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

ANYway….This blog was meant to encourage other people fighting the sugar, food/fat, cravings battle. I have incredible will-power, and probably you do, too. What totally sucks is the CRAVINGS!! What about the person that doesn’t have cravings? Are they using willpower to get through the day? No. They don’t have to fight. The person with cravings has to fight, until the body chemistry is evened out. Mine has been good for a while, and my health went down this year. Im getting back on educating myself, and sharing it in this blog. I might recommend products, or advice, or just vent! I also went through all my posts, and some products I was promoting, and deleted all the pages of info I wasn’t doing myself. I want this journal / blog to be up to date, and VERY REAL – so we can all help each other. PLEASE, IM BEGGING YOU, leave comments of what has WORKED FOR YOU to stop cravings and healthily lose weight, firm up, etc. I also want to explore better health in general, share what I find – for life is not meant to be THIS STRUGGLE that many of us food cravers go through. IT SHOULDNT BE SO HARD!!!

Well, Im having a hard time today, cuz of my hormones, and Im afraid my pre-diabetes. I am eating “perfectly” – meaning veggies, protein, healthy fats, some healthy carbs, nuts and my supplements/vitamins. AGHH!! It doesnt seem to be helping today. It could be hormones – not to share too much information, just sayin’.

While I do absolutely recommend CLEANSING and FASTING [under supervision] , I believe I have done TOO MUCH over the past year. I lost alot of weight, but Im afraid I depleted myself of too many vitamins and minerals, and therefore I am always STARVING!!

Moderation, Zoe, Moderation. It’s all a learning curve. I lost alot of weight cleansing, but also lost alot of my hair. I know I am not alone on this. But there HAS to be a better way that gives us a peaceful relationship with food, a rockin body that enjoys to move, AND a full head of hair?? All I had was the rockin’ body. I dont care WHAT anyone says, its NOT ENOUGH. Ive HAD the perfect body, with intense food cravings. And massive skin and hair problems. I am all about BALANCE at this point. And having energy.

I hope you continue this journey with me, and we can help each other. For this is LIFE AND DEATH for many of us with food problems, absolutely LIFE AND DEATH. Do you know what I mean???? We HAVE to eat balanced, we have to exercise, we have to reduce stress, we HAVE to balance our chemistry. It’s scary that we have gotten our bodies all out of whack – sometimes by doing TOO much of a good thing, strangely enough. BUT lets work together and heal the world [well at least our world of food addiction / confusion / cravings/ imbalances / emotional pain]. I want to live!! I want to live happily and CRAVING FREE DARN IT ALL!! We deserve it. There are answers, otherwise life would be this bizarre, cruel joke.

Hopefully, soon you will see more encouraging posts from me. The only thing that is helping my sugar cravings/food cravings [Hella Intense, by the way] is lots of protein, olive oil/hummus with veggies, green tea, and walking. I dont feel at all that I am going through emotional eating, although in the past I have. I feel my body is out of whack.

I can say though – if there is one tip I can give you – If you can handle Caffeine – try Organic Japanese Green Tea. [Instead of coffee, even better] Tons of anti-oxidants, and a metabolism boost, as you probably already know.  If I find a good link, I will post it. This stuff REALLY helps me in the morning, after a breakfast of usually eggs and veggies.

Ok, God Bless – Peace be with you. Here’s to writing VERY TRUE, HONEST, GUT WRENTCHING Blogs – and hope we can help each other. Be Strong, but ALSO be KIND to yourself and OPEN to many forms of HEALING!!

love, Zoe Z.

Tell me what you think.

~Zoe

Make your LIFE sweet!

ZOE

p.s. here are some flowers for you from my friend’s grandma’s garden!

Wishing you “sweet” success today through Hypnosis – 1 bite and thought at a time!!

~Zoe

p.s.  Here’s a little bio on Kelly from the Brain Sync Website…

{With over 2 million audio programs in print, Kelly Howell is highly acclaimed for her pioneering work in healing and mind expansion. She’s been actively involved in personal development and consciousness research for more than two decades and is recognized as a thought-leader in the field of personal transformation.

In the early 1980’s, Kelly began her research into the mind and it’s potential as part of her own personal exploration. She began making personalized reprogramming tapes in her living room, and was astounded by the results. Seeing powerful changes in her life and her client’s lives, lead to years of research and production. In 1990 she formed Brain Sync offering a wide range of CD’s and mp3 downloads for meditation, healing, spiritual growth and mind expansion.

Over the years, Kelly has worked in cooperation with eminent scientists, medical professionals, brain researchers and spiritual teachers to develop her groundbreaking transformational audio techniques. Her clinically proven Brain Wave Therapy CDs are embraced by both individual users and by medical professionals.

In 2005 Kelly launched Theatre Of The Mind podcasts as an experiment. She says, “I started Theatre of the Mind with the idea that the more we understand the inextricable connection between thought and reality, the more power we have to transform ourselves, our lives and the world. My intention is  to make it easier to deepen our understanding of Mind, and apply this knowledge to create real results.”

Theatre of the Mind podcasts offer unprecedented access to some of the world’s leading visionaries and consciousness researchers exploring mind expansion intuition, creativity and the many facets of human potential. Today, Theatre of the Mind consistently ranks in the iTunes Top 10 most downloaded Self-help, Health, and Alternative Medicine podcasts producing over 100,000 downloads per month.}

2009 OCT Update – I still TOTALLY do the Kelly Howell Hypnosis CD’s.  I HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend her Hypnosis Cds.  She has such a soothing voice, and I do always seem to go into a deep relaxing state when I listen to them through headphones, resting in a chair or laying on my bed.  I also really like her series on The Secret & the Secret To Attracting Wealth.  It’s TOTALLY NOT what I thought it would be like, but its amazing.  The visualizations she has you do are very powerful, and make your mind/spirit/subconscious OPEN to receiving and manifesting amazing things in your life.  This transfers over to health – Big Time.

The best part of it, is getting your health back and STOPPING the cravings, instead of controling the cravings.  I’ve had it with controling how I eat.  I want to NOT WANT IT in the first place.  After reading this e-book, I realize its not me craving it.  It’s all the toxins and parasites making me crave it.  This is not who I am.  This is not who you are.  There is something much LARGER going on here than will-power.

 We are dying here! You know it and I know it.  I partly created this website myself, to keep from dying.  If I EVER go back to the old way of eating, I will probably die or develop an excruciatingly painful disease. 

I’m referring products I have read to the letter, and am implementing myself.   Make sure you sign up for her free newsletter, too.  If you get the e-book, make SURE you don’t skim it once and throw it away.  DO IT!  Hopefully you can work with your doctor on this, so all bases are covered, especially if you are taking medications.  Dr. Suanne’s link is below.  Just warning you – there are some truly disgusting images on her page.  But I guess its time to face the truth of what is stuck in SO MANY PEOPLE’s bodies.  It’ll make your skin crawl.

Cheers!  Check her out – The Top Secret Fat Loss Doc…

~Zoe

2009 OCT Update.  I re-read this entry, and I think Im going to do a bunch of stuff recommended in this ebook.  I got it a while back, and it did help.  I think you still need to be careful about cleansing,etc, as to not deplete your body, but there was a whole bunch of useful information in there.  One thing I remember was that Oil of Oregano KILLS alot of that nasty stuff living in your body, making you have crazy food cravings.  I NEED to get back on that!!