The food demon embedded deep in gray matter, waiting to launch across the synapse, jumps on the back of neurons, bombarding determination setting desire on fire… uncontrollable! Flashing past reason, committing treason, sabotaging moderation…the food demon bent on destruction destroys resolve. Where is the watcher of weight? Where is the keeper of the gate?
Eat…eat…eat…Taste buds activated and on alert ready to savor
each tantalizing bite. The palate waits
in pleasure. Food slides down the esophagus, fills the emotional void soothing
nerve endings. The demon demands more declaring war from
the shore of the hypothalamus! An
onslaught…a gush of craving…a surge…Where is the watcher of weight? Where is the
keeper of the gate?
Feed me …feed me... feed me. Visions of food screened by the
underside of eye lids fly past. Hedonistic in desire to bind self-restraint…In
the blink of a wink the hand seizes forbidden fruit orchestrating mindless
gorging. The food demon sings no to self- control…laughing…taunting the mind
reeling with the reality of no sense of satiety. Where is the watcher of
weight? Where is the keeper of the gate?
The keeper of the gate slowly awakes…unlocking the resistance to
transformation…breaking the chains of shame…penetrating the shades of Hades
freeing the watcher of weight from the dungeon of despair…then ascends the hill
of guilt ready to face confrontation with a determination to vanquish the arch
fiend of the food demons.
The watcher of weight sounds the call for all neuropeptides
to slide with tenacity and resolution over the lobes to probe for weakness, to
root out gluttony, to alleviate uncertainty, to crush self indulgence, to
assuage the fear of failure, to put stress to rest... to transmit victory to
the insular…the connector of body and soul.
The watcher of weight and the keeper of the gate…inherent strength
renewed… fortify temperance… bolsters confidence…then with assurance regain
self control binding the food demon
forevermore and go forth to light the torch of conquest and embrace the
sensation of success…success…and more success!
Here are a few definitions of some of the words used:
synapse- a
junction between two nerve cells, consisting of a minute gap across which
impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter.
neuron- a
specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell.
Hypothalamus
- a region of the forebrain below the thalamus controlling body
temperature, thirst, hunger, and other homeostatic systems, and involved in
sleep and emotional activity.
satiety - the feeling or state of being full after
eating
neuropeptide- any
of a group of compounds that act as neurotransmitters and are short-chain
polypeptides.
