Train your brain to crave healthy foods
By Elizabeth Cohen, Senior Medical Correspondent
(CNN) -- Looking back on it, Wendy Fox thinks it was the M&M's that did her in.
They sat in a glass bowl on her living room table, taunting her every time she walked by, seemingly calling out for her to scoop up a few and eat them. Eat them she did, as well as anything else chocolaty that crossed her path, such as a brownie at her favorite restaurant or a mocha drink at Starbucks.
Fox's chocolate cravings (and three pregnancies) helped her gain 40 pounds in her 30s.
"It wasn't pretty," says Fox, 41, a real estate agent in Weston, Massachusetts.
Unhappy with her growing figure -- she'd gone from a size 4 to a size 10 -- Fox watched as her mother lost 30 pounds. Her mother, who also craves sweets, had attended a program with nutritionist Susan Roberts at Tufts University to curb cravings and suggested Fox do the same.
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They sat in a glass bowl on her living room table, taunting her every time she walked by, seemingly calling out for her to scoop up a few and eat them. Eat them she did, as well as anything else chocolaty that crossed her path, such as a brownie at her favorite restaurant or a mocha drink at Starbucks.
Fox's chocolate cravings (and three pregnancies) helped her gain 40 pounds in her 30s.
"It wasn't pretty," says Fox, 41, a real estate agent in Weston, Massachusetts.
Unhappy with her growing figure -- she'd gone from a size 4 to a size 10 -- Fox watched as her mother lost 30 pounds. Her mother, who also craves sweets, had attended a program with nutritionist Susan Roberts at Tufts University to curb cravings and suggested Fox do the same.
To read the full article, click below:
Train Your Brain to Crave Healthy Foods-CNN.com
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