Dear Readers:
I have been contemplating the link between performance anxiety and obesity. One example of my own personal experience with this issue was my orchestra audition at a prestigious private college in North Western Minnesota. It was my freshman year and I had played poorly, because I was shaking so much with anxiety that I could not perform. I went back to my dorm ordered two large pizzas and ate both of them (they were pepperoni).
At the time I did not realize that I was eating to curb my anxiety.
Performance anxiety occurs in music, sports, theater, presentations, and every other performance medium.
Internal Energy Plus™ and its 12 postural intentions is the best system that I have found in my 30 years of performing to help me become aware of how much and when I was eating to drown my anxiety.
A great side effect I did not anticipate of training in Internal Energy Plus™ was that within 6 months of practice, I had decided to take action to stop drinking alcohol. I realized that I did not need alcohol to treat my anxiety. I could see I had other options.
These options are
1) To eat at the table instead of the TV.
2) To measure out the serving size indicated and only eat that much.
3) To eat one plate of food and wait about 5 minutes usually I would not have a second plate!!
I use these new patterns to stop overeating because of my anxiety.
Performance anxiety gave me a reason to overeat, but Internal Energy Plus gave me choices and the ability to take action instead.
In Consistency,
Thomas
