My Bear Claw Dilemma

This morning while staying in Las Vegas , my husband and I decided to go down to the local coffee shop to get our breakfast to go. We were to split ways while he went to meetings and I worked back in the room on social media. My husband accidentally gave me his Bear Claw pastry instead of my bagel with cheese bag. When I realized the mistake, I was 27 floors up and back in my room starving after only eating appetizers the previous night.

I was feeling quite reluctant to eat this chocolate filled pastry especially when, after working on the computer for a bit, I had planned on hitting the gym. Here I was feeling my mouth watering while I delayed on what is the next best step for me to do was?

How many times have you found yourself in a situation similar to this one?
What was the negative chatter and guilt-ridden things you say to yourself about food you are about to put in your mouth?

Did you find yourself checking out your body in the mirror and saying unkind words about how you look to help you from not eating something fattening?
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I will tell you how I helped myself out of this “sweet” mess I found myself in – I used E.F.T. (Emotional Freedom Technique). The following is a short Tapping Script I used in my case just to give you an idea of how to word a dilemma such as this one:

While Tapping on the Karate Chop Point:
Even though I am starving and I so badly feel the need to eat this ………., I choose to love and accept all of me anyway,
Even though it’s very hard for me to not eat this …………. right now as I’m so hungry, I choose to understand how difficult it is for me
Even though I know eating this ………… will make me feel bad about myself, I choose to accept and honor myself anyway

Now start tapping on the remaining 8 tapping points:

• I’m so hungry
• I really want to eat this ………….
• But I know it’s bad for me
• I really feel I need to eat this
• It will give me energy
• I have been so good lately
• It’s just a small treat
• How bad really could this small snack be
• I’ve been craving something like this all morning
• I can’t stop thinking about eating it
• Maybe I should just eat it
• Then I will stop thinking about it all the time
• I feel I deserve a little treat
• It will cheer me up
• I’ve not had a good start to my day
• This will make it feel better

Stop and take a deep breath in.  Then change perspective.

• I really will feel guilty once I eat this though
• Is it really worth eating it?
• I will have to work longer at the gym to burn it off
• I don’t like working out in the gym for a long time
• This won’t even fill me up for very long
• I don’t like feeling this way
• I feel guilty about eating this
• I’d like to look at this differently
• How can I stop myself from eating this?
• What can I do to take my mind off of this?
• What choices do I have?
• I am really really hungry
• I really need to let this craving go
• I’m opening up to the possibility for this craving to go

Stop and take a deep breath in.  Then move onto positive round.

• I am allowing myself to let this craving go
• I’m ready to love and appreciate this body I’m in
• I need to look after it better
• I love and accept all of me just the way I am
• I know that this body is the only one I will have
• I choose to feel great about how this body looks
• I am very grateful for this beautiful body I’m in
• I love all of me just the way I am!

Now stop tapping and take a few easy breaths in.  Check in with how you feel about this craving on your scale.  If you find your craving has reduced, well done! If not, that’s ok too. Maybe it wasn’t about the food in the first place.  It’s more about an emotion you are feeling at the time.  So tap on the emotion that may be causing you to crave something sweet.
Happy Tapping!