Well hello everyone! I just wanted to say that I will be back writing on this blog again. I took some time off – to work on other projects {music, etc}, but I know this blog is important for me to develop. I think I took some time off, because this topic is very sensitive to me, and I feel very naked just expressing all my ups and downs with food cravings, etc. But over the past few weeks, I know its important I maintain this.
PLEASE - I am saying a disclaimer right now – I can recommend what works FOR ME. And what DOESNT work for me. Please leave comments agreeing, disagreeing, whatever. This is an open forum, but in the end, everyone has to decide what is best for their journey.
So, personal update. Yesterday, I was struggling alot with food cravings. You know what I’m talking about. Just having one of those days where you CANT GET FREEKIN FULL!! It was interrupting my day severely. Also combined with it, was a to-do list 20 feet long, and I just couldn’t concentrate. Does anyone else ever struggle with concentration / food cravings?? Well over the past few years, I have had some great successes and some days from hell. I am still in the process of understanding my body, my cravings, my emotions, my body chemistry, energetic imbalances, etc, etc. I don’t always know what to do to help myself feel better. In the old days, I just gave in. Easy fix!! I feel IMMEDIATELY better! But then all the consequences set in, and I want more and more. And the body chemistry shifts around, and now the craving is more intense the next day. ITS NOT WORTH IT!!! So now, I fight and prevent. Preventing is alot easier. Fighting can seem like hell.
So, yesterday, during my fighting it….I was able to tie in some emotional reasons, which surprised me. I was TOO STRESSED. I had TOO MUCH TO DO, and in my mind, I had to do it perfectly.
Well THATS just not gonna happen. No one is perfect. Especially not me.
I had a long talk with someone close to me last night, and he said he used to struggle with perfection and “enemy thoughts” ALL DAY LONG. He said he was tortured by not being able to stay PRESENT, and he was constantly stressed. He has been telling me for about 7 months now to read the book A NEW EARTH by Eckhart Tolle. He said it changed his life completely. He also said, he had such ADD, that he couldn’t get through it the first time. Finally he just put himself in sensory deprivation – locked himself in the bathroom, made himself a warm bubble bath, lit some candles, and MADE himself read it – large chunks at at time. I just started the book myself, I have it right on my desk now as I am writing. I will let you know how it goes, since I KNOW I will be asked constantly if I read this book.
How does this relate to food cravings? I dont know quite yet. But it could -at times- have something to do with worrying, perfection, too much “to do”, etc. I wonder sometimes how that mentality “feeds” stress responses in the body, which then make us hungry???
I am going to put my affiliate link up here to amazon for the book, so you can check it out a bit. If you end up buying it from Amazon, somewhere else on the internet, your local bookstore, or borrow from a friend…PLEASE leave comments after you read {or during the process of reading it}. Did it help you with your overall emotional well-being & stress responses? Did it resonate or NOT resonate with you?
Here is the link for the Book – A New Earth:
I will let you know how I am doing with it…
Take care today and wishing you a STRESS FREE and CRAVING FREE DAY!!!
~Z
Tags: a new earth, a new earth CD, Add new tag, cravings from stress, eckhart tolle, perfectionism, relax, Stress, to-do list
i was starting to believe that i could possibly be the sole student which thought about this, at the least now i learn im not ridiculous
i’ll be sure to take a look at a number of other threads after i get a tad of caffeine in me, it is actually difficult to read without my coffee, i am going to to have fun with my myspace poker chips take care 
Great article . Will definitely apply it to my blog
Still working on this. I will post back soon….Zoe
I’m still working through it!!! Definitely learning to be more “PRESENT” – in the moment & not obsess about every little thing. “Thoughts are Enemies” – Yes they can be. That is a line in a song I wrote…..and I am very well aware, that the wrong thoughts can completely transform your life, your body, everything – negatively. The good news, is the opposite is true, too. You can completely change your life, your body, everything – positively…..
I feel like I’m often looking for interesting things to read about a variety of subjects, but I manage to include your blog among my reads every day because you have compelling entries that I look forward to. Here’s hoping there’s a lot more great material coming!