2023-06-22 06:18:38
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It has been more than a week since I got involved in this interesting story. The fruits are yet to be reaped.
I’m trying to fool myself about sweets, in sports you don’t have to fool yourself at the moment.
Cunning first. I just love candy. Just in case, I will blur the name so that it is not an advertisement and has passed moderation. These candies are weighty, 3 pieces and immediately 100 grams, that is, about 500 kcal. I buy them at a time, that is, 3 pieces each, because if I take more and eat them all, I can hardly stop. The deception lies in the fact that because of its rather large size, I divide the candy into 4 parts and put it in a small bowl or gravy bowl. The brain is deceived in the first place by the fact that I ate not one candy, but 4 small ones, and the fact that I ate a whole plate, albeit a small one.
While it turns out with varying success, there is not always enough endurance and patience, but I like the way. It is also aesthetically pleasing when you take it from a plate and savor it not from a candy wrapper right into your mouth.
The second trick. If I feel that I want sweets because of some kind of anxiety, sadness, etc., then I try to have time to ask myself “5 whys”. Each answer starts a new why.
That is:
Why do I want candy? Because I feel anxious. Why do I feel anxious? Because I don’t want to get down to business and distract myself as much as I can. Why do you distract yourself and do not want to do certain things? Because….
Usually, by the 5th question, the root cause of the condition becomes clear and it is easier to cope with cravings in the moment.
Cunning the third. Probably this will not be a revelation for someone, but a completely understandable statement, but a change in the main diet can affect cravings for sweets, and indeed the mood for the day. For breakfast, I eat long-cooked oatmeal in milk, without sugar and salt. It seemed that the option is good, correct, healthy. It even became delicious for me to eat it unseasoned with nothing, but I noticed that after it I want sweets as the end of a meal and a new bout of hunger appears very soon.
The other day I made cheesecakes, poured in frozen berries and I ate so well with such a set, I didn’t want to eat for a long time, and I didn’t feel like sweets for a very long time either. Therefore, I want to review my diet and perhaps change something in it.
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