Recently I gave a class at Yavapai College at the Community Education Program on EFT and emotional eating. In the first part I introduced EFT and the class practiced it on the issue of stress. After the break, chips and chocolate were introduced. Now the idea was to rate one’s craving for each one of these, then tap and re-assess again the level of craving. All ratings came down, at different speed. One student dramatically declared that she was ready to throw them away, something she had never done in her life. Another student looked at them finally just as objects and started to sketch them. For another, the chocolate had strong emotional ties with her grand-parents and the craving for them was pretty high until it came down some after some tapping.
Here is something you can do. Choose a food that you crave often, that has control over you. Rate the craving. Tap on the points , saying:
Even though I crave this food, I deeply and completely accept myself,
The texture, the sweetness, the smell, all remind me of good times,
I miss those times, I miss those people, I miss some sweetness in my life, etc…You can tap on anything that comes to your mind. Then rate it again. See how low you can go on the rating.
You will feel different about this food. The idea is not to give up this food completely but to be in control of when to eat it or how much of it.
All the best!
EFT Prescott 