Subj : Re: Fasting and food
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : NANCY BACKUS
Date : Wed Apr 10 2019 13:37:00

-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 04-09-19  06:15 <=-

 > I heard a program once about how deprivation causes cravings, and
 > fixations on the item lacked... the brain focuses on the "missing" thing
 > to an obsession... whether it be physical or emotional... kinda made
 > sense...  For you, having it in the freezer tells your brain that it is
 > available, so the craving isn't necessary... :) 

 JM> Makes sense.
 JM> I recall how there have been times I'll see something at the store
 JM> and think I might try that.  And a few days later thinking I should
 JM> have whatever that was, only to learn I had looked at the product but
 JM> didn't buy it.  :)

The tricks the brain can play on one... I suppose it's probably better
to not buy it and think you had, than to buy it and forget you had (and
find it ages later, totally nasty)...  <G>

ttyl       neb

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