Re: Habit or what?

[Guest guest]

Have you heard of EFT (Emotional Free Technique) at all? Someone

mentioned it in some earlier posts, so I researched it. EFT involves

doing tapping exercises on accupressure points while focusing on

feelings... Then lo and behold, your emotional attachment to that

feeling or experience disappears! It sounds crazy, I know, but if

you do some research (for instance, www.emofree.com), you can see the

testimonials.

The reason I'm telling you about EFT is because you obviously have

underlying emotional issues that you are unaware of causing you to

overeat in the evening. EFT is fantastic for ridding yourself of

these emotions thereby decreasing or ceasing the " habit. " (I hate

calling food addiction a habit, just because it makes it sound as

trivial as biting your fingernails or cracking your knuckles...lol)

Let me just tell you, EFT is doing WONDERS for me. I have been food-

obsessed for the past 3 or 4 years, and for the first time in a LONG

time, I am not even THINKING about eating until I am hungry. Really,

I just can't believe it, but it's true. And eating past the point of

fullness? Almost impossible. Once I feel full, I can't bear to eat

one more bite!

Again, I know it sounds weird and probably even too good to be true,

but do some research...Google it...and see what you think. What have

you got to lose besides a waistline and some suppressed

emotions? :)

<3---

>

> I noticed that I start eating sweet foods in the evenings. I seem to

> crave the as soon as the sun goes down.

>

> It's been worse since the last weeks before my exam. I expected it

to

> get a bit better after the exam but as soon as dinner time comes

around

> I think " oh, I want to have something sweet after dinner " . I caught

> myself today that I really look forward to the evenings to eat some

> chocolate. (Oh, the greed...)

>

> I don't want to have chocolate for breakfast or lunch (usually,

there

> are exceptions of course), I simply prefer heartier foods and a

sweet

> coffee or fruit smoothie then.

>

> I think it's weird that I crave sweets (reward food?) in the

evenings,

> now that I'm not having anything I need a " reward " for. Before that

one

> could make the connection between hard work day, having studied all

day

> and the need for a " reward " . I don't know if the reward theory is

100%

> fitting, it could also be eating to calm me down or a mix.

>

> Now that I think about it, it never was much different regarding the

> sweet stuff, even during my " IE Honeymoon " I ate sweet stuff mostly

in

> the evenings. I just didn't bother because I lost weight and ate

some

> " healthier stuff " earlier the day, so I wasn't too worried about

> nutrition either. I think it was mostly to calm myself down

and " relax " ,

> afte taking a shower and taking a walk didn't do much for

relaxation or

> at least not enough.

>

> Some people say that emotions are stronger in the evenings. I don't

know

> if this is true RIGHT NOW. I can't feel any difference between

mornings,

> noon and evenings at the moment. I also don't know why I can feel

> nervous and anxious during mornings without having to eat chocolate

but

> can't seem to handle the feeling at night. I always thought it was

> because of " work " or " studying " , but it's the same right now.

>

> Sometimes I think I'm eating chocolate out of habit. It gets dark

> outside = me wanting chocolate.

>

> Maybe I'm not making much sense. I try to distract myself from my

> cravings for something sweet. Cravings go away after 20 min? Yeah,

> right... It's been an hour now that this neon sign is flashing in my

> head, even though there is a good movie on TV right now and I'm

writing

> on here. Sometimes the craving for MORE really DOES go away, but

more

> often it doesn't go away.

>

> Regards

> s.

>

[Guest guest]

luvkittykandie wrote:

> Have you heard of EFT (Emotional Free Technique) at all?

I have heard of it. Can you really learn it from a book? It sounds

complicated.

And yes, I really think it sounds too good to be true but one can never

know before having tested it, right?

Regards

s.

[Guest guest]

I do know what you are talking about. I do think so much of it is

habit. For me, I think it was because if I was " good " during the

day and I had " points " left over, I could " treat " myself. Or maybe

it's because I so deprived myself during the day that I would then

over indulge in the sweet stuff.

I think I've way better since I've been doing IE for about 1 1/2

years. I think what has helped is to have a little something sweet

after lunch. Then I find that sometimes I really don't want

anything sweet after dinner or in the evenings. There is something

about " saving " up to the end of the day that makes me want to over

indulge.

Might be something you want to try, having something sweet after

lunch and see what happens. I think so much of IE is learning

to " play " with our food and experiment with what works for us.

Alana

>

> I noticed that I start eating sweet foods in the evenings. I seem

to

> crave the as soon as the sun goes down.

>

> It's been worse since the last weeks before my exam. I expected it

to

> get a bit better after the exam but as soon as dinner time comes

around

> I think " oh, I want to have something sweet after dinner " . I caught

> myself today that I really look forward to the evenings to eat some

> chocolate. (Oh, the greed...)

>

> I don't want to have chocolate for breakfast or lunch (usually,

there

> are exceptions of course), I simply prefer heartier foods and a

sweet

> coffee or fruit smoothie then.

>

> I think it's weird that I crave sweets (reward food?) in the

evenings,

> now that I'm not having anything I need a " reward " for. Before

that one

> could make the connection between hard work day, having studied

all day

> and the need for a " reward " . I don't know if the reward theory is

100%

> fitting, it could also be eating to calm me down or a mix.

>

> Now that I think about it, it never was much different regarding

the

> sweet stuff, even during my " IE Honeymoon " I ate sweet stuff

mostly in

> the evenings. I just didn't bother because I lost weight and ate

some

> " healthier stuff " earlier the day, so I wasn't too worried about

> nutrition either. I think it was mostly to calm myself down

and " relax " ,

> afte taking a shower and taking a walk didn't do much for

relaxation or

> at least not enough.

>

> Some people say that emotions are stronger in the evenings. I

don't know

> if this is true RIGHT NOW. I can't feel any difference between

mornings,

> noon and evenings at the moment. I also don't know why I can feel

> nervous and anxious during mornings without having to eat

chocolate but

> can't seem to handle the feeling at night. I always thought it was

> because of " work " or " studying " , but it's the same right now.

>

> Sometimes I think I'm eating chocolate out of habit. It gets dark

> outside = me wanting chocolate.

>

> Maybe I'm not making much sense. I try to distract myself from my

> cravings for something sweet. Cravings go away after 20 min? Yeah,

> right... It's been an hour now that this neon sign is flashing in

my

> head, even though there is a good movie on TV right now and I'm

writing

> on here. Sometimes the craving for MORE really DOES go away, but

more

> often it doesn't go away.

>

> Regards

> s.

>

[Guest guest]

Alana wrote:

> I do know what you are talking about. I do think so much of it is

> habit. For me, I think it was because if I was " good " during the

> day and I had " points " left over, I could " treat " myself. Or maybe

> it's because I so deprived myself during the day that I would then

> over indulge in the sweet stuff.

[...]

> Might be something you want to try, having something sweet after

> lunch and see what happens. I think so much of IE is learning

> to " play " with our food and experiment with what works for us.

I remember the " being good during the day " and then wanting to eat for

reward in the evenings. However, the difference was that I craved sweets

during the day then but resisted. Now I don't crave them during the day

so it quite surprises me that I still want sweets in the evening and

with a very few exceptions I really want chocolate EVERY evening.

I thought about it being a habit because I don't crave sweets during the

day. I think I'll really " play around " for a bit.

Regards

s.

[Guest guest]

> I remember the " being good during the day " and then wanting to eat for

> reward in the evenings.

If I eat Carbos - more bread I dont crave sweets so much

JudyNowland

[Guest guest]

I'm actually reading Callahan's book called " Tapping the Healer

Within, " which is basically the same deal except he calls it " TFT " or

Thought Field Therapy. He did a lot of scientific research to back

his findings and the results are amazing! His previous experience

with psychotherapy only helped 5% of his patients to recover from

their emotional problems. With TFT, he has increased this percentage

to 98%! Our neurological systems are collections of energy or

electricity moving throughout our bodies. Basically, you're using

the tapping points to stimulate changes in the body's energy flow to

correct the problem (anxiety, phobia, addiction, etc.) caused by any

energy blockages. And blah blah blah, I could go on and on... I

just think it's soooo cool

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>

> > I don't know much about it but it seems pretty simple, all you do

is

> > tap the pressure points while repeating the negative thought that

you

> > are trying to release and at certain intervals say " but I love

and

> > accept myself completely " . So there is no real danger of

programming

> > something negative, it seems to me that it's more about

acknowledging

> > that fear or negativity and accepting that you are " ok " anyways

but at

> > the same time making it separate from " you " so you can release it.

>

> Sounds interesting. Thanks for the info. :-)

>

> Regards

> s.

>