Ep Q2: What Is The Best Way To Stop A Craving?
About this episode
This episode discusses how to effectively stop cravings rather than just manage them.
Renata from Denver opens her desk drawer at 3:15 every afternoon, eats three pieces of chocolate she can't taste, and wants to know how to stop the craving itself. Not manage it. Stop it. Most advice tells you to out-muscle the thing. Wait fifteen minutes, move the stash to your car, find something else to do with your hands. That advice is built on a broken assumption, and it's why you keep losing at 3:20. In this episode: Why wanting and liking run on separate circuits in your brain, and what that explains about eating something you didn't enjoy The three-to-five-minute lifespan of a craving Why suppression fails the way a beach ball held underwater fails The Circuit Breaker: stop, name, breathe, feel, choose What happens to your identity on the days you lose, and why that costs more than the chocolate One assignment at the end, and it takes about four seconds. The Weight Loss Mindset with Rick Taylar. The door is open. Get full access to The Weight Loss Mindset at news.weightlossmindset.co/subscribe
People in this episode
Host: Rick Taylar
Guest: Renata
Topics covered
- cravings
- eating behavior
- mindfulness
- identity
- weight loss
Keywords
- craving
- chocolate
- eating circuits
- suppression
- identity
- mindset
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