Any fighting with the thought will only accentuate it and make it stronger and you will end up becoming frustrated and upset. Don't risk losing the battle. Instead, at this very moment immediately put your mind on another subject . Keep your attention fully immersed until you are completely calm. Then you may go about your business as usual.
Emotions are much stronger than reason in most people.
Emotions will always dictate to reason or intellect. Remember as we said before, thoughts move with the speed of lightning, but they can always be recognized by an alert attention. He will thus allow himself the liberty of dwelling on the sensations of visualizing, eating and enjoying the food he wishes to avoid. He continues in this manner for just a few minutes and before he knows it the trap has been sprung. Today is not a good day for this.