 Free Online Articles Directory |
|||||||
Home Page  Sports and Fitness Fitness Momma Said "Keep Your Fingers Out Of Your Mouth" |
|||||||
 |
Momma Said "Keep Your Fingers Out Of Your Mouth"Related Videos
How to Play Guitar: Twinkle Fingerstyle Revolution
In this section, Greg Douglass demonstrates fingerstyling in the tune Twinkle, Twinkle,...  Watching television exercises our eyes but nothing else. Unfortunately, it doesn't require us to do anything with our hands which leaves them free to grab something to eat. Then there are the food and restaurant commercials where everything is colorful and perfectly cooked. Don't even think about watching a cooking show: the temptation to snack or get up and cook is totally irresistible. How can we break this self-destructive cycle? Any diversion may work for a while but loses its strength with too many repetitions. The secret is to have multiple alternatives available. If one doesn't work at any given time, try another. Mix and match as your likes, preferences, and moods dictate. KEEP YOUR HANDS BUSY When your hands are involved in a task, it is difficult to eat. Finger foods and dull television are inextricably bound together like flies in a spider web. Some activities to tie up those hands include: sewing, knitting, giving yourself a leisurely manicure (wet nail polish is a sure fire defense against eating), water the plants. Turn the television off and try such pursuits as model making, card playing, videogames (that require both hands on the controls), sending e-mails, embroidery, and all kinds of crafts. PREOCCUPY YOUR MIND To bar thoughts of food from entering our heads and whetting our tastebuds, we have to keep our minds engaged, and our attention focused, in other directions. Clear away snack foods and dig into a riveting novel -- you won't want to leave the story for anything as mundane as fixing a snack. Start a daily journal and write about your thoughts and feelings and aspirations. Tackle one of those time-consuming chores you skip in your weekly clean-up: clean out drawers, work on the car, clean the BBQ, set aside stuff to go to Goodwill or storage, restring broken necklaces or re-organize your closets. All will help to keep your mind off food and no mental image of food means no consumption of food. PRIORITIZE THOSE AROUND YOU Play with your kids or help them with their homework. Go for a walk with your significant other and really talk about what is going on in your separate lives. At a long, safe distance from anything edible, call your parents or an old friend. Do these techniques work? Sometimes. With regular effort and multiple task changes to maintain interest, they can be effective. For those days when nothing seems to work and the food cravings are overwhelming, we need to bring in the "big guns" which we will discuss another time.
Rate this Article:
Current: 0 / 5 stars - 0 vote(s).
Article Tags: Diet, Health, Weight Loss, Attitudes, Psychological Reframing Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/fitness-articles/momma-said-keep-your-fingers-out-of-your-mouth-21969.html About the Author:
Dr. Bola is a psychologist and an admitted diet fanatic, specializing in therapeutic reframing and the effects of attitudes and motivation on individual goals. She is the author of a psychology-based workbook for permanent weight control. Reach her at: http://www.DietWithAnAttitude.com/index2.html
Related ArticlesFood Journal: A Mirror To Yourself The Folly of Diet Recipes The French Fry: Weapon of Mass Destruction? Weight Loss: Tweaking Your Lifestyle Diet: Changing Your Focus Five Reasons NOT To Lose Weight Diet Fads: Supermarket Sheep Weight Loss At Work: Non-Food Rewards Got a Question? Ask.Ask the community a question about this article:Frequently Asked Questions Are the breakfast shakes good for u? the sugar ... Has anyone seen any positive results with the ... Breathing problem Does any one know of any lawsuits that have been ... Burning of the scalp,legs,and arms Adult self harm Q&A Powered by:
 Latest Fitness ArticlesKnee Pain Relief : Finding the Best Basketball Knee Brace Best Ways to Build Muscle Fast Diet Trends - the Diets to Watch Out for in 2009 How to Overcome Drug Addiction Different Types of Fitness Equipment Spokane Wa Has to Offer How to Build a Home Gym and Why Top Five Tips for Choosing a Flat Fee Mls Real Estate Broker Food Addiction: are You Overeating to Self-medicate? More from Virginia BolaWeight Loss: The Cheat Codes Weight Loss: Suicide By Chocolate Prolonged Unemployment: Reconnecting With The Labor Market Unemployment: The First 48 Hours Unemployment: Become Your Own Job Coach Job Seeker Secrets: Recycle Your Job Search Job Seeking Secrets: Organize Your Attack The Perils Of Unemployment: Losing Ourselves |
|
|||||
|
Article Categories
|
|||||||
 Sign up for our email newsletterReceive updates, enter your email below
Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the Terms Of Use and Privacy Policy | User published content is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
Copyright © 2005-2008 Free Articles by ArticlesBase.com, All rights reserved. (0.62, 17) |
|||||||
