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Focus on Fraud: Targeting the Weakest Link
A recent story in the Wall Street Journal recapped how bank robberies had declined almost 50 percent over the last decade. In addition to citing the increased physical security measures at banks and tougher sentencing for bank robbers, especially if a firearm is involved, the alternative criminal target of the Internet was cited as being more lucrative and having a lower risk, and therefore more attractive. The article offers the logic of the proven security adage that the more sophisticated criminal is more likely to focus on the weakest link in the overall security ecosystem of the targeted victim.
Online fraud offers a number of advantages for the criminal over the old-fashioned "stick-'em-up" bank robbery. The criminal doesn't have to be physically present at the point of the crime. In fact, the further away, the better with regards to investigative difficulties and jurisdictional issues. Also, compared to a typical bank robbery, the potential take for card and online fraud is significantly higher. Based on FBI statistics for 2010, the average bank robbery netted about $7,500. The Javelin Research 2011 Identity Fraud Survey (2010 data) reports that the average debit card fraud amount was $2,529, and the average credit card fraud amount was $3,741. Noncard account fraud added an average of another $3,000. Obtaining just a handful of cards or account numbers through skimming or other illegal methods can quickly result in tens of thousands of dollars in ill-gotten proceeds at a relatively low risk to the criminal.
Fraud risk mitigation is a constant effort by the banking industry and merchant community to stay ahead of the criminal element in their criminal techniques and efforts for identity and account theft. As new payment methods emerge and gain adoption, they will increasingly gain attention from the criminal element looking to exploit a weak link. Javelin's 2012 Identity Fraud Industry Report reveals that consumers with smartphones have a higher incidence of fraud than nonsmartphone consumers by approximately one-third. Key behavior weaknesses cited included failure to update the phone operating software with security patches, saving account log-in information on the phone and not using the phone lock feature—allowing the information to be accessed by anyone finding the phone. In the meantime, consumer advocacy and educational groups, the banking industry, and mobile carriers are making efforts to educate consumers on the best way to safeguard their personal and banking information against such attacks.
The Mobile Payments Industry Workgroup (MPIW), facilitated by the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Boston, regular discusses risk associated with this emerging payments method with telephony and payments security experts. In the coming months, a subgroup of the MPIW will be working to evaluate the various security issues with mobile payments and making recommendations to the overall workgroup to ensure that the mobile payments ecosystem is sound and as safe as necessary. Portals and Rails will continue to report on the efforts of this and other groups to improve the security of our payments system. As always, we encourage your comments.
By David Lott, a retail payments risk expert in the Retail Payments Risk Forum at the Atlanta Fed
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Is ultherapy an effective treatment for under eye wrinkles?
Can Ultherapy Be Used Directly Under the Eye? Are There Alternatives?
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Ultherapy treatments for tightening and uplifting of the skin maybe be used under eyes the treatment gives improvements to the lower eyelids with notion that the results are subtle but nice. It is safe to treat that area if proper technique is used. Results take 4 to 6 months to notice.
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Ultherapy utilizing 1.5mm transducer is perfect for eyelid laxity and wrinkles without any downtime (unless there is rare incidence of bruising). The alternatives are laser resurfacing and/or hyaluronic acid filler injection; however, specific recomendation should be made in person by your dermatologist or plastic surgeon.
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You can treat the area under the eye but not right up to the lower lid. The treatment needs to be kept outside of the orbit of the eye. At this time the most shallow depth Ulthera goes to is 1.5mm which is great for treating the texture under the eyes. Botox is great for preventing under eye wrinkles.
There are protocols available, mainly using transducers the penetrate 3 mm and 1.5 mm below the skin with ultrasound energy, that has been developed for infraorbital region. We've hand good amount of experience both with 3mm and a newly released 1.5 mm devices. As with any cosmetic therapy, the results vary per patient to patient basis.
Ultherapy works very well for facial rejuvenation by lifting and they have manufactured a newer smaller transducer but I have not found it very convenient to use in the infraorbital area. I prefer Thermage and Pelleve for tightening in these areas. Wrinkles can also be treated with Fraxel laser and Portrait Plasma resurfacing but there is downtime with the latter more than the former. Crows feet, not under th eyelid wrinkles, can be treated well with Botox or Dysport and now Xeomin.
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I have been using Ulthera treatment for tightening of the lower lids for over a year with good results. The effect is more a firming of contour than an elimination of wrinkles. The new 1.5mm transducer is more effective for wrinkle reduction and allows treatment closer to the lid margin. In patients where wrinkles are the predominant problem, however, skin resurfacing may be a more effective option.
As the eyelids are very thin, in the past, we have been shy about using Ultherapy directly under the eyes. Recently, a new transducer for the device came out that treats to a depth of 1.5 mm. With this new transducer, the treatment becomes much safer, especially with the use of an eyeshield. Expect to pay about $500 for the treatment.
Hi rdh123,
The Ultherapy procedure can be used for the area under the eye, but as of right now we cannot treat lower eyelid skin itself. This is due to a couple of factors. The eyelid skin is the thinnest skin of the body (about 1 mm thick) and the transducers that are available to transmit the ultrasound heat under the skin allow for depths of 3.0 mm and 4.5 mm. Currently, I have been using the 3.0 mm transducer to address some of the lines that develop around the eye.
In the next month or so, a 1.5 mm depth transducer will also be readily available to help address the peri-ocular area so that we can use a combination of the 3.0 mm and 1.5 mm along the bony portion of the orbit to help get rid of some of the wrinkling. This procedure can also be combined with fillers and/or Botox and sometimes chemical peels to also help augment the affect of the treatment.
However, depending on the severity of wrinkling and protrusion of fat, surgery may be an option as well. Make sure you see a Board Certified specialist so that they can discuss all of the options with you.
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Hebrew words I hae added the pronunciation. The Secret Doctrine of Mmc. JMavatsk, a work of immense erudition containing a vast fund of archaic doctrine, has supphed me with valuable quotations, which arc the only recent additions to this treatise. If an- readers desire a deeper insight into the analogies between numbers and ideas, I refer them in addition to the works of Eliphaz Levi, xthanasius Kircher, Godfre- Higgins, Michael laier, and John Heydon; I have quoted from each of these authorities, and Thomas Taylors Theoretic Arithmetic has supplied me with a great part of the purely arithmetical notions of the Pythagoreans, the elucidation of which was mainly due to him. In conclusion, I request my readers, Autperlcge et vecte iiitellige, Ant abstine a censiira. W.Wynx Westcott, Fra. Ros. Cru., F.T.S. 396, Camden Road, London, N.The author will be pleased to receive additions and suggestions, from earnest students of either the Eastern or Western schools of Occultism. Part I. Pythagoras, His Tenets And His Followers. Pythagoras, one of the greatest philosophers of ancient Euroje, was the son of Mnesarchus, an engraver, he was born about the year 580 B.C. either at Samos an island in the gean Sea, or as some saj-, at Sidon in Phoenicia. Very little is known of his early life, beyond the fact that he won prizes for feats of agility at the 01-mpic Games; having attained manhood, and feeling dissatisfied with the amount of knowledge to be gained at home, he left his native land and spent many years in travel, visiting in turn most of the great centres of Learning. History narrates that his pilgrimage in search ot wisdom extended to Egypt, Hindostan, Persia, Crete, and Palestine, and that he gathered from each country fresh stores of information, and succeeded in becoming well acquainted with the Esoteric Wisdom as well as with the popular esoteric knowledge of each.
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Is not the history of civilization, in the most extended sense of this word, the history of mankind in a social state, one of the most important of all our studies?

About twenty years ago, consulting less my talents than my zeal, I undertook to retrace this history, and in 1813 I published an introduction, in order to give an idea of the manner in which I thought it should be treated.

This essay received some encouragement, which only convinced me of the necessity of examining more profoundly so important a subject.
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The Philosophy of Magic, Prodigies, and Apparent Miracles
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Modern Magic
by M. Schele de Vere
The main purpose of our existence on earth - aside from the sacred and paramount duty of securing our salvation - is undoubtedly to make ourselves masters of the tangible world around us, as it stands revealed to our senses, and as it was expressly made subject to our will by the Creator. We are, however, at the same time, not left without information about the existence of certain laws and the occurrence of certain phenomena, which belong to a world not accessible to us by means of our ordinary senses, and which yet affect seriously our intercourse with Nature and our personal welfare. This knowledge we obtain sometimes, by special favor, as direct revelation, and at other times, for reasons as yet unknown, at the expense of our health and much suffering.
Three Books of Occult Philosophy or Magic
by Henry Cornelius Agrippa
Vol. 1
Agrippa Von Nettesheim was a counselor to Charles the fifth, Emperor of Germany and judge of the prerogative court. Throughout his life, he held a deep interest in the occult and magic, which led to writing a lengthy series of books on this topic. In the first volume of Three Books of Occult Philosophy or Magic, Von Nettesheim discusses a wide range of concepts in occult beliefs, mythology, and magic. And he has plenty to say: with 74 chapters of content, numerous illustrations to cultivate greater understanding of content, and a hefty index for curious readers, this book has the feel of a magic encyclopedia or reference book. The book begins with a lengthy exploration of the life and magical contributions of Cornelius Agrippa, a magician from the 1500s. Von Nettesheim's respect for this man is blatant in his exploration of the mystic lore and elaborate system of magic Agrippa created. Both men share a deep interest in "natural magic" and this commonality drives much of the rest of the book. Von Nettesheim spends a tremendous amount of time exploring the key tenets of "natural magic": the connections between nature and the human mind; the connections between nature and the human body; and the connections between the human mind and the human body. Three Books of Occult Philosophy or Magic, Vol. 1 explores an incredible world of myth and magic. It would be an interesting read for anyone intrigued by magic, the history of magic, occultism, Cornelius Agrippa, Natural Magic, or historical accounts from the nineteenth century. A powerful beginning to this series as Von Nettesheim establishes a great beginning to what promises to be an interesting and in-depth exploration of magic across several books.
A System of Magic
by Daniel Defoe
Vol. 1
To remove a difficulty in my title, and that we may not stumble at the threshold, some preface to this new undertaking may be necessary, but it will be very short.

If by a system of this terrible thing called magic, my readers should expect a body of the black art as a science, a book of rules for instruction in the practice, or a magical grammar for introduction to young beginners, all I can say to such is, that they will be mistaken.

The world has perhaps been imposed upon in nothing more than in their notions of this dark practice, as well its ancient, as its modern state. Most people, when they read of the ancient magicians, think they are reading of old necromancers and conjurers, when really at first they were very honest men; and now, when they read of them in their modern practice, they take them for honest fellows, when they are, generally speaking, mere jugglers, cheats, mountebanks, and posture-masters; or else, real wizards, and downright dealers with the Devil.
Magic in Names and in Other Things
by Edward Clodd
The world-wide superstition, examples of which form the staple of this book, has scarcely received the attention warranted by the important part which it has played, and still plays, in savage and civilized belief and ritual.

The book is an enlargement of a lecture on "Magic in Names," delivered at the Royal Institution in March 1917. There are incorporated into it some portions of an Essay on Savage Philosophy in Folk-lore, which was published in 1898. The book has been long out of print, and I beg to thank Messrs. Duckworth and Co. for permission to make extracts therefrom.

I have also to thank my wife for her valued help in the tedious work of revision of proof sheets.
Babylonian Magic and Sorcery
by Leonard W. King
The object of the present work is to give the cuneiform text of a complete group of tablets inscribed with prayers and religious compositions of a devotional and somewhat magical character, from the Kuyunjik collections preserved in the British Museum. To these texts a transliteration into Latin characters has been added, and, in the case of well preserved or unbroken documents, a running translation has been given. A vocabulary with the necessary indexes, etc. is also appended. The cuneiform texts, which fill seventy-five plates, are about sixty in number, and of these only one has hitherto been published in full; the extracts or passages previously given in the works of the late Sir Henry Rawlinson, Dr. Strassmaier, and Prof. Bezold will be found cited in the Introduction.

It will be seen that the greater number of the texts formed parts of several large groups of magical tablets, and that certain sections were employed in more than one group. As they appear here they are the result of the editing of the scribes of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria about B. C. 669 - 625, who had them copied and arranged for his royal library at Nineveh. There is little doubt however that the sources from which they were compiled were Babylonian.
Occult Science in India and Among the Ancients
With an Account of Their Mystic Initiations, and the History of Spiritism
by Louis Jacolliot
We will lay aside, for the present, our inquiries into the general subject of the primitive civilizations of the far East, and the people who have sprung from the Brahminic stock in the old world, in order to publish the result of such researches as we have been able to make, during our long residence in India, into the subject of occult science, and the practices of those who have been initiated into the sect of the Pitris, which is Sanscrit for spirits or ancestral shades.

This is neither a doctrinal book nor a work of criticism.

We are not called upon to decide, either for or against, the belief in spirits, either mediating or inspiring, which was held by all who had been initiated in the temples of antiquity, which is to-day the keystone of the philosophical and religious instruction of the Brahmins, and to which many of our Western thinkers and scientists seem inclined to assent.

Being neither an advocate of this belief, nor the opposite, we are, on that account, better able to write its history.

An ardent partisan would have been too credulous, and would have taken everything upon trust. A rabid opponent would have made it his business to disparage and discredit it.
Transcendental Magic, Its Doctrine and Ritual
by Eliphas Lévi
Eliphas Levi Zahed is a pseudonym which was adopted in his occult writings by Alphonse Louis Constant, and it is said to be the Hebrew equivalent of that name. The author of the Dogma et Rituel de la Haute Magie was born in humble circumstances about the year 1810, being the son of a shoemaker. Giving evidence of unusual intelligence at an early age, the priest of his parish conceived a kindly interest for the obscure boy, and got him on the foundation of Saint Sulpice, where he was educated without charge, and with a view to the priesthood. He seems to have passed through the course of study at that seminary in a way which did not disappoint the expectations raised concerning him. In addition to Greek and Latin, he is believed to have acquired considerable knowledge of Hebrew, though it would be an error to suppose that any of his published works exhibit special linguistic attainments. He entered on his clerical novitiate, took minor orders, and in due course became a deacon, being thus bound by a vow of perpetual celibacy. Shortly after this step, he was suddenly expelled from Saint Sulpice for holding opinions contrary to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church. The existing accounts of this expulsion are hazy, and incorporate unlikely elements, as, for example, that he was sent by his ecclesiastical superiors to take duty in country places, where he preached with great eloquence what, however, was doctrinally unsound; but I believe that there is no precedent for the preaching of deacons in the Latin
Church. Pending the appearance of the biography which has been for some years promised in France, we have few available materials for a life of the "Abbé" Constant.
Irish Witchcraft and Demonology
by St John D. Seymour
A clerical wizard - witchcraft cured by a relic - raising the devil in Ireland -how he was cheated by a doctor of divinity - Stewart and the fairies - Rev. Robert Blair and the man possessed with a Devil - strange occurrences near Limerick - apparitions of murdered people at Portadown - charmed lives - visions and portents - petition of a bewitched antrim man in England - archbishop Ussher's prophecies - Mr. Browne and the locked chest

Florence Newton, the witch of Youghal

The Devil at Damerville - and at Ballinagarde - Taverner and Haddock's ghost - Hunter and the ghostly old woman - a witch rescued by the Devil Dr. Williams and the haunted house in Dublin - apparitions seen in the air in co.
The Book of Witches
by Oliver Madox Hueffer
Lest any reader should open this volume expecting to read an exhaustive treatise on witches and witchcraft, treated scientifically, historically, and so forth, let me disarm him beforehand by telling him that he will be disappointed. The witch occupies so large a place in the story of mankind that to include all the detail of her natural history within the limits of one volume would need the powers of a magician no less potent than was he who confined the Eastern Djinn in a bottle.
Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
by Walter Scott
From the writer of such classics as Ivanhoe and The Lady of the Lake comes Sir Walter Scott's Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft wherein Scott discusses and, largely, criticizes the beliefs and treatment of witchcraft in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries. Scott being a renowned author throughout much of the world during his lifetime, as well as a Christian, his views and scepticism on the titled subjects were, and continue to be, well respected. Containing much in the way of fascinating and accurate content Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft is a reliable and enjoyable read for those with an interest in both the subject matter itself and the historical aspect of the information.
The Mystic Text Book of "the Hindu Occult Chambers"
The Magic and Occultism of India; Hindu and Egyptian Crystal Gazing; The Hindu Magic Mirror
by L. W. de Laurence
The Mystic Test Book of "The Hindu Occult Chambers"
Hindu and Egyptian Crystal Gazing Together With The Wonders of the Magic Mirror

This work teaches the original and true science of Hindu Seership and
"Spirit-and-Astral-Sight-At-Will."

The Hindu can, by the use of the Crystal or the aid of the Magic Mirror, tell ones life from the cradle to the grave; he can, and does, by the use and aid of these mediums indicate medicine for disease, and perform many marvelous and mysterious things; the very same being both good and evil.

Many there are who have personally tested the Hindu and found that he possesses wonderful Astral and Esoteric Powers, gained only by the constant use of his Crystal and the aid of his Magic Mirror, which is his constant companion and helpmate.
The Witches' Pharmacopœia
Read Before the Historical Club of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, April 13, 1896
by Robert Fletcher
The subject of this evening's paper is extraordinarily copious, and long-descended in its history. A belief in witchcraft characterized the earliest periods of which we have any record; it prevails among all savages or semi-civilized peoples at the present time, and is by no means extinct in otherwise intelligent communities. The cowardly fear and the resulting cruelties which have sprung from this strange superstition are too well known to need comment. In Merry England and in religious New England, men and women, old and young, the ministers of the Gospel, the clown and the philosopher, have perished at the stake or on the gallows, victims to this hideous delusion. A striking feature in the history of witchcraft is the fact that by far the greater number of its votaries were women, mostly old women. It is hard to find any explanation of this condition. King James I., in his Demonologia, ungallantly accounts for it by saying: "For as that sex is frailer than man is, so is it easier to be entrapped in these grosse snares of the Divell, as was over well proved to be true by the serpent's deceiving Eve in the beginning, which makes him the homlier with that sexe sensine."

The personal appearance of the typical witch was not attractive.
Aramaic Incantation Texts from Nippur
by James A. Montgomery
Vol. 3
The primary purpose of this publication was to edit, with translation and necessary notes, the incantation texts inscribed on bowls from Nippur, now in the possession of the Museum. But it soon became apparent that full account should be made of all other published texts of like character, both for my own advantage in securing a larger material for collation and also for the convenience of scholars by presenting in one work a survey of a rather remote and scattered field, in which many have labored but none has attempted a treatment of the subject at large. I have accordingly not only given a description of all the earlier material but also collated it as fully as possible both in the Glossaries and in the references of Introduction and Commentary. The Introduction, thus extended beyond the field of the Nippur texts, has grown to still greater dimensions with the enlarging perception of the intimate relations between the bowl-inscriptions and the broad fields of ancient magical literature. Previous editors, working before the present great development of the study of magic, had taken little notice of these connections with a wider world. Analogies with the Talmud and possible connections with the Kabbalistic lore had been pointed out, but the bowls still remained without definite place or links in the general field of ancient magic. Withal the relations of Jewish magic to the larger whole have not yet been ascertained.

But within the last few decades an immense advance has been made in our knowledge of ancient magic and of its prime importance as a study in the history of mankind.
A Treatyse of Magic Incantations
by Christianus Pazig
I. Incantation which is called by the Greeks Epôdê, and by the Germans die Beschwerung or even sometimes das Beschreyen, we describe to be an act of Magic, wherein either by words alone, or also by the introduction of certain things and ceremonies they labour to produce some marvellous effect. From this we at once learn that in every Incantation, words whether few or many, are required to be uttered (verba prophorica), and hence in these pages we discard without further notice amulets with words inscribed on them, marks, ceremonies and other superstitious acts of this kind performed in silence, as is often the case.

II. That the origin of this superstitious and fraudulent art is ancient enough, is attested alike by sacred and by profane literature.
The Āsurī-Kalpa
A Witchcraft Practice of the Atharva-Veda, With an Introduction, Translation and Commentary
by H. W. Magoun
The ritual literature of the Atharva-Veda, like that of the other Vedas, has attached to itself certain pariçistas, or supplements. Of these, the thirty-fifth, according to the best accessible MS, is the Asuri-Kalpa, an abhicara, or witchcraft practice, containing rites to be used in connection with the asuri-plant The question as to what this plant was will be discussed below. The use of the word kalpa for such a text is explained by a passage in the Atharvaniya-Paddhati, which states, on the authority of Uparvarsa, that in addition to the five AV. kalpas - Kauçika, Vaitana, Naksatra, Canti, and Angirasa - which are called çruli 'inspired,' there are certain other kalpas which are to be considered as smrti 'handed down by tradition.'

Three MSS have been consulted in preparing this paper. Two of them are copies of the pariçistas of the AV.; the third is a commentary to the Asuri-Kalpa. All three are loans to Dr. Bloomfield from the British Government in India. Just here I may say that I am greatly indebted to Dr. Bloomfield for the use of these MSS, for the encouragement and assistance which he has given me, and for his kindness in looking over my work. The MSS are as follows:

A, large sheets of light yellow paper, bound in book form, written lengthwise in a large clear hand and with considerable care. It is a modern copy.

B, narrow sheets of light blue paper, bound in book form, written lengthwise, text fuller in places than the preceding, but in a poor hand and with numerous errors. It must be a very recent copy. Both of these MSS are numbered 23.
The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia
Being Babylonian and Assyrian Incantations Against the Demons, Ghouls, Vampires, Hobgoblins, Ghosts, and Kindred Evil Spirits, Which Attack Mankind
by Reginald Campbell Thompson
Vol. 1
The object of the two volumes which form the present work is to supply the student of Assyrian Demonology with English transliterations and translations, with the necessary notes, etc., of the documents printed in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Parts of Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets, etc., which have been recently issued by the Trustees of the British Museum. An examination of these two Parts will show that they contain copies of all the Tablets belonging to the Series Utukki Limnuti, Asakki Marsuti, and Ti'i, i.e., "Evil Spirits," "Fever Sickness," and "Headache," which have now been identified, together with the texts of a considerable number of compositions of a similar character.

These collections of Evil Spirit Texts form large and important sections of the native literature concerning Babylonian and Assyrian Demonology, and there is reason to believe that the material now published represents about one-half of that belonging to the three Series mentioned above which was known to the scribes of Assurbanipal.
Essays in Occultism, Spiritism, and Demonology
by Dean W. R. Harris
"These Hindoos of Malabar, when asked if, in their land, there were apparitions or phantoms, replied: 'Yes, but we look upon them as evil spirits. We believe them to be the souls of those who committed suicide, or perished by a violent death. Night is their favorite time for appearing. They seduce the weak-minded and the curious and tempt others in a thousand different ways. They aim to do all the injury they can to human beings.'"
Narratives of Sorcery and Magic, from the Most Authentic Sources
by Thomas Wright
My Lord: The interest which your lordship has always taken in historical studies, has encouraged me to offer to you this volume of what may be truly considered as the dark features of history. It appears to me that these are features on which sometimes at least we ought to dwell, and which it has been too much the fashion with historical writers to conceal from view, and I am not sure if we are not at this moment suffering from the results of that concealment. It is true that if, in tracing the history of declining Rome, we pass gently over the crimes of a Caligula or a Commodus, if we show the bright side of the history of the middle ages and hide their viciousness and brutality, if we tell the story of Romanism without its arrogance, its persecutions, and its massacres, or if we attempt to trace the progress of society from darkness to light, without entering into the details of those strange hallucinations which have at times disfigured and impeded it - such as are related in the following narratives - in acting thus we spare the reader much that is horrible and revolting to his better feelings, but at the same time time we destroy the moral and utility of history itself.

If I mistake not, the history presented in this volume furnishes more than any other, an example of the manner in which the public mind may, under particular circumstances, be acted upon by erroneous views.
The Occult Sciences
Sketches of the Traditions and Superstitions of Past Times, and the Marvels of the Present Day
by Edward Smedley
The Occult Sciences: Sketches of the Traditions and Superstitions of Past Times, and the Marvels of the Present Day was written by Edward Smedley in 1855. This is a 394 page book, containing 202327 words and 2 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title.
The Pedigree of the Devil
by Frederic T. Hall
Everything has a pedigree. Everything, whether animate or inanimate, whether a thing of sense or a creation of the mind, every idea whether based on fact or the growth of a delusion, every truth and every error, has its pedigree.

A pedigree is a line of ancestors, a chain of causes and effects, each link first an effect and then a cause. Rarely, if ever, is an effect the result of an isolated cause, but causes cross and interlace in such endless combinations, that novel effects are continually being produced.

The simplest facts have endless pedigrees of causes and effects.
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Wow, that is tough. Congratulations on managing the latest presentation of sweets. As I read your descriptions of your job I've been thinking about what professional restaurant critics say they do to stay slim, since they're in the same position -- they HAVE to eat for their job. Frank Bruni's memoir "Born Round" has some great descriptions towards the end of what he did while he was the restaurant critic for the New York Times. Basically, he only took a bite or two of most foods on his plate; he always worked out on days he was eating out; and he made sure that all his other meals on the restaurant days were healthy, high-protein, no processed foods. Good luck!
There are SO many things that challenge our willpower. The mental challenge is the hardest part of losing weight/getting fit.
Actually, depending on your specific challenge of willpower, I have lots of resources to share: Here is one about Motivational Quotes and how to make them work for you: findingyourfitplace.com/2014/01/15/motivat ional-quotes-for-weight-loss-and-fitne ss-how-to-make-them-work-for-you/ Here is one about HOW TO SKIP DESSERT :) findingyourfitplace.com/2014/01/12/how-to- skip-dessert/ Here is one about my top motivational tactics: findingyourfitplace.com/2014/01/10/top-5-m otivation-tactics-i-brought-to-the-new -year/ And here is one about 5 AMAZING books that have transformed my approach to fitness and weight loss goals, including one that is all about willpower: findingyourfitplace.com/2014/02/05/finding -my-fit-place-five-books-that-helped-m e-transform-my-body-by-transforming-my -thoughts/ I really hope these help!! -Michelle Check out my Website and Blog for a complete guide to finding the Fit Life: Diet, Exercise, Inspiration and some of my best tips and tricks.
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Everything we do in life has to do with the choices we make, if we want to be extraordinary people, we must choose to be extraordinary people, we must learn to put our priority goals first and stick to them, that is hard because habits and choices contradict one another and so we have to break bad habits and replace them with good habits of choice.
Anything worth having is worth fighting for so let us fight for the choices that will lead us to the extraordinary life All things are possible if you only believe, even losing 15 pounds
Thank you all for the great ideas, tips and "tricks" about helping with willpower.
The only thing that stops me is knowing that when I truly love myself I cannot fathom doing the horrible things I've done to my body in the past. Staying on track for me means constantly reminding myself that God loves me and I love myself more than anything else I could want. TrueColors shining through!
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I would suggest you stop telling yourself you don't have any willpower. You're just setting yourself up for failure. We all have willpower. It's just a matter of what choices we make. If you tell yourself that you know you're going to fail, then you're most likely going to fail. If you tell yourself you're going to do it and can visualize yourself getting through your work day making the choices you want to make, then your odds of success greatly increase.
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I'm reading the book ''The Willpower Instinct' by Kelly McConigal. You can probably find good suggestions in there, it's a very interesting read.
Also, the book '100 Days of Weight Loss' by Linda Spangle, explains (among others) exactly the strategy of eating no more than two bites of a treat in order to unlearn emotional eating. I never thought that it would work but I tried it a few times and now think that it is a good idea, I believe we can train ourselves to have just two bites and still get everything out of that small amount. Hey, it might even make you more of an expert if you can get a good impression of a dessert in just a few bites! Good luck! Edited by: 2015TODAY at: 2/24/2014 (10:34)
Hey there,
I knew the feeling... I worked in a restaurant for 9 years and it is definitely hard watching good food pass you by for 6-7 hours a day. I can only imagine what it is like to have to taste items as part of your job. It's tough to offer advice when this is part of the work that you do. But I think set yourself up for success by planning ahead. If you know that a large part of your sugar intake comes from the desserts you have to taste, limit that same intake in the other foods you eat or drink. Do what you can to burn off those calories before you even get started with your day. Work out in the morning, take the longer route from your car to the front door of your job. Take the stairs. Maybe even chat with your supervisors or HR about healthy benefits. Fitness classes etc, if they aren't offered. Many of the suggestions are great. I would also suggest portions. Does tasting mean you have to eat the whole sample or can you still do your job effectively without having to go over board? Good luck! Keesha
"If you must begin then go all the way, because if you begin and quit, the unfinished business you have left behind begins to haunt you all the time." Chogyam Trungpa Goal: run 30 minutes every other day Goal: 25/25/25 (pushups/crunches/squats) every day Goal: Be mindful of my portion intake Goal: Drink 8 glasses of water a day Goal: Be happy with being me!
I liked Renata's suggestion, too. You might take the product and do a taste test with other people, rather than throwing it out. That could help your job, too, because sometimes it is good to hear what other people think. I think the key is to make sure you divide it into the proper portion first. If you can't do it, maybe someone else can even cut it into pieces for you.
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Thanks, this should help me...I always felt like I didn't have any willpower.....
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Positive self talk, a dash of prayer and staying away from the foods I know that I can't stop at one is what's working for me. I believe in moderation, but some foods just taste like "MORE", so I don't even have a bite of those.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
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If you are spiritual, meditating and praying for power and self control over eating habits, to eat the right amount and the right foods for health can be a very helpful thing to do. It has been helping me this past week.
Set your mind. Remember the 4D's: desire, determination, dedication, discipline.
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Not sure whether you believe in prayer or not but sharing what answer I felt I got after I prayed about "willpower". The answer I got was that willpower is really not something we have as it is really all about choice. Meaning when we think we need to have this or that or have an urge to get up an eat something, we tell ourselves we are weak and can't resist. The truth is it is about "choice". We chose to pick up that food, we chose to buy that food, and we chose to put it in our mouth. In your instance, you have to try it but you "chose" to take the second bite. If you can think of it as you have the power and you are in control, you can win in this battle of willpower. I know that helped me when I realized I am the one in charge of what I eat or not eat. Take back your power. Best wishes!
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Whoa, guys...I'm not looking to change jobs. It's good money and I enjoy my work. I just want to fit back in my skinny jeans while I do it. And there have been some great suggestions to help get me on the right track.
Susank16- ironically, I don't want everyone to eat healthy. I only manage the frozen category, including bread, French fries, pasta and desserts. So if people stop eating desserts out and go for fruit or yogurt it would be someone else's category and I'd be out of a job.
Just as a second thought - years ago there was a "Big Mac" theory that said the first big mac was wonderful, but the second one not as satisfying. Perhaps you can tell your sellers, that you only want to be presented a spoonful of the dessert as it ruins your tastebuds for the next dessert.
Well, first thought in my head is quit the job which of course is easy to say when there is no connection to it. Frankly that is the only way I would be able to handle it. I am desperately trying to quit sweets again, I am not sure how you evaluate the desserts that you recommend. In today's society, I think we eat less sweets then when I was a kid. Can you start pressing for healthy desserts at your firm with the notion of being more health conscious? Apples, frozen greek yogurt, more fruit. Maybe you can start a campaign for this type of dessert and offer to lead a team to promote and locate those types? Just trying to make lemonade out of lemons here so to speak. I know personally, I am always looking at the desserts with that eye in mind.
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Wow, willpower on a job such as yours. I am glad that you have a job with today's economy. But sad for you that it has to be this one.
Is there any way that you are able to save any of these products after you have tested them? If there is, you might look at them as a whole unit. And say to yourself, would you want to sit down and eat a whole cake? After looking throw them away. Do you cut off a piece and taste just that piece? If you do, can you wrap it up and save it for someone else? Tell yourself.... "I deserve better than this." Could you decide which one of the great tasting items that you will eat all of and stop there? Get some VERY STRONG ground coffee (not liquid) and put it in a small container with a screw on lid. Take a whiff of that after you have finished your taste test. (I don't like coffee so this works for me.) Or just find something that is unpleasant for you to smell. makes you not want to eat anymore of those items. I truly wish you good luck with this, and blessings to you. One of my favorite Bible verses: Jeremiah 29:11 :2015 Will be a good year, Full of hope and good cheer. :I CAN do this....... YES I CAN. :Don't EVER give up or give in. Smiling helps the sadness go away.
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I think that you are doing as well with this as you possibly can given the parameters. You really can't spit things out if you are tasting while clients or distributors are watching.
Do you reduce your carb/calorie intake on the days when you do tastings? Do you add any extra exercise? Good for you for being mindful about this--I don't have a sweet tooth and I have great willpower...but this still sounds like a very difficult challenge. Kudos to you! Dances: salsa (standard/LA), casino, rueda de casino, cumbia Colombiana, cumba Mexicana, bachata, mambo, cha-cha-chá, merengue, reggaetón.
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I know I'm not lacking will power when something is important to me but it seems to me you are not up against will power but physiology here. If I were in your situation I would start looking for another job and as soon as I find something jump ship.
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Make sure you've had a healthy filling snack beforehand! I know others have said this but I agree and wanted to say so too. I tend to stay full up on healthy stuff enough that sweets don't interest me that much. I'm not interested in something else if I'm already satisfied and hubby likes his desserts so we have a little one every day so I don't crave them and sometimes don't feel like the little one even.
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I can only say I could never maintain my own program with the constant requirement of sweets at work. Way to go for having this goal!
Some have said this, but I think it's worth repeating to be sure you feel FULL (either with water or just after a meal) before you begin. If some of the pleasure of eating whole pieces is gone because you belly is already satisfied, maybe that cause you to stop after a just bite or two. Good luck!
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I know I could never handle such temptation. I know it is not how real life is set up but I need to stay clear of temptations.
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for help with willpower, here's an idea from my doctor. She said her husband loves potato chips and doesn't stop till he gets to the bottom of the bag. She only buys single serving bags.
Taking care of yourself first isn't selfish, it's necessary.
Focus on other things...which may be hard to do at times. When you find the secret of willpower, let me know.
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I can't tell anyone how to develop will power, because I don't have any. The best diet for me is one on which I can eat plenty of food and on which I don't feel hungry. The diet I swear by was developed at Vanderbilt University by a Doctor Kahtan (spelling?).There is a book on it, but basically it's easy. Count fat grams and eat between 30 and 40 fat grams a day. This means you are going to eat lots of lean protein, fruit, veggies, low-fat dairy, and yes, bread and potatoes. Just no butter on them. I have eaten about every 3-4 hours all day and I don't feel hungry.
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So a vendor dropped off some new cake bites today and I did really well talking myself up before I tried them. There were three flavors, but one of them we already have something similar so I didn't even try it. The other two I took a tiny half bite out of the middle. Then I put the rest out for my coworkers and I made myself ignore them. It was hard to keep from getting "just one more" but I'm pretty psyched that I didn't.
A couple people suggested spitting out bites, which is a good idea, but awkward in an office setting and unprofessional for tastings with the vendor present. And I want to keep it on the down low that I'm trying not to eat much. My office is kind of like a junior high and the women all talk behind each other's backs. Luckily the samples and cuttings have tapered off to about 1-2/week at this point. Before the holidays and right after the new year every vendor wanted to show their new line up, so it was 2-3 formal cuttings a week and samples dropped off almost every day. And they all brought food when they came for end of year reviews. To be honest, I was really excited when I first switched over to desserts because there are so many awesome things to try and the dessert buyer seems to get the most samples. Now I kind of wish they'd stop making new things so I wouldn't have to try them. Edited by: NEPTUNE032701 at: 2/18/2014 (20:14)
Here is my question: how often do these tastings happen? Is it several times a week, every week, a couple of times a month, etc? If it's really often, I think it's more worrisome than if it's only once a month or so. And you might have to develop new strategies if it happens all the time--like, you said that someone brought in fourteen cheesecake flavors to try? Maybe you could eliminate a few off the bat because you know that similar flavors don't sell well, and not even try those at all. Or maybe you could pick just a few flavors that you think would do the best and sample those.
Or, if you don't have to make the order immediately, you could spread the tasting out over a few days and do it by yourself, in small groups instead of all the flavors at once. If you were by yourself, you could even use the spit technique that wine tasters use, or commit to just having one bite of each. A few small bites in one day definitely doesn't take over your calories like doing it all at once would. I don't blame you for being anxious about it; I have worked foodservice jobs and know that sample time can be the worst when it comes to keeping your diet on track. It's free food and (for the most part) tastes great! There's a reason I gained about 30 lbs working at Starbucks . . . . every new drink and pastry that came through, we were expected to sample so we could tell the customers about it, I couldn't stay away from having to eat sugar and it made me eat more and more sugar. Before that, I had worked in a health food store and I was pretty much off sweets, but they are addictive.
Love the rubber band idea but I do wonder, might you need to taste then spit out, as suggested above? Because with this kind of job no matter how tiny the bite, it is a lot of bites! I know spitting out is a bit gross, but so it is when wine tasting. Perhaps you could thoroughly chew and savor then spit into a paper napkin, & then rinse your mouth with water before trying the next dessert?
Or, or and, can you get others to try everything and then present you with the best three for you to choose from? Or do you really have to try every single one? It seems to me food is so much a matter of preference, having other people involved in the selection process would make good sense. Hope this helps! If you always do what you always did... You always get what you always got!
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That is a great idea!! I am going to try the rubberband.
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I will try the rubber band idea
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It may sound crazy, but put a rubber band on your wrist and pop it as you go for that extra bite,
do this 30 times and you won't overeat again. It really works, but you've got to commit to a little pain to retrain your brain. The only "diet" that works is consistency!
I agree with CALLMECARRIE's husband...I think I would just have to succumb to being fat with that type of job.
It's great that you're working with people on this site to get a handle on things. I have been working to build up the motivational section of my start page and review it every morning when I get up. Maybe you could get some of those on your phone (if you have a smart phone) and look at it before you 'try out the latest dessert'. That, or having quotes listed somewhere that you can look at or a small picture book to motivate you. The first wealth is health.
---Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Will power that's a biggy. many people thing that their is something wrong with them if they give into eating! I think that what is wrong is thinking you need to starve to be skinny. no you need to eat real foods, not processed, fast food, or sugar, or noodles, or white foods. I think it is a commitment to a life style change, and how are you going to learn that? Whose teaching that? I know that the diabetic diet on Spark is among the healthist, yet where's the life style/ maybe they talk about it too, but I have to be accountable. I don't think sitting on a chair typing on this computer is going to do it for me. So I learn about changing my bad habits from Weight watchers. They seem to be the only ones who really help people succeed. You can lose weight from many places, yet most dieters get fat again. Why? Because they don't change their bad habits. I bet if you typed something into spark, it talks about this. So, why haven't you asked !!!
What I just stared doing was actually writing down each and every bite I take. I was really good about logging my "regular" foods on SP, but I didn't keep track of the bites of this and the bites of that - too much work. So, I now have a little notebook and track EVERY bite I take, even if it's to clean off the spoon from my yogurt when packing my lunch. It makes me consciously think of what I am doing and I actually have to weigh in whether the bite is worth the work of taking out the notebook and pen and writing it down. It worked like a charm yesterday, which is one of my harder days and I'm hoping it works today on my hardest day of the week!!
Rather than aiming for being perfect, just aim to be little bit better today than you were yesterday.
I wish I could offer some helpful advice but I have none. My problem is if I have it, I eat it. It is very hard for me to not buy it either. So I hope you find a way to get a grip on this. Whatever you do, do NOT give up.
HI I clicked on this message board b/c I had a hard time doing anything other than looking stuff up on the web and watching TV today. Tomorrow, I'll start with exercise! So when I read down... I feel bad for you Neptune b/c bites of sugar usually make me want more bites. I know if I eat something with protein every 4 hours my brain doesn't "light up" for sugar. In other words, if someone told me about a cake in the break room before I had any "real" food I'd be all over it. There's actually studies to back this up. I thought tasters tend to just let the food hang out over their taste buds then spit it out? Also I thought they "clear their palate" with fennel seeds (they have them when you're leaving an Indian restaurant) or ginger. Maybe that will help get the sweetness out. Regardless, it's not an easy situation. I'm glad you're looking for ways to overcome it!
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Taking a bite and pushing the rest away seems to be your best option other than changing your job. You could also employ the wine tasting methodology and not swallow but that might be weird to the others from your job.
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I buy my favorite chocolates at Rocky Mountain Chocolate factory. I usually get around $70 bucks worth. I don't eat any on the way home. When I get there, I cut them into smaller pieces (2-4) depending on the size and use them as my rewards for good behavior. That way, I get to have my chocolate, but I don't gorge. I never have more than one piece per day, and some days I have none. (I have gone for 2 weeks without a piece. These chocolates I bought in November are still going strong in February. I keep them in a large ziplock bag in the fridge so they stay fresh.
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"Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny." Tryon Edwards
I'd do the same thing that I do when when I get a meal in a restaurant (immemiatly shove half to the side, dividing it so I know when I'm done). I'd immediately slice off a bite size piece and slide the rest of it away and out of reach. Give to someone else or slide into the trash. You only need one bite to know if it's good.
Never take it home , always give away extra and I"d NEVER have or eat sweets at home. EVER . If you have to have it at work then that is where you need to keep them. The day of tasting , I'd track it as a large piece of cake because that is what all the tasting will add up to. I have a horrible sweet tooth and can't have much or my cravings start up terribly. I really don't envy what you have to do but you can work with it and still enjoy it without the guilt if you limit it to tasting. If you don't love yourself....how can you expect others to.
I told my husband about this and he gasped and said he would just have to decide, "That's it, I'll just have to be fat." Good for you for fighting the good fight. I can see how you can't just have a half a teaspoon full; you have to make an informed choice. But definitely don't take home any more trays of dessert if you can stop yourself!
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Thanks everyone for the suggestions. My company is a foodservice distributor so we sell food to restaurants. A lot of the stuff I'm looking at is the nicer $5-6/piece desserts you see at chain and upscale places. Usually a vendor comes in with several new items and shows them in our test kitchen with myself, the corporate chef, other buyers from my department and maybe the directors of sales or marketing. In those instances I really do have to try them myself. Plus, it's my reputation on the line if something's a dud. It's really easy to overeat and hard to keep track of calories. For example, I recently had a cheesecake tasting with 14 flavors of cheesecake (salted caramel, blackberry cabernet, blueberry swirl, etc). I try to have just a tiny bite of each, but it's so easy to have a couple bites of each and before you know it you have no idea how much you ate. Other times vendors bring me something to try informally (a whole cake, pie, tray of brownies) and I will usually give those away or take just a tiny sliver and give the rest away. A few times I took something home and ate it over several days only to realize it was 800-900 cal/slice. Yikes! I think I'll try giving myself a pep talk ahead of time as a way to boost my willpower and reminding myself what it will take to burn off the calories. That sounds really helpful. I've noticed a steady weight gain ever since I switched from buying misc frozen foods to desserts a few months ago and I really need to get a handle on it.
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NEPTUNE, that is the worst possible scenario I've ever heard of for someone trying to avoid sweets. It's actually your JOB? Wow. Well, congratulations on not just giving yourself permission to eat the whole dessert on the grounds that it's required for your job. You know one bite is enough. You have some good suggestions below -- eat a healthy lunch first, throw out or give away all but that one bite, remind yourself of your goals.
I find that I eat tempting foods that are in front of me because in the back of my mind I feel like I'll never get another chance again, the food is "too good" to let pass by. Remind yourself that it's just food. What's the big picture? When the fork or spoon approaches your mouth on the second bite, ask yourself "Is this what I really want? Is it?" Sometimes you have to wrestle yourself to the ground with sheer will power. "I owe everything you see here to spaghetti."
-Sophia Loren
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Yep, I would do what Renata suggested. If I couldn't be served just a bite-sized portion in the first place, I'd throw out all but a bite-sized portion before I ate any at all.
I like Renata's suggestion:
Throw the rest out right away. Even before you put one spoon/forkful in your mouth, the rest of the serving is in the trash. The best exercise in the world is to bend down and help someone up.
Is it feasible for you to recruit others as volunteer tasters for the selection process? That's assuming that tasting is only one part of your job that could be 'outsourced' to a wider segment of the potential market.
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Sweets seem to be everywhere I look, and available at the most opportune times (like when I'm very tired or stressed and all I want is a treat). So, I just repeat mantras over and over to myself, almost yelling them at myself in my mind:
"Never trade what you want most for what you want in the moment!" I'm not sure who to credit this quote to, but saying it to myself over and over in a moment of weakness has saved me a couple of times from giving in to my cravings. Failure is not the falling down; it's the staying down.
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Another idea would be to have a healthy, filling snack before tasting sessions so that you are already full and aren't really interested in more than a bite or two anyway.
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Oh wow, that's rough! What's your process of "trying new items"? Is it that you purchase things from stores or people to test out? If that's the case, then whenever possible can you ask for just a taste of whatever, instead of a full serving? And if getting the whole thing is unavoidable, then set aside your small taste *and throw the rest out* before you put anything in your mouth.
At least that's how I would probably handle a similar situation. Break the potential for the reflex action (eating MORE) before the taste that triggers it ever happens. Height 5'8 1/2"
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let me preface this by saying that this is how i talk to myself in my head when i am trying to talk myself out of something.
so i would start by mentioning that this is a tasting, not a cake eating contest. the point is to have a few bites, not eat the whole thing. it is why wine tastings give you maybe an ounce of wine and a bucket to spit it in. a tasting is not a meal nor should it have the calories of one unless you're eating a chef's tasting at a restaurant as your dinner. your job is to pick the best dessert and it really should not take more than a few bites to pick that one out. every few months, maybe you'll have a close one that needs a little more. but most of the time it's clear from the first bite or two what's winning. and it's not like i'm not going to be doing this tomorrow and the next day and next week and next month. this isn't a rare opportunity for something that will never happen again, this happens about as often as i go to the gym. it's not novel. it's not special. i would also try and convince myself that i need to make sure to save some for tom or susie or whoever i might need to break a tie for me. if i can't taste as well or don't like something, there should be some for someone else. and that can't happen if i eat the whole thing. i'd also look up some generic dessert nutrition information. figure you can get a decent taste in 1/4 cup of food and figure out that calories for that. then compare that to the info for the whole piece. so while the taste might be 90 cals, if you have the whole thing it's 600. and i only burn 1800 cals total a day. even if i weren't trying to lose weight, that one piece is 1/3 of everything i need for my body to function in a day. and it's about half of what i need to lose weight. and i want to eat three of them? and it has no iron, calcium, fiber or anything but sugar? i'd also try and translate that extra 510 cal difference between the taste and the whole into activities. how many hours of light walking would it take me to burn off 510 cals? how many hours of washing dishes? if i ran a 12 minute mile, how many miles would i have to run to burn that many calories? so i would find every way that i could to emphasize the bother of having the whole as opposed to the piece, which i can easily work around. perhaps also try and plan something after that doesn't go with a full stomach. is there an exercise class you could take? is there a type of food you love that you could plan a trip with a friend ["i can't have this extra cake now because i have to be able to eat some sushi with bob in half an hour. i'd much rather have a roll than pie."] so that you have someone to meet and something you like as a carrot right in front of you? so i would spend the time right before the tasting talking to myself like this. focusing on all the reasons why i shouldn't and don't need to. doing everything i can to mentally prepare myself to put the silverware down after a few bites. -google first. ask questions later.
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I buy desserts for a distribution company so part of my job is trying new items and picking which ones to bring in. The problem is I don't usually stop at one bite and end up eating the whole piece. I'll have a taste testing and realize afterwards that I ate more calories in one sitting than I should have all day. My strategy for sweets in the past has been to avoid them so I could really use some tips to build willpower and stop at just a taste. Any suggestions?
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