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Don't be afraid to succeed at weight loss. If you have done a fast you have learned some essential truths that this site wants to reinforce. If you are doing it the slower way, there are still lessons you can take from my journey. It is a life long mindfulness, today is your first day.

Friday, March 6, 2015

Don't break the Seal

Steve was in our group for a while.  He had lost a great deal of weight.  I remember him talking about his love of popcorn and that on maintenance he was allowing himself a little popcorn, but only when he went to the movies, so it was okay.

Several weeks later he reported an upswing in movie attendance and popcorn consumption and he said that the inclusion of popcorn in his maintenance plan was a mistake, it was a food that he should not have "taken the seal off of."

So, we have come to talk about the foods we have put aside as ones that are trigger foods, or ones that imply you look at how many calories are in the bag or box, because it is likely that it is the entire bag or box that will go, if the package is opened at all as we are aware of our inability to limit our consumption of these special foods.

For me, these foods might trigger a warm feeling of my childhood, perhaps of toast at breakfast before school, and thus, bread and toast with their covering of butter is a food I need to keep sealed up.

I offer you this "in process" poster called, "Don't Break the Seal." Please use it to keep you on your plan and to keep certain foods away, for the time being.

Do it, Breaking the Seal will undermine your efforts.