Cravings

" FIND OUT WHAT IS MISSING IN YOUR LIFE AND ADD SOMETHING

BETTER. Have you heard that craving sugar means you lack sweetness in

your life? Cravings can often be distractions from what we really want in

our lives. Think about what happens when you eat the food you are

craving. When you eat sugar, do you feel warmth, peace or euphoria?

Where are you missing those emotions in your life? What could you be

doing that would allow you to experience them without food?"

"CREATE A PATTERN INTERRUPT. As you go through the process of

eliminating cravings, you may recognize a pattern. A pattern interrupt is

putting something between you and what you are craving so that instead

of having the craving and then taking action by eating what you are

craving, you do something to interrupt the act of eating.....

There are many options for pattern interrupts: repeat a mantra, do a

meditation, go for a walk, call a friend or even the practice of asking

yourself questions. A good question is, “Is there something better that I

can reach for now?”

Just the simple act of asking yourself this question can help you change

your habits. You can train yourself to reach for better things. When you

go to the refrigerator at night and you’re looking for something sweet

and you ask yourself, “Is there something better that I can reach for?” You

might end up having a salad. You can literally save yourself from the

clutches of some sort of awful addiction that feels like it’s controlling you

— because you are empowering yourself to move beyond it and

create new habits." 

Kevin Gianni in 'High Raw'