The Juicy Woman

Resistant To Tapping? Support Program For Gals Who Hate Tapping

Despite knowing that tapping really works, I've been getting feedback from many of my clients that they are not using their EFT skills.

To be honest, I’ve also been resistant to doing my own tapping as many of my other clients have. This is a problem that has frustrated me for awhile. It has led me on a quest to seek out a solution to the problem not only for my clients but also for myself.

Recently I stuck gold and found something that will work. I'd like to share it with you.

Support Program Available For Gals Struggling with Intuitive Eating

This morning I finally stepped on the scale after what must have been a 4 month hiatus from my daily habit of weighing myself. The number wasn’t shocking in fact I already knew it, down to the pound; 198.

Before I began the Intuitive Eating process without using any energy coaching, tapping or visualization, it was 177. That means that in 10 months of just eating what I wanted whenever I wanted it cost me a full 20 pound gain. Looking back in retrospect, I see that as an investment and I wouldn’t change the experience of freedom from dieting for the world. Today I have more control with my eating than ever before. I can trust myself around all foods and I credit Intuitive Eating with that.

The Great Swedish Fish Suckers Experiment: How To Savor Food To Discover Taste Preferences and Elicit Memories

Yesterday at 6:30 p.m., after graduating from my Second Master Practitioner Program Level Series in NLP, I was in the Manhattan Port of Authority getting ready to board my bus for the long trip home. Overcome by pangs of hunger, I jumped into Au Bon Pain and purchased a small portion of Southwestern Vegetable Soup and ate 1/2 a whole grain breadstick with some Smart Beat butter spread on it.

Body Confidence: Stop the Sighs Over Size and Buy Clothes That Fit You Now

A couple of weeks ago I wanted to do some shopping. I knew that it was time to prepare for summer and toss out some of my sweats and baggy tees that I tend to favor. What can I say I love to be comfortable, especially if I’m just staying home. I’ve even been known to coach in my jammies. I guess that's an occupational hazard. Oh well, who cares? I like it that way.

Knowing that I had a few more formal engagements to attend, including my step daughter, Janelle's promotion to Sargeant in the Air Force at the end of April, and an upcoming family vacation to Puerto Rico in June; I had to get some clothes that would be befitting of Andrea, The Juicy Woman. I guess my old Elton John tee shirt with the air conditioning wouldn’t cut it.

Waiting For Weight Loss: Are You Willing To Give Up the Promise of Quick Fix Diets?

Summer’s here and the trend is warmer weather and coats off. That means baring those arms and legs. For years, this time of year struck the fear of God in me. It meant that I had to face another swimsuit season as a fat woman.

Today for once I see myself differently. For over 33 years I battled an eating addiction and my life was miserable because of it. I tried to get it under control with diets and exercise but it always seemed to win out over me. When I learned about Intuitive Eating, I discovered a door to freedom. However it came with a hefty price. To test out the process of Intuitive Eating, for about 5 months, I ate like there was no tomorrow and decided to toss out my energy coaching tools and NLP coach know how and just eat every single time I got hungry. Pretty soon I noticed that I was hungry about every hour on the hour. That's when I knew that this process worked best by integrating energy coaching tools to coddle the feelings that show up as a physical desire to eat. That's the benefit that I bring to my clients.

Connirae Andreas' Naturally Slender Eating Strategy Guideline #1 "Choosing Foods That Kiss Your Being"

Connirae Andreas is the creator of the "Naturally Slender Eating Strategy." She is also one of the original co-developers in the field of Neuro Linguistic Programming. As a therapist, she has helped thousands of people to overcome fears, phobias and various other experiences in their lives that have blocked their lives. To get more information and read the strategy in its entirety, read the book that she co-authored with her husband, Steve Andreas, called, “Heart of the Mind."

This post and several others like it will take excerpts from the interview that I enjoyed with Connirae last week. This post will describe the importance of choosing foods that 'kiss your being.' I encourage you to visualize your food choice as the loving mother depicted in the photo and you as the infant child seeking nourishment.

Intuitive Eating: My Path To Achieve A Greater Sense Of Self Love and Acceptance

As a woman with a history of emotional eating, I’ve spent many years thinking that life was either black or white. For me, it seemed that the lines were drawn and clearly defined.

That was why I reached for food to comfort me in those moments of feeling less than, overwhelmed, not quite good enough and afraid when I wanted to give up. Food became my coping mechanism to handle life; instead of feeling my emotions, I swallowed them.  

Propelled by those negative self limiting feelings, I believed that the answer for me lay in "going on a diet." I was certain that would give me the willpower, determination and the motivation that I lacked to get rid of parts of me that were unacceptable.

Stop In the Name Of Fat!

At dinner today, my husband, Angel invited the kids and I to enjoy one of our favorite restaurants, a Japanese steakhouse. I love eating there. I enjoy the food so much and the atmosphere is such fun. I was having a ball nuzzling with my hubby and laughing with the kids.

I ordered Hibachi Steak for dinner.  I told the chef exactly how I wanted it. I said, I’d like it well cooked on the outside and very rare on the inside and please don’t trim it. I thought I made myself very clear but evidently there was some misunderstanding.

As the chef was preparing the steak on the hibachi table, I watched him trim the fat from each of the four steaks on the grill.  Quietly I sat, mute as he scooted each of the trimmed portions of fat into the waste pocket on the side of the grill.

How Intuitive Eating Is Changing My Eating Habits

As you begin your journey along the road to non diet weight loss, you can expect to experience many changes. One of my Losing Weight Without Dieting graduates, Linda, says, “many of the foods that you thought you loved, you won’t even like anymore. In fact, you’ll hate them.” Boy is she right!

The following is just a bird’s eye view into my experience of how this process of Intuitive Eating has changed my own eating habits. You’ll notice that the changes are gradual. This is not a get thin quick scheme. This is a way of reteaching your body how to eat to nourish itself. The changes are all internalized and come from body awareness, not anyone telling you what to do. You just begin doing it because it makes you feel good and overeating makes you feel rotten.

I began in August of 2006 - Among the first changes that I noticed were a sensitivity to the taste of salt. Many foods that I once loved no longer appeal to me after I gave myself permission to eat them. They tasted too salty. These include most fast food restaurants, like Burger King, McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken and one of my former favorite craves…