Cravings

[Annabel]

The trouble with diets is that sooner or later we all get a craving for a particular food that we shouldnt be eating, be it chocolate, pizza, chips, or in my case Pringles!!!

According to Paul McKenna, 'any craving you may have felt is a learned behaviour'... Therefore if you have learned this behaviour, you can unlearn it.

This is his craving buster:

You have to read this all the way through before doing the exercise.

1. Think of a food that you hate - one that really disgusts you

2. Vividly imagine there is a big plate of the food you hate in front of you. Imagine smelling and then eating the food that you hate, as you squeeze the the thumb and little finger of either one of your hands together.

Really imagine the texture of it on your mouth and you squeeze your thumb and little finger together. Imagine the taste of it, squeezing your thumb and little finger together until you feel utterly revolted. When you are feeling a bit nauseous, stop and relax your fingers.

3. Think of the food that you are going to stop eating. When you think of it, notice that you can imagine what a plate of it looks like.

4. Now make the picture of the food you like bigger and bigger and bigger. Make it huge, until it is bigger then you, keep making it even bigger then bring it closer to you until it passes through you to the other side.

5. Squeeze your thumb and little finger together again and remember the taste of the food you hate, while at the same time imagining eating some of the food you like, Now imagine the food you like is mixed in with the food you hate.

Imagine eating the two foods together, the food you love and the food you hate. Keep imagining the texture and the taste of the two together. Keep eating this big plate of food in your mind, swallow it down, as you squeeze your thumb and ltlle finger together. Eat even more, more and more until you cant eat anymore, then stop.

6. Now think about the food you used to like and crave and notice how it is different now.

You can repeat this process as often as you like until you have completely eliminated your desire for that particular food. You will no longer be a slave to your cravings.

[er 59]

hi annabel
i tried this several times it isnt working yet
but i will persevere and let you know when i get a good result
i had to laugh when i tried because i thought of a hypnotist and in my head i kept saying "look into my eyes not around my eyes"like the one in little britain
im really going to try and make this work its a challenge :thumbs:

[Eeyore]

I have to get away from the food I'm craving

It's normally cheese, or potatoes :lol: so when i feel the craving coming on, I walk the dogs, do some gardening, don't think about the food, you do need strong willpower, but it does work :thumbs:

Now where's that cheese????

[freakyfun]

Wouldn't really work for me, as I like *all* food :(

FF

[Annabel]

If you like all food and cant think of one that really makes you feel sick...what about imagining eating hair or the entrails of a camel or big fat fish eyeballs.... 8-X ...

[freakyfun]

mmmmmm ... my favourite french recipe "entrailles de chameau en beurre, servi avec des pommes de terre et des carottes"


slurp

FF

[er 59]

hi all
ff try imagining your nfh sitting across the dining table that should work :lol:

[freakyfun]

That would certainly put me off my dinner - but only because I'd be trying to rip his head off (stupid, ignorant, little man that he was)

FF

[er 59]

ff :lol:
annabel
i have really tried to make this work for me its just not happening maybe i just dont have the ability to do it
do you think you need to be calm and collected to make it work because that would rule me out completly
i seem to spend most of my time like a wound up spring just waiting to go boing :nfh1:

[er 59]

hi again
eeyore potatoes are ok if they are boiled or jacket as for the cheese go for a really strong flavoured one you may find you can get away with eating less of it :)

[Annabel]

:) poor er indoors!! :D

it does say in the book you have to keep at it., and also the book has a DVD that you are supposed to listen to each day, as this reinforces the message.

perhaps you need the other technique, there is one for when you are in the midst of the craving and need it to go away, or at least calm down so you can get a grip of it...ill write that one up later on, when i get home!

also, maybe the nasty food you are thnking about is not nasty enough???? how about boiled sheeps brains, eyeballs and testicles??? what about a nice fat slobbery ox tongue with all the tastebuds popping up at you???? 8-X 8-X

or tripe cooked with onions and boiled potatoes and cabbage...all grey and white and slimy??? 8-X

i have to stop or i shall hurl!!!! :sicky: :sicky:

[er 59]

but annabel :lol:
ive never tried tripe with onions or boiled sheep brains :lol: so i dont know if it tastes nasty
im picturing a big fat greay donner kebab i was convinced that would work for me as i detest them the smell the look of them everything about them makes me want to grab a bucket

[Eeyore]

LOL er indoors :lol:

I'm no good with cheese, I love really strong cheeses, though one of my friends brough some very smelly cheese back from France that doesn't look or smell nice :(

Annabel, have you been on "I'm a Celebrity" that's the sort of stuff they eat on there :lol: And wasn't Gordon Ramsay making the chefs cook ox tongue on his Nightmares programme last week, and the results looked lovely :P

[Annabel]

I saw that OX tongue Eeyore , gordon bennett, it was revolting!! 8-X 8-X i dont even think i could touch it let alone cook or eat the flaming thing!!! :wow: :wow:

oh, eeyore, you would have loved this cheese I tried at a farmers market the other week, it was organic and had peppers in it plus a tad of chilli...it was very nice indeed had a bit of a kick, the chappie on the stall said it would be fab on a baked potato, which I agreed!!

i didnt buy it though because he was selling such great hunks of it, i dint think we would eat it all, not this time of year anyway! :) B) B)

[Eeyore]

You could've shared that cheese with me, I'd have had no bother polishing it off :D I so love cheese :thumbs:

Yep that ox tongue looked awful, but when it was cooked it seemed ok, I'd have eaten it if I didn't know what it was :blush:

Maybe I'll think of the uncooked ox tongue to stop my cravings :lol: