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'That Cake Smells Disgusting!'

JORGE’S DAILY FIT TIP

By Cruise, LifeScript Fitness Coach

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Ok, so cake doesn’t usually smell bad. In fact, it probably smells so good you can’t help but eat an extra slice! And that’s exactly why the Olf Factor is so important. Your sense of smell, also called your olfactory sense, is very powerful and can affect how much you enjoy your food. When a food smells delicious, you want to eat

it. But when a food smells bad, you turn your nose up at it regardless of how it tastes. That’s why I suggest you mentally conjure up a disgusting smell whenever you find yourself craving unhealthy food you’re not truly hungry for. Often, just thinking about a bad smell is enough to turn off your appetite – even when you’re staring at that tempting cream puff. Use this smell association to help you avoid certain foods, and you’ll easily reduce your calories to a healthy level that promotes weight loss.

Your coach, Cruise

*~*~*~*"You can deprive the body, but the soul needs chocolate" -Sapphyre*~*~*~*"Giving Up Is Not An Option ..." - Sapphyre

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> That’s why I suggest you mentally conjure up a disgusting smell

whenever you find yourself craving unhealthy food you’re not truly

hungry for. Often, just thinking about a bad smell is enough to turn off

your appetite –

Yeah, yeah. SOS - same old s***. I heard this *decades* ago at a

weightloss workshop at the hospital I was working in at the time. At the

same meeting we were told to visualize our food crawling with maggots,

too, to make it unappetizing. Didn't work in the 1970's, still doesn't

work now.

Sue in NJ