister brought back from Brazil. I just didn’t even look at either of them, even to see what they were/are. I think if I had eaten a piece of either one, I would have had more. I also used this last year with the leftover Halloween candy. i didn’t have a single piece. The two males finished it over a period of weeks.
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Post by gemellus on May 5, 2022 22:41:03 GMT -5
We went out for Cinco de Mayo and I had a very tight reign on what I was going to eat today so I decided not to test it today. I will do it tomorrow when I'm having my regular food. I've always had an issue with cleaning my plate - I'm sure it has to do with that damned alarm clock they put in front of me once everyone was done. When it went off if my plate wasn't clean I got in trouble. I've worked on this for the last several years and it's much better. When we eat out I can usually move food to the side of my plate but I don't recall trying it at home.
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Post by lunabear on May 7, 2022 13:05:12 GMT -5
gemellus, was this alarm clock thing when you were growing up? If so, ugh. I was left alone in a restaurant when I was around nine because I couldn't/wouldn't finish the spaghetti on my plate. So I sat there feeling scared and abandoned. It seemed forever before they gave up and took me home.
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Post by gemellus on May 7, 2022 14:14:10 GMT -5
lunabear yes this was growing up. I was the youngest of five and undoubtedly a very slow and picky eater. My mother was a slow eater so I’m guessing if I wasn’t finished by the time she was I must have been really slow! 😜. I’m sure she had no idea what she was doing to future me but I work very hard to leave good on my plate. Fortunately this was always at home. I would have been so scared if they left me somewhere.
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Post by ermabom on May 8, 2022 8:03:09 GMT -5
gemellus and@lunabear, that is so scary! both situations. I remember sitting at the table for hours with cold food because I didn't clean my plate. But only at home and with no other comment - just couldn't get up from the table. My parents had a rule that you could pick (ahead of time and it couldn't keep changing) one food that you were given a pass on. Everything else had to be at least tasted and what was put on your plate finished. So if you accidentally served yourself too much of something you didn't like, you still had to finish it. But I also grew up with seeing beggars who were starving and people rummaging through garbage for edible food. My mother really taught us never to waste food. It took me a long time to get over the 'clean plate syndrome' but I still don't waste food that is on my plate. I tend to serve myself a lot less than I think I want to eat and then go back for seconds. Food waste is a huge problem. It doesn't need to go into your body but one needs to be careful not to waste it. It is nuanced and not black and white. But forcing children to eat is wrong. That is one thing I never did with my kids.
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