Have you ever said to yourself, ‘I’ll have cake one last time—or pizza, or biscuits, or even a full-blown binge?
Well, I have!
In fact I’ve said it so many times that I’ve even lost count.
And lately I’ve been thinking: ‘What is it that makes me say this? But even more importantly, what is it that makes me forget? What is it that makes me want more shortly after? Even after I’d done this last binge, I didn’t enjoy the taste of the food I ate and felt stomach pain and nausea the day after.
Why is it that as soon as I feel better, I hear that same voice again “camo on, go buy a pastry or two, a packet of biscuits. Have it, one last time. You can eat healthily starting tomorrow.
But for that voice, tomorrow never comes. It always urges me to eat. No matter how ill I feel afterwards.
Well, that voice comes from the part of my brain that’s primitive and its primary concern is my survival.
So that voice will urge me to eat when hungry, will try to make me conserve energy by talking me through how exercising is a bad idea, and will try everything in its power to persuade me not to try anything new.
And although this voice might have been quite useful in the past, in our modern world listening to it leads to many problems.
And when it comes to diet and lifestyle, the last thing we want to do is get influenced by it.
Today’s food is so rich and so calorically dense. It is the main reason why so many of us put on an extra weight. That make us try to restrict our food intake, which on the other hand wakes up the survival mechanism of our brains, which then leads to overeating and even binging.
On top of all that, processed foods today are engineered in labs, not cooked in kitchens. They are designed to be highly addictive, so instead of eating to satisfy hunger, we eat for comfort and for taste—often well past the point of fullness.
And that’s the reason that One lat time … will never work. Your brain wants you to survive today, tomorrow, and always. “One last time” is a lie to get you to do whatever it wants, whatever it believes is good for you.
But you know better, don’t you?
Next time it whispers to you, “Come on, let’s do it—just one last time,” pause. Take a deep breath, smile, and remember: you are the one in control, not that voice. Every time you choose differently, you grow stronger. Each small victory is proof that you don’t need to give in—you already have everything it takes within you.