Ode to a Craving

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You’re sitting on the sofa or

you’re driving in your car,

when all of a sudden it hits you–

an urgent need for a CANDY BAR!!

Your stomach isn’t growling and

you’ve just finished lunch,

but all your mind can contemplate

is something sweet that will CRUNCH!!

At first you want some ice cream,

but will that do the trick?

You’ll have to follow sweet with salty,

maybe a spicy hot BEEF STICK.

You’ve been following your eating plan

you can’t just blow it all.

How do you make it through the torture?

Your self esteem will take a FALL.

On one shoulder is the CRAVING DEVIL

Dolly Madison is her name

but on the other is the CRAVING ANGEL,

beating cravings is Judith Beck’s game!

While Dolly would tell you “Just one bite won’t hurt,”

Dr. Beck would remind you “It’s no reason for alert.”

To conquer your cravings, you can’t hear the devil’s voice,

you must STAND FIRM and give yourself NO CHOICE!

It can’t last forever, it will soon go away

and you will be proud you made it through another day.

If mind tricks don’t work, then you must change behavior.

Distance yourself from the foods that you savor.

Go clean the bathroom, go walk the dog or

enjoy another post on Southern Fried Fatty’s blog!

You can combat the stress with a breathing technique.

Slowly breathe for three minutes and with each exhale out,

the resistance muscle will get stronger and the giving-in muscle weak.

OR… You could be mistaking thirst for hunger. Go drink some water or a low-cal soft drink.

Don’t forget the CONTEST or the CHALLENGE! 

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