1.
The Chocolate Urge
• It tastes great but most chocolate is loaded with sugar and fat.
• You find it hard to take just one bite.
• Once you taste a small piece you want to finish it all.
• Maybe you have irresistible urges for chocolate at the movies.
• Chocolate can be addictive.
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2.
The Chocolate Urge
• Maybe you have irresistible urges for chocolate for a mid-afternoon snack.
• Maybe you can't resist buying chocolate at the supermarket checkout.
• Maybe you eat chocolate in the car.
• Your eye movement technique can help block urges for chocolate and
candy.
• You can use it when you're ready.

3.
The Chocolate Urge
• First, you give yourself the suggestion that you want to block that irresistible
urge.
• You look at or imagine some chocolate
• Then you close your eyes.
• You let your eyes move back and forth, from wall to wall six to eight times.
• Keep letting your eyes move back and forth.

4.
The Chocolate Urge
• After a while you'll notice that there is some kind of change.
• Using eye movements, while your eyes are closed, can reduce the intensity of
an urge.
• You will also find that urges subside if you wait them out.
• It helps to have a substitute mouth-gratifier on hand, like a low-cal candy.

5.
The Chocolate Urge
• The eye movement technique builds on self-suggestion.
• Reading about chocolate, you may want to try the technique again.
• Imagine passing by a display of chocolate.
• Use the eye movement trick.
• Move your eyes, not your head.
• Use the eye movement trick until you get results.

6.
The Chocolate Urge
• You can still have chocolate when you feel in control.
• But avoid chocolate as a way to block hunger, tiredness, or negative
emotions.
• Save chocolate to savor it.
• Plan to have it and work it into your calorie budget.
• Then you can really enjoy it.

7.
The Chocolate Urge
• For practice with the eye movement trick for managing irresistible urges,
especially for chocolate, go to the next slide and press the icon for the audio
guide.

8.
The Chocolate Urge