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The First Piece is the Last Piece By Bryan D. Toder After eating some chocolate cake at a wedding I noticed, as I was scraping the icing off the plate, that I was still thinking that I wanted just "one more bite" of cake. This interested me because I thought that if l could convince myself (by accessing a past state of "fullness" or "contentedness", before I started eating the slice of cake, that if I took one forkful of cake (and threw the rest away) and thought of that forkful (the first piece) as "the last piece", I would still have the same feeling as when I ate the entire slice of cake ! To test this out a few days later, while watching television, I had a bag of Hershey's Kisses nearby and I wanted some to eat. However, I thought to take just one Kiss out of the bag and put the rest away. Then, I imagined as if I had just eaten about six or seven Kisses and this one was the "last one". After eating it, I (of course) had that I wish I had another one" thought, but for some reason, it passed and I felt content. I now tell my clients about this technique and it does get the same result. They are amazed. P> |