Little grains of sand

Found this interview with my favorite ‘diet’ author, Linda Spangle: Emotional Eating: Overcoming the Urge

and an article by her: Focus on Thinking Differently to Lose Weight

Living like a thin person also means thinking about food and eating in a different way, says Hudnall. “Are you hungry or satisfied? Do you like a particular food or not?” she asks. “Those questions often don’t come into play with people who struggle with food issues.

This is so true! I used to eat ice-cream for years because it’s supposed to taste good and/or cool you down. It didn’t do either for me! So finally I was like ‘why the hell am I eating this stuff?! It doesn’t even taste that great’ So I haven’t had it much since, its been about 2 years now I think.

I do still have orange lollies, which I love, but no hardcore ice cream. Now this is not an all or nothing situation, I would still enjoy a scoop or two now and again but basically stopping thinking of this as a treat changed my desire to have it all the time. I buy single serves now in restaurants or vendors, and don’t buy gallon size buckets of the stuff. I did love Chunky Monkey from Ben and Jerry’s a LOT - but that name describes exactly how you end up after eating too much of it!