Lure of Food Cues
Food is linked to cues from culture, family and environment. Think for a minute, where do you go that has a certain food as a “first thought”? Movies = tub of buttered popcorn. Rushing out in the morning = greasy drive-thru egg/cheese biscuit. Sending a card to Grandma = trip to bakery for similar (but not as good) sugar cookies. Dinner at an Italian restaurant = half dozen bread sticks while waiting for the entrée.
These are cues for eating, which we developed over time and nurtured into our food bill of rights. Until we recognize the power of food cues, our efforts to reach and maintain a healthy weight will be unnecessarily difficult.
This week let’s agree to go on a Search and Destroy mission for every possible food cue that might hold back progress.
Keep a note card in your pocket or purse. Write down the place or time that a food cue pops into your mind. Identify which food cues are habits, not genuine hunger. Here’s a clue: what pops into mind? If it’s a cookie, candy bar, cola or chips, that’s a food cue not real hunger and does not need to be reinforced.
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