Think Thin! Behavior Control of Dieting part 2

Hink Thin! Behavior Control of Dieting

  I recount that sad, terrifying moment because of a curious phenomenon that occurred when I began to try to lose weight eight years later: lunchtime. a cafeteria. like an addict, I am drawn to hot table with its corned beef and French fried potatoes. at the sight of corned beef, I actually feel my jaw working. and then, an image of my father’s face as i last saw it flashes before me. i am appalled .I try to turn off the picture by moving away from the hot table. i take a salad. the picture something pleasant: my forthcoming trip to Europe anything to get that hospital scene off the screen of my mind. but note: i ended up with the salad rather than the corned beef. and it happened day after day.

unconsciously, i had altered my eating habits through be havior control. i did not hear about the technique until many years later. indeed, it was not until the 1960s that psychologists showed that human beings can use thoughts to reward and punish  themselves in order to being unwanted behavior under control. and only more recently have the psychologists applied these techniques to eating behavior.