Have you ever driven to work - and then arrived with no memory of the drive?
It doesn't have to be just driving
to work, but anything you do out of habit.
The Lord brought the 'driving to work' example to mind as I was praying and studying with Him this morning.
The Lord is telling me that the same experience of driving to work unconsciously is the same experience as eating unconsciously. You don't have to figure out the way to work every time you go. Wouldn't that be awful if you had to re-learn how to drive to work everyday?
But instead, God has given your brain the marvelous ability to learn patterns.
Your brain has learned the pattern that you taught it called "Driving to Work" and you've
practiced it for so long that it is now a program that you run automatically.
All you have to do is decide that you are going to work, get in the car, start it up, and pull out of the driveway. Voila'! The 'Driving to work' program takes over and does the rest.
If you take a different route to work than you are used to doing it, it's not going to be as comfortable as the old way, is it?
So concerning your overeating, you have a route that you have taught your brain over the years. It has that learned the pattern so well that it doesn't even have to think about it anymore.
In the case of driving to work, your trigger to start the program is
probably pulling out of the driveway.
What is your trigger to start your overeating "program"?
- Is it sitting
down to watch your favorite TV program?
- Seeing leftovers on the stove?
- Being compelled to clean your plate after preparing a large serving?
- Needing to relax after coming home from work?
You've got an automatic program running if your overeating has gotten to the point where you are not even conscious of doing it!
So how do you change it?
Click here to discover 4 steps in the article 'How to Interrupt Overeating'