| EFT Keeps Off the Winter Weight |
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| Maureen Cram | |||
| Tuesday, 10 June 2008 | |||
Sometimes the weight gets less… then as soon as the ‘will power’ isn’t willing, it all comes back and you beat yourself up over it even more. You’ve read all the diet books, bought most of them, signed up for online help, joined help groups… and has any of that helped? Nope. And why not? Because you haven’t changed the way you think and feel about comfort food and food in general. Time to make a difference So what can you do short of stapling your stomach or wiring your jaw shut? You can start to take responsibility for yourself and how you look and what you put into your mouth to nourish you. “Easy for you to say,” I hear… “How do I do that and actually make it work?” Will power is not enough. Will power is never enough. You need to balance your food intake, exercise somewhat and get back in control of your life. And EFT can really help. Emotional Freedom Techniques is a branch of epigenetic medicine. It is not waving crystals around, repeating affirmations ad nauseam, anything possibly New Age, not religion-based, can safely be used while pregnant, drug free and – big bonus – you can easily learn to do it yourself to speed up the process even more. It has tremendous success in physical and emotional areas – I haven’t found a situation yet that EFT hasn’t helped improve. Basically any ‘thing’ that’s bothering you… it can help you help yourself. Simply stated, EFT is a unique version of acupuncture except you don’t use needles. Instead, you stimulate well established energy meridian points on your face and upper body by tapping on them with your fingertips. It looks funny but it works! The process is easy to memorise and is portable so you can do it anywhere. Once your energy is balanced, it is far easier to eat the good stuff; in fact you will eat whatever you want to eat… you will find that you no longer have cravings or eat for comfort or have to finish what’s on your plate because of all those starving people all over the world. There are three components relating to weight issues: physical, emotional and mental. The Physical Level I have worked with many people who want to lose weight. I have experienced my own weight issues from being anorexic as a teenager and later while in an unhappy marriage. I know from experience that each person is different. No one food or activity plan is best for everyone. So, together, in a relaxed environment, we will set goals and develop a plan specifically for your own lifestyle, one which you can easily maintain and enjoy. The Emotional Level Willpower! Do you have it? You are probably telling yourself you are weak, that you don’t have ‘enough’ willpower or else you would not have this problem involving weight. Willpower, schmillpower!! Willpower is not something you need when you use EFT! You might be overeating or eating what you term ‘bad’ food because something is eating you, or for one reason or another you might be stuck. Unresolved emotions, not lack of willpower, will forever sabotage your efforts to lose weight. This is why 95% of dieters regain the pounds they have lost and they cannot get off that misery-go-round of lose, gain, lose, gain and gain some more. Until your negative feelings and the thoughts behind them are brought to the surface and made neutral, any weight loss will be temporary. The Mental Level Are any of these thoughts familiar?
The misery-go-round never stops. Sounds overwhelming, doesn’t it? How can you possibly change such self-defeating thoughts? How can you face such unpleasant emotions without the comfort of food?
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