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Can you believe it?  Donuts in the kitchen and I have eaten only one?  Yep that’s right, ONE.  I’ve read that book Debra clued me in on and taken to heart some of the ideas that were in there.  THE MOST IMPORTANT one for me was ask yourself if you’re really hungry before you eat. And paying attention to what you are doing, if you want to eat, then eat, don’t do something else along with that.  This has been hard–not reading, or walking around with a sandwich, or watching TV.    I have only been doing this for four days now, so it’s really new, but asking that question of myself, then really paying attention to the answer,and paying attention to EATING,  has had a big effect on me.  I know that it isn’t that easy, but this one thing has made a real difference in my eating!  Paying attention to what and why I am eating it seems so simple, but after I thought about it, I realized that a lot of the time, I was eating because it was “time” to eat, or I didn’t have anything else to do.  There are some tricks in the book to use to help you along and the CD alone is worth the price—you are to  listen to it everyday for 2 weeks—, but I’ll wear it out, I put it on right as I am going to bed and listen, it relaxes me and helps me sleep so soundly.  I swear I have been feeling better and have more energy in four days.  Now don’t get me wrong—there are some visualization drills that you do that I struggle with.  I’m just not good at “seeing things in my head”.  But I figure that trying is worth something.  I know this is not a quick fix for me, but I’m liking what is going one.  The scale will tell the tale I guess.  We’ll see.