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What, you may be asking, is a light bulb moment? You know in cartoons when the light bulb goes on over some little guy's head? That is the moment.

It happened to me the other day when I was eating one of those pastry things you put in the toaster, then squeeze icing on...yes they are allowed on my diet! I put the icing on in nice artistic squiggles, then took a bite. It was warm and sweet. Then I took another bite, that's when it hit me, the bite was big. I was eating this pastry as if someone was standing at my shoulder to take it away from me. I was eating it as if I was starving and would never have another bite to eat. But do you know what? I was not starving, no one wanted to take it away from me, I was alone in my nice warm kitchen.

I never realized until that moment, that I did that. When I like something, I tend to shove it down. I don't eat it, I inhale it. Maybe it comes from something in my childhood? Maybe it comes from being overweight and hearing people say, do you really think you need to eat that? I'm not sure why I do this but now that I know I do, I can put a stop to it. I can tell myself to take smaller bites. I can chew and savor each bite I take. I can make it last. When I eat slowly, I enjoy it more and I don't find myself wishing for more and more and more.

Look for your light bulb moments. Study your eating habits and see how you do certain things. Start a journal. Write it on paper, put it in a word document on the computer, or carry a voice recorder, just do it. Don't be like me and ignore that part of your program. Don't wait for the light to go on, push the switch, help it along.

Debra McGauley owner The Gift and Decorating Nook

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