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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I think one way past this is to promise yourself that you can have the cookie “tomorrow “ — IF you really still want the cookie.  Then notice how you feel when you wake up the next day.  For me, the issue is often desserts or chips.  When I wake up in the morning, I usually don’t want whatever I was craving the evening before.  When I don’t eat those things for a few days, the cravings go away.[/b]

An issue for me is that I was forced to “clean my plate” as a kid, so, at some deep level, “finishing” food means that I’m “good” and won’t get punished.  I still battle that kind of “noise” sometimes too.  So I think it’s a combination of emotional “noise” and food noise — possibly connected with some starchy + fat/sugar/salt foods.  As others have suggested, the food noise may quiet down  if you eliminate certain types of foods, and therapy can help with the emotional stuff.

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I do this. Not always successfully with the cookies and brownies that are always around because my kids "have" to have "dessert" every night and won't accept fruit  or yogurt with fruit "dessert." But often successfully, particularly with soda. My kids actually don't like that, so they aren't going to drink it; and husband drinks diet which I can't stand. So I know there is soda available IF I REALLY want it. If I find myself thinking about it for 3 days, I know I want it and have one and the craving is satisfied.

But I do struggle regularly with "if I don't eat it now, it will be gone" in general because that's how it's played out living as a family. When you're the only one trying to eat better and refrain from more treats, and you have a kid that seems to have no limit or consideration for the fact others might want some.....  So I have resorted to "hiding" certain foods and letting my other kid know where they are, as well as keeping my own stash of certain things which I am able to make last a long time. Unfortunately, it's not so easy to do that with ice cream that has to be in the freezer![/quote]

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