Managing Cravings with EFT by Kathryn Martyn, M.NLP

There are several ways to manage cravings. You can:

Attempt to stop eating the food you crave entirely (out of sight

out of mind).

Modify your eating habits around a particular food, i.e. cut back

on the quantity or how often you indulge.

Use EFT to end the attachment you have to this particular food.

1. Stop Eating the Food you Crave

Eliminating the offending food entirely is rarely successful. We

can only limit ourselves for so long before we go crazy, eating

everything in sight to make up for the deprivation. This also

introduces deprivation and control issues, which many have

trouble with leftover from childhood. Would it be better to learn

to enjoy your favorites without losing control around them?

2. Modify your Eating Habits

Modifying your behavior can be successful, but it can also be

difficult because even though we want to change, it seems that

despite our best efforts, we still find ourselves craving the

same things, day after day. It is the "how" that stops us. How

can we change a behavior that is a habitual response? How can we

stop doing what we don't want to do? There are literally

thousands of diet and weight loss books and most offer nothing

more useful than the "eat less, exercise more" advice. If it were

simply a matter of doing what we know we should do, there would

be no obesity epidemic, but it's not that simple. We need to know

HOW.

3. Use EFT to end the Attachment to a Particular Food

EFT is often helpful to diminish or demolish the cravings. It can

be your HOW. How to change habits that you want to be rid of, how

to create new, better habits, that support what you want, instead

of what you don't. EFT is simple to learn, and effective.

If you don't yet know how to do EFT, read this brief explanation,

then download and print the worksheets, instructions and

reminders all in one convenient PDF packet.

4. Stop Talking Yourself Into It

You've said you are going to stop nighttime snacking, and then

the voices start, "I've been good all day, I deserve a treat,

just one won't hurt..." You're basically talking yourself into

it, and then you're off and running to the kitchen. Most of us

find that once we say yes to that voice, there's no holding

ourselves back.

As soon as you realize you are doing the "talk myself into it"

routine, start using EFT immediately. Catching yourself in the

act is difficult at first, but if you keep an open mind, you will

start to notice. No matter where you are or what you are doing,

you can instantly perform an EFT procedure on yourself, and get

quick results. You don't need to wait until later, until the

atmosphere is just right, or until you are alone or somewhere you

can relax. You can do it while driving, you can do it in a crowd

standing on the corner.

Examples of EFT for Ending Cravings

The first round you might notice the craving is somewhat reduced

(or it could disappear entirely), but it will likely be lessened.

Once you have done one round, re-rate your desire for the food,

and if it is still high (more than a six), do another round of

EFT right then:

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BIO:

Kathryn Martyn, Master NLP Practitioner, author of the free
e-book: Changing Beliefs, Your First Step to Permanent Weight
Loss, and owner of http://www.OneMoreBite-Weightloss.com

Get The Daily Bites: Inspirational Mini Lessons Using EFT and
NLP for Ending the Struggle with Weight Loss.
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