The Watcher of Weight

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.