Best Way to Screw Up Weight Loss

Do You Wreck your Weight Loss By Eating More Since it Cost A Lot? How about Eating it Just Because it's There?

Tip: You Only Pay for The First Bite

Do you ever eat more than you want because you paid for it and want your money's worth? How about when you're already comfortably stuffed, but there are a couple more bites, and you're in an expensive restaurant? Are you more likely to go ahead and eat it? Come on, admit it. It's okay. We've all been there.

If you tend to overeat in restaurants or you're a member of the clean-the-plate club, consider changing the way you think of buying and paying for food. You are paying for the first bite only. Once you've eaten that first bite, the rest is free, so if you notice you've had enough, throw the rest away, or wrap it up for later. If there's not enough to take it home, leave it. You don't think you could ever leave food on your plate? That's simply a belief. Use EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) on those old, outdated beliefs and change that faulty thinking quickly and easily (see resource box below).

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You might use the following:

"Even though I can't leave food on my plate, I deeply and completely accept myself."

"Even though I can't waste food, I deeply and completely accept myself."

"Even though my mom always said I shouldn't waste food, I deeply and completely accept myself."

Here's how I maintain my 80 pound weight loss. I prefer to buy a piece of cake (or two) from a great local bakery, like Rose's Bakery in Portland, Oregon. At Rose's a piece of cake is $5 or more, but it's worth it. If I instead brought home an entire cake from the grocery store, I'd end up with an entire leftover cake, that I'll likely enjoy over a few days time, but that means I'll have eaten four pieces of cake instead of one. I'm not doing myself any favors by saving money.

The tendency to keep overeating sets in after a few solid days of indulgence. Eating cake four days in a row will probably set my taste buds up for wanting to eat cake all the time. Keep a treat special, an occasional indulgence, not a regular habit.

It's far better to just enjoy some cake when you really want it, and be done with it. When you want a treat, have a real treat. Trying to deny a craving doesn't usually work because you still want what you want. Decide if you are willing to pay five dollars for a bite of delicious cake. If the answer is yes, then go get some. If the answer is no, then when looking at the cheaper cake, remember, that first bite. Think only of the first bite. Would you pay five dollars for one bite of that cheaper cake?

I Can't Leave Food on my Plate is a Belief

Once you get past the belief that you absolutely must eat every single bite, you'll be free to explore the notion that the first bite is the one that matters.

Take that first bite and judge it based on how it tastes, and how much you're enjoying it in that moment. Savor that first bite, chew it slowly, roll it around, or let it melt. If it were to be your only bite would you want to hurry up and swallow, or would you want to take your time to prolong the experience? When you think you are drowning you'll gasp for air, but we aren't starving. Our food supply isn't in jeopardy so there's no need to eat like it's your last meal.

Yes, good food can be expensive but acting like a human garbage can will cost far more in the long run with hospital bills and doctor visits. Eat that first bite and totally enjoy it. Then decide how many more bites you really want.

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