Guest guest Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 What a fabulous idea! I have no clue what smells might work, but I could use one for when I have to go to the supermarket and you have NO choice but to trundle your trolley right through the entire bakery section to get to the rest of the shop... If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears too! All the best and welcome Phoenix > Hey'all > > I started today. > > Basically, I got into this whole health and fitness thing last > February, and got myself looking pretty hot for my wedding last > October. January this year, however, I was in a very minor car > accident that absolutely screwed up my neck. I stopped exercising, > started eating junk, and forgot everything that I'd learnt about > being healthy. As a result, my asthma flared up, giving everyone a > big scare including myself. > > Since the asthma thing, I've s-l-o-w-l-y started getting back to > things, but making minor changes to my eating, and starting to > exercise at lunch while it's not too cold for my asthma. Nonetheless, > I feel the time has come to start making dramatic changes to my > eating and exercise habits. > > So, to the crux of today's problem. I went to the gym dutifully at > lunch today. However, my gym is in a shopping centre in the city, on > the first floor. After working out you go down the lift and step out > into the middle of a food hall. All sorts of yummy aromas tempt you. > Although my brain and tummy know that I want to get back to the > office where I can eat my tuna and brown rice salad mix, the smells > drive me nuts! > > What I'm thinking is that I need something else that I can smell > right before I get into the lift. I've never researched any > aromatherapy, and so I don't know anything about it. Is there a smell > that might suppress appetite and block my nostrils so that the smell > doesn't get me as I walk through the food hall? Any ideas? > > Hopefully my queries and comments on this site will get less weird in > the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 What about dabbing some perfume in the palm area below your thumb? Just brush it a few times across your nose as you go through the tantalizing areas. To all others, hopefully it'll just look like you have an itch or maybe a runny nose. Plan B could be to wear a mask and freakout everybody, but hey, it's in the name of health. Leah S All sorts of yummy aromas tempt you. Although my brain and tummy know that I want to get back to the office where I can eat my tuna and brown rice salad mix, the smells drive me nuts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Wow. That could be tough. I'm having the opposite - I lose my appetite after I work out, so the aromas make me sick instead of hungry. Smell your gym towel in the lift. That should do the trick. > Hey'all > > I started today. > > Basically, I got into this whole health and fitness thing last > February, and got myself looking pretty hot for my wedding last > October. January this year, however, I was in a very minor car > accident that absolutely screwed up my neck. I stopped exercising, > started eating junk, and forgot everything that I'd learnt about > being healthy. As a result, my asthma flared up, giving everyone a > big scare including myself. > > Since the asthma thing, I've s-l-o-w-l-y started getting back to > things, but making minor changes to my eating, and starting to > exercise at lunch while it's not too cold for my asthma. Nonetheless, > I feel the time has come to start making dramatic changes to my > eating and exercise habits. > > So, to the crux of today's problem. I went to the gym dutifully at > lunch today. However, my gym is in a shopping centre in the city, on > the first floor. After working out you go down the lift and step out > into the middle of a food hall. All sorts of yummy aromas tempt you. > Although my brain and tummy know that I want to get back to the > office where I can eat my tuna and brown rice salad mix, the smells > drive me nuts! > > What I'm thinking is that I need something else that I can smell > right before I get into the lift. I've never researched any > aromatherapy, and so I don't know anything about it. Is there a smell > that might suppress appetite and block my nostrils so that the smell > doesn't get me as I walk through the food hall? Any ideas? > > Hopefully my queries and comments on this site will get less weird in > the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 > Although my brain and tummy know that I want to get back to the > office where I can eat my tuna and brown rice salad mix, the > smells drive me nuts! Aromatherapy is used more for changing to different moods, like having a calming effect, clarifying, etc but not as an appetite suppressant (or I dare say it would be selling like crazy!) I liked the perfume idea(or the smelly towel lol!) I think it might be good to hit this aroma response behavior right headon by bringing your food with you and eating it at the food court or having something to drink while skirting out of the mall at a fast pace. Remember you really have to modify your behavior to make changes longterm, and if everytime you smell something yummy you have to have it, the weight wont stay off for very long so its a matter of changing your responses to stimulants such as food aromas. Similarly, my office coworkers are always making toast, or toasting cinnimon bagels, or microwaving popcorn, or bringing in fastfoods like french fries, which only seems to tempt me when I am overly hungry so lesson #1 never let yourself be hungry without other choices at hand. :-) joni -------------------------------- *Lift well, Eat less, Walk fast, Live long* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Peppermint is one scent that is supposed to reduce cravings for unhealthy foods. Also, you might check out the following link, it is an aromatherapy inhaler for appetite suppression. http://www.earthsolutions.com/dd.asp?sku=BLST-APCL & prev=new.asp Hope this helps, cherrytomatogal <no_reply > wrote: Hey'all I started today. Basically, I got into this whole health and fitness thing last February, and got myself looking pretty hot for my wedding last October. January this year, however, I was in a very minor car accident that absolutely screwed up my neck. I stopped exercising, started eating junk, and forgot everything that I'd learnt about being healthy. As a result, my asthma flared up, giving everyone a big scare including myself. Since the asthma thing, I've s-l-o-w-l-y started getting back to things, but making minor changes to my eating, and starting to exercise at lunch while it's not too cold for my asthma. Nonetheless, I feel the time has come to start making dramatic changes to my eating and exercise habits. So, to the crux of today's problem. I went to the gym dutifully at lunch today. However, my gym is in a shopping centre in the city, on the first floor. After working out you go down the lift and step out into the middle of a food hall. All sorts of yummy aromas tempt you. Although my brain and tummy know that I want to get back to the office where I can eat my tuna and brown rice salad mix, the smells drive me nuts! What I'm thinking is that I need something else that I can smell right before I get into the lift. I've never researched any aromatherapy, and so I don't know anything about it. Is there a smell that might suppress appetite and block my nostrils so that the smell doesn't get me as I walk through the food hall? Any ideas? Hopefully my queries and comments on this site will get less weird in the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 My gym is located next to an evil bakery that emits smells of danishes and other hot gooey treats in the same early morning hours that I am coming and going. I've been by the same location on my lunch hour and after work and there is no sign of the pastry aroma. Clearly it's a plot. However, I've found that if I stop and really concentrate on the smell, it's mostly just granulated sugar and vanilla. Those items in and of themselves are a bit of a turn off for me so I can forge onward without much trouble. So, perhaps instead of trying to avoid it, you could try stopping and really focusing on the smells. Imagining what they are and even infusing it with a little creativity. For example, my family was at a restaurant several years ago and my mom swears there was a cockroach in her omlette. It looked like a mushroom to the rest of us, but whenever I think of that restaurant now, all I can imagine is the La Cucaracha Omlette. Good Luck! DeDe > Hey'all > > I started today. > > Basically, I got into this whole health and fitness thing last > February, and got myself looking pretty hot for my wedding last > October. January this year, however, I was in a very minor car > accident that absolutely screwed up my neck. I stopped exercising, > started eating junk, and forgot everything that I'd learnt about > being healthy. As a result, my asthma flared up, giving everyone a > big scare including myself. > > Since the asthma thing, I've s-l-o-w-l-y started getting back to > things, but making minor changes to my eating, and starting to > exercise at lunch while it's not too cold for my asthma. Nonetheless, > I feel the time has come to start making dramatic changes to my > eating and exercise habits. > > So, to the crux of today's problem. I went to the gym dutifully at > lunch today. However, my gym is in a shopping centre in the city, on > the first floor. After working out you go down the lift and step out > into the middle of a food hall. All sorts of yummy aromas tempt you. > Although my brain and tummy know that I want to get back to the > office where I can eat my tuna and brown rice salad mix, the smells > drive me nuts! > > What I'm thinking is that I need something else that I can smell > right before I get into the lift. I've never researched any > aromatherapy, and so I don't know anything about it. Is there a smell > that might suppress appetite and block my nostrils so that the smell > doesn't get me as I walk through the food hall? Any ideas? > > Hopefully my queries and comments on this site will get less weird in > the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 You could have a piece of sugarless gum before you get into the elevator to keep you occupied... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Thank you for the link, . Great price too. T-Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2005 Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 Thanks for all of your wonderful suggestions. In case you were wondering, I'm not usually hungry immediately after a workout, but when I go to the gym at lunch I usually have a nice shower afterwards and by the time I'm all refreshed I start to feel hungry. I think the approach that I'm going to try is the perfume idea. I have also had some success in the past with obsessively drinking from my waterbottle as I walk past, so I'll try that again. I believe that joni is right in saying that I shouldn't try to avoid the smells etc but I need to train myself to not be as affected by them. Also, yesterday (day 1) was wonderful - I wasn't really hungry all day, my appetite just kicked along with me eating some carbs and protein every couple of hours. Yay! Sore ankles today though, bizarre... > Thank you for the link, . Great price too. > T-Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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