How To Beat Food Cravings with EFT
Food Cravings
“Is a morning without orange juice and coffee unthinkable? Can you eat just one cookie, or do they keep calling from the cupboard until they’re all gone? Do you sometimes feel an overwhelming urge to crunch that only chips, not apples, will satisfy?
For most of us, forgoing favorite foods at certain times is not only unthinkable, it seems beyond our ability.
If foods with pleasurable tastes and textures are used as a reward or to provide solace, a practice commonly begun in childhood and continued throughout life, then the psychological component for craving such foods grows even stronger.” International Food Information Council & Food Insight July/August 1991
The EFT Cravings Procedure – Your Tapping Script To Good Health
The EFT Cravings Procedure is specifically formulated to drastically reduce or totally eliminate unwanted cravings while you are experiencing them. With this technique you literally have at your fingertips an effective, simple tool to massively cut down on the cravings that cause overeating and diet sabotage! Tapping on a craving takes the intense desire for the food you crave and neutralizes it so that the craving disappears and no will power to resist the food is required.
“Craving” in this case refers to an intense desire for a “junk food,” an unhealthy food, a calorie-laden food with no nutritional value, or even a food not on your diet.
You can also use this tapping script daily before cravings surface. Simply make a list of all the foods you normally crave and for each one apply the EFT Cravings procedure as set our below.
Here’s your script to good health!!
Step 1: Exactly what are you craving?
Name the food, including any brand names if applicable. Such as, “Black Forest Tim Tams,” or “Smith’s Salt and Vinegar Crinkle Cut Chips” or “Kentucky Fried Chicken Zinger Burger” or “Mc Donald’s Big Mac” or “Mum’s home made Pavlova” etc. The more specific, the more effective the procedure.
Step 2: How strong is the craving or desire for this food?
On a scale of 0 -10 rate how strong the craving/desire is. 10 being “absolutely must have it now” and 0 being “no desire whatsoever for the food”
Step 3: Apply the EFT Procedure
a) Start by rubbing the tender spot and say out aloud or in your mind
“Even though I have this strong craving, I deeply & completely accept myself.”
“Even though I cannot control my craving for (name the food), I deeply & completely accept myself.”
“Even though I really want to eat this food, I deeply & completely accept myself.”
“Even if I never get over my craving for (name the food), I deeply accept myself.”
b) Start Tapping
Tap the Eyebrow Point, and say, “This strong craving.”
Tap the Side of Eye Point, and say, “This strong craving.”
Tap the Under the Eye Point, and say, “This horrible craving.”
Tap the Under the Nose, and say, “Can’t control this craving.”
Tap the Chin Point, and say, “Can’t control this craving.”
Tap the Collarbone Point, and say, “This craving.”
Tap the Under the Arm, and say, “This need to put it in my mouth”
Tap the Under the Breast, and say, “This need to put it in my mouth”
Tap the Eyebrow Point, and say, “This strong craving.”
Tap the Side of Eye Point, and say, “This strong craving.”
Tap the Under the Eye Point, and say, “This horrible craving.”
Tap the Under the Nose, and say, “Can’t control this craving.”
Tap the Chin Point, and say, “Can’t control this craving.”
Tap the Collarbone Point, and say, “This craving.”
Tap the Under the Arm, and say, “This need to put it in my mouth
Tap the Under the Breast, and say, “This need to put it in my mouth”
Tap the Top of the Head, and say, “Completely over this craving”
Tap the Side of Eye Point, and say, “Completely over this craving”
Tap the Under the Nose, and say, “Completely over this craving”
Tap the Chin Point, and say, “Completely over this craving”
Tap the Collarbone Point, and say, “Completely over this craving”
Tap the Under the Arm, and say, “Completely over this craving”
Take a deep breath.
Step 4: Check the intensity of the craving
Now focus in on the different reaction you have when thinking about the specific food. Perhaps your mouth is not salivating as much. Or the urge is less…or completely gone. Perhaps the food has no attraction for you right now…or even repulses you.
Step 5: Additional Rounds
If the craving has not completely disappeared continue with additional rounds of tapping. Underlying emotional issues often trigger overeating.
a) Start by rubbing the tender spot and say out aloud or in your mind
“Even though I still feel this craving, I choose to feel full and satisfied”
“Even though I feel deprived if I don’t satisfy my craving, I choose to feel full and satisfied”
“Even though I feel deprived and try to fill that with food I choose to allow my body to crave healthy food instead”
Even though I feel empty and deprived and hungry for something, I choose to feel full and satisfied”
“Even though eating this food gives me comfort and eases my pain and troubles, I deeply and completely accept myself.”
b) Start Tapping
Tap the Eyebrow Point, and say, “My deprivation makes me crave food.”
Tap the Side of Eye Point, and say, “I still feel this craving for my food.”
Tap the Under the Eye Point, and say, “I still feel deprived.”
Tap the Under the Nose, and say, “”Eating this food gives me comfort and eases my pain and troubles.”
Tap the Chin Point, and say, “This remaining craving.”
Tap the Collarbone Point, and say, “This remaining deprivation.”
Tap the Under the Arm, and say, “I feel empty and deprived”
Tap the Under the Breast, and say, “I feel hungry for something”
Tap the Eyebrow Point, and say, “Eating this food gives me comfort and eases my pain and troubles.”
Tap the Side of Eye Point, and say, “I still feel this craving for my food.”
Tap the Under the Eye Point, and say, “I still feel deprived.”
Tap the Under the Nose, and say, “I still have some of this craving left.”
Tap the Chin Point, and say, “This remaining craving.”
Tap the Collarbone Point, and say, “This remaining deprivation.”
Tap the Under the Arm, and say, “I feel empty and deprived”
Tap the Under the Breast, and say, “I feel hungry for something”
Tap the Eyebrow Point, and say, “I feel full and satisfied.”
Tap the Side of Eye Point, and say, “I feel full and satisfied.”
Tap the Under the Eye Point, and say, “I feel full and satisfied.”
Tap the Under the Nose, and say, “I feel full and satisfied.”
Tap the Chin Point, and say, “I feel full and satisfied.”
Tap the Collarbone Point, and say, “I feel full and satisfied.”
Tap the Under the Arm, and say, “I feel full and satisfied.”
Tap the Under the Breast, and say, “I feel full and satisfied.”
Tap the Eyebrow Point, and say, “My body craves healthy food.”
Tap the Side of Eye Point, and say, “My body craves healthy food.”
Tap the Under the Eye Point, and say, “My body craves healthy food.”
Tap the Under the Nose, and say, “My body craves healthy food
Tap the Chin Point, and say, “My body craves healthy food.”
Tap the Collarbone Point, and say, “My body craves healthy food.”
Tap the Under the Arm, and say, “My body craves healthy food.”
Tap the Under the Breast, and say, “My body craves healthy food”
Continue tapping on any other thoughts, memories or emotions that come up at any stage of this procedure.
If you have any questions or to leave comments about your experience with this tapping script/procedure please send me an email at: sublime@pacific.net.au
For more information on EFT & Weight Loss visit the EFT web site – a new approach to permanent weight loss
The Key to Successful Weight Loss focuses on a diet for long term success. It addresses the emotional factors behind weight control and other issues. The developers of the program, Dr. Patrica Carrington, Dr. Carol Look and Sandi Radomski are all well respected experts in EFT.
Angie Muccillo
EFT Practitioner & Instructor
Remedial Massage Therapist (Member AAMT)
(BA Social Science- Psych/Soc)
(Dip Illustrative Photography – Fine Art/Photjournalism)
(Cert IV Remedial Massage)
(EFT-ADV)
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