Distraction Can Cure Your Cravings
How many times have you had a craving and gave in to it? Many times I bet. We all have cravings and they can be really difficult to resist. However if you have been able to distract yourself for 10 minutes or so it is likely the craving would have passed.
Here is what happened to me last week. I was home with 
my family in Massachusetts for Christmas. But it wasn’t just my family and I … there were also over a dozen different kinds of cookies that my stepmother got from a cookie swap, a key lime pie (which I love) and a chocolate cake (chocolate is my weakness!). I had a full dinner and a piece of key lime pie. The pie got me going … I wanted more. I kept thinking about all the cookies, pie and cake and knew I was headed for trouble! I decided to distract myself to see if the craving would pass, so I logged on to the internet to work on a project. Before I knew it, an hour had 
passed and I totally lost the craving for sweets.
Many of us get cravings now and then for various foods. Come up with a plan as to how you can distract yourself the next time you get a craving.
Suggestions as how to distract yourself:
1. Reseach something on the internet
2. Call a friend
3. Give yourself a manicure
4. Get out and take a walk
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January 6th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Would you please not put pictures of cookies and key lime pies on your self-help articles. I was just getting over my Christmas addiction. Come to think of it, there is still some chocolate cake left in the extra refrigerator. Thank you!
January 7th, 2008 at 1:48 am
Howard,
Sounds like you need some distractions! Get out and take a walk. That chocolate cake must be pretty stale by now. Get rid of it and stock up on some healthy snacks like fruit.
March 30th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
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