Cerulean
Silver Member
What happened?
I was baking and the cookies look so good and gooey that I wanted to taste one.
What were my most important thoughts, i.e. Hot Thoughts?Underline your Hot Thought/s
What I did was not eat it and left it alone. I thought about the weigh in this afternoon. I thought about all the hard work I've been through. I thought about the fact that I no longer want to be controlled by food and that I wanted to be in control of it. (LIGHTBULB!)
I would have eaten it in the past. Along with its family and friends.
Evidence for Hot Thought
Yes - it's painful to me but this is a very interesting lesson that I wanted to learn. I need to know why it's agony and why I am so desperate.
Evidence against Hot Thought
I certainly won't die, it's not really that agonising, I am adequately fed by my nutrition.
More realistic thought
It is a yummy looking cookie, but I don't actually need it. I don't actually need any baked goods ever again. I may have anything I wish when I choose to. But I may never choose to again. I am a good enough cook to know that I do not need to taste that to know it is delicious.
How I feel now
Powerful and in control!
How I might behave now
Hopefully not make such a fuss when I see something I consider to be 'yummy'. It's just food! What is that 'I HAVE TO HAVE THAT NOW!!!' thing all about anyway?
I was baking and the cookies look so good and gooey that I wanted to taste one.
What were my most important thoughts, i.e. Hot Thoughts?Underline your Hot Thought/s
- No-one will ever know
- Just the one
- I neeeeeeed this cookie - look at how delicious it is!
- Oh god it smells so delicious, I have to have it
- I will die if I can't have that - this is agony
- Desperate
- Frustrated
- Tempted
- Needy
What I did was not eat it and left it alone. I thought about the weigh in this afternoon. I thought about all the hard work I've been through. I thought about the fact that I no longer want to be controlled by food and that I wanted to be in control of it. (LIGHTBULB!)
I would have eaten it in the past. Along with its family and friends.
Evidence for Hot Thought
Yes - it's painful to me but this is a very interesting lesson that I wanted to learn. I need to know why it's agony and why I am so desperate.
Evidence against Hot Thought
I certainly won't die, it's not really that agonising, I am adequately fed by my nutrition.
More realistic thought
It is a yummy looking cookie, but I don't actually need it. I don't actually need any baked goods ever again. I may have anything I wish when I choose to. But I may never choose to again. I am a good enough cook to know that I do not need to taste that to know it is delicious.
How I feel now
Powerful and in control!
How I might behave now
Hopefully not make such a fuss when I see something I consider to be 'yummy'. It's just food! What is that 'I HAVE TO HAVE THAT NOW!!!' thing all about anyway?