How to control my mind?

[JC938]

Hi,

I want to lose alot of weight. Few days ago I successfully controlled my mind and followed my diet for 5 days straight. But now I keep failing to control, I keep eating after seeing tasty food. How to control my mind?

Thanks.

[sunnat]

avoid unnecessary stimulation, don't use the "see food" diet..
Practice a lot of diligent anapanasati. Let go of the craving feelings, they are not you. Eat healthy food. Exercise.

[JC938]

avoid unnecessary stimulation, don't use the "see food" diet..
Practice a lot of diligent anapanasati. Let go of the craving feelings, they are not you. Eat healthy food. Exercise.

Thank you, I will try again (and again and again and again).

[sunnat]

that's good.
It is the trying again and again, with no regrets, that leads to success.

[denise]

have had to use the "don't bring it in the house" method....but oh the temptation...if it comes in, it's just a matter of time before it's gone

[coconut]

Hi,

I want to lose alot of weight. Few days ago I successfully controlled my mind and followed my diet for 5 days straight. But now I keep failing to control, I keep eating after seeing tasty food. How to control my mind?

Thanks.

“Bhikkhus, this is how Nanda guards the doors of the sense faculties: If he needs to look to the east, he does so after he has fully considered the matter and clearly comprehends it thus: ‘When I look to the east, bad unwholesome states of longing and dejection will not flow in upon me.’ If he needs to look to the west … to the north … to the south … to look up … to look down … to survey the intermediate directions, he does so after he has fully considered the matter and clearly comprehends it thus: ‘When I look to the intermediate directions, bad unwholesome states of longing and dejection will not flow in upon me.’ That is how Nanda guards the doors of the sense faculties.

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“This is Nanda’s mindfulness and clear comprehension: Nanda knows feelings as they arise, as they remain present, as they disappear; he knows perceptions as they arise, as they remain present, as they disappear; he knows thoughts as they arise, as they remain present, as they disappear. That is Nanda’s mindfulness and clear comprehension.

https://suttacentral.net/an8.9/en/bodhi

You control your mind by removing bad thoughts, feelings, and perceptions.

“But if while walking … standing … sitting … lying down a sensual thought or a thought of ill will or an aggressive thought arises in a bhikkhu and he does not tolerate it, but rejects it, dispels it, gets rid of it, and brings it to an end, that bhikkhu—who in such a manner is ardent and afraid of wrongdoing—is called constantly energetic and resolute.

- iti 110


Read the sutta MN 20 which tells you how to stop bad thoughts.

You need to be aware of your thoughts 24/7, you need to catch your thoughts Arising before they develop into emotions and impulsivity.