[fast5] Re: Cravings and Hunger

Thank you, Linda! This is wonderful advice.

I am experimenting with combining F5 with ESE to have a little more freedom on the weekends. 3 days of F5 and 2 days of ESE....weekends free but eat reasonable. I will see.

So, today was 24 hour fast and, wow, your advice truly works. It made all the difference. I didn't struggle at all. I just kept telling myself "it's not an emergency" .... it was too simple.

It is all mental, but it does work.

Thanks,
Suzie

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Linda Eichblatt <linda.eichblatt@...> wrote:
>
> Here's what works for me when I'm hungry -- and it's all mental.
>
> 1. I remember a quote from Judith Beck's book, *The Beck Diet*: "HUNGER IS
> NEVER AN EMERGENCY." Dr. Beck says that severe bleeding, for example, is a
> true emergency and must be tended to. But hunger is not; if you do nothing,
> guess what? It goes away. It's never an emergency.
>
> 2. When I feel my stomach growling and it's not time to eat, I think to
> myself, "Good. This mild discomfort means I'm losing weight." (I'm obese,
> so that's a good thing!)
>
> Best wishes,
> Linda in Cowtown
>

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