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Over the years, the opportunity to eat junk food has become much easier due to its affordability. I remember the days when fish and chips were a real treat. Nowadays, it’s relatively easy to buy them a few times a week. Not only that, but fatty, sugary foods are often on special offer in supermarkets and it doesn’t break the bank to buy profiteroles, mini donuts, tubs of ice cream and chocolate bars. We are effectively spoilt for choice, especially given the fact that you can buy a pack full of treats for £1, or take advantage of the numerous buy one, get one free deals that we see everywhere. This is one of the reasons why food has gained the upper hand over the years, taking control of you rather than you taking control of it. In short, so many people have become slaves to food. It’s become the champ and celebrates a victory every time you buy into all the unhealthy items in store because your mind is conditioned to believe it pulls the strings. Food has tempted you, and for no fault of your own, you gave in to this temptation by eating it – and eating too much of it, too.

In other words, the control food has is superior because your subconscious mind has become programmed to eat rubbish food, and lots of it. Now I’m all for eating a bit of junk but when junk is in the majority, it becomes a different story. It turns you into a junk product, one that gets caught in a spiral of eating to feel good, feeling bad about yourself and then eating some more just to feel good again.

It’s when you take the control back that your eating patterns will be healthier; helping you to slim down to the person you deserve to be. In this chapter, I offer you a number of strategies to help you regain control. Try them all, and then select the ones that work best for you.