As anyone who reads this blog on a regular basis knows, I love sweets (chocolate in particular) and of course to be healthy I need to find ways to have my sweets in moderation (no fun but must be done). I recently came across a couple of interesting ways to possibly tackle this constant craving of sweets that are not painful and easy to do so I thought I would share these tidbits with you.
Thinking It Away-Stop obsessing over the object of your desire
Have you ever noticed that the more you think about something the more you want it(in my opinion this holds true for food and that one person who is always elusive to you)? Well, now new data suggest this also holds true for chocolate. Researchers told 67 women to either think freely about the chocolate or suppress their thoughts of it-then gave them chocolate to eat. The thought suppressors consumed about 50 percent more than the unrestricted thinkers. This is worth a shot but I am not sure how this is going to work for me because thinking or trying to not think of chocolate makes me want chocolate. Basically I want chocolate all the time.
Pinching Away Those Cravings-Literally
Looking for an ancient Chinese secret to help you fight those cravings? Try pinching your nostrils or earlobes for 10 seconds and those cravings will pass (I tried this and it worked for me-but don’t pinch too hard ). Apparently the nostrils and earlobes are acupressure points that help to suppress cravings.
Give these a try and let me know what you think. So far so good for me!
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I don't know about black and blue nostrils and earlobes. But to be fair, I'll suggest it to my Queen who is a desperate chocolate eater.
We have tried everything to help curb her cravings. But when she sees a chocolate bar, or passes by a Sees Candy store, her legs get week and she makes a right turn directly into the store. No excuse is needed - just pure love of chocolate.
All kidding aside, however, I believe that the free thinking model would probably work best. Never over work yourself with the idea of suppressing your thoughts. That doesn't sound healthy. Lust for sweets in your mind, but be disciplined enough to moderate your consumption. That's the trick.
Happy trails.
*It's also impossible to feed yourself while pinching both ears. ;)
I will try the approach of not thinking about sweets as much. I am finding that I really like my cherry cheesecake nonfat yogurt though. At least it is a more healthy choice for me and it satisfies my sweet tooth. Take care and have a great week! :-)
great tips!
cheers
Where were you a couple of days ago with this post? I folded like a wet napkin the other day and ordered some chocolate chip-toffee chip cookies from one of my clients.
I busted open the wrappings like a drug addict when they arrived at my door. I usually don't open the door when my husband's not home but I knew this was my cookie delivery.
Good thing he wasn't home 'cause I didn't want to share and I didn't want to hear his sermon on moderation. I wasn't disappointed either because they looked just like the ones I had been staring at all year in her cookie photos and they tasted just as I had imagined.
I hid like Adam and Eve in the garden after I did my deed of finally finishing off the whole delivery, not on the spot of course, but I could have because they were so delicious.
Since I can't hold sugar, (it blows my face up like a balloon) my husband's trying to figure out where the extra weight came from.
Of course, I pretend I don't know. LOL Now, I have to detox myself so that I don't roll back into the sugar bed. But most of all, I have to convince him that I haven't suddenly developed some type of medical condition. :-)
I'm going to try your cravings trick next time.
God, please forgive me!
Thanks for the info, now when I think of chocolate cheesecake, I'll know what to do.
Also, you've been tagged. Please come by my site and check it out. :-)
Tasha
P.S. I'm glad your kitty's doing better. Thanks so much for stopping by to wish me good health.
Hey now this is my kinda stuff!!! excellent read. Very interesting stuff.
One thing I did once to prevent a bad habit. Everytime I thought of the habit i was trying to break i would "flick" myself on the head. I learned very quickly to not do it. Not that negative reiforcement is the best answer, but for the small things it can work.
peace,
mike
livelife365
I will try it! :)
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