I love cake. I always want to eat it and can never see a reason for not eating it. I always think that I make bad choices and decisions around cake. Can you relate? Are you making the wrong decisions as well?
It does not matter what kind of cake – I will try any. Chocolate is my favourite (obvs). This one is wonderful Easy chocolate cake recipe – BBC Food .Equally, I am happy with Victoria sponge, lemon drizzle and even carrot cake. Carrots make me want to be ill but interestingly I can eat a pound of carrot cake and never have a problem. So what is the problem exactly?
Well, if I eat as much cake as I want to, then I run into consequences that I am not happy about. I may lose my teeth, I stop eating other foods I love and become the size of a house.
When faced with cake, my pre-frontal cortex seems to go off line. It happens every time. So much so I do not have cake in the house and I do not bake any (although I am quite a good baker even if I do say it myself!). I cannot trust myself with cake and that is the problem. I do not believe that I can have cake and this will always be true.
Am I making the right decision about not having cake in the house?
Is this really true?
If I am honest with myself I believe that I cannot be left near a cake without devouring it with both hands and get caught with two handfuls stuffing it into my mouth. But is this really true?
Well no. I have been near a lot of cakes in my life and eaten a small amount or most of it, on a plate with a fork. No hands and no stuffing it into my mouth.
Thought Error
This irrational fear of being near cake is really a belief. It is a belief that my mind likes to tell me. Its a fairy story. It is an erroneous thought- nothing more.
Can you relate to my issues with cake? Where in your life do you have thought errors? Can you spot them? Sometimes it can be difficult and it is these pesky thoughts that prevent us from having what we want in life, a job we love, hobbies, a family life that we have always craved. In my case its cake!
Are you making the wrong decisions?
If beliefs and thought errors are plaguing you, come over to the The Professionals Coach and I can show you where your thinking is keeping you stuck in the same old loop.
I’m off to have some cake!
