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Does it always seem like a struggle for you to lose weight? Is it always an uphill battle? Does it seem like you have to fight your willpower? Do you feel the pounds pile on when you just look at a cake or chocolate bar?
Have you tried lots of different diets? Have you started them with full enthusiasm and then given up by the time the week is out?
It’s no wonder 95% of diets fail. We are always going to battle our willpower if we have to limit our calorie intake and avoid eating certain foods. We know that on a bad day, it is just too easy to think “sod it” and grab a chocolate bar or biscuit.
Instead, we can forget about calorie counting, cabbage eating (unless you enjoy cabbage that is!) and watching the “sins” we eat. We can utilise the power of EFT instead and lose weight the easy way.
Here’s a script that can help you if you feel it is just too hard to lose weight and you have failed so many times in the past that you think you’ll fail again.
Rate your score on a scale of 0 – 10 first, where 10 is it feels impossible to lose weight or you’re convinced you’ll fail again.
Tap on the Karate Chop whilst repeating three times:
Eyebrow: It’s impossible for me to lose weight
Side of Eye: It takes too much effort
Under Eye: It’s too difficult to stick to healthy food
Under Nose: I don’t want to fail yet again
Chin: I fail every time
Collarbone: It takes too much energy for me to lose weight
Under Arm: I don’t have enough self-control
Top of Head: I hate fighting my willpower
Eyebrow: There’s too much temptation everywhere I look
Side of Eye: Why is it so difficult for me to lose weight?
Under Eye: I hate feeling hunger all the time
Under Nose: I love my food too much
Chin: It feels like an uphill battle for me to lose weight
Collarbone: I hate struggling to lose weight
Under Arm: I’ve tried so many diets
Top of Head: I always end up quitting and feeling like a failure
Eyebrow: I’m open to trying something different
Side of Eye: What if I could change how I feel about food
Under Eye: Maybe I can feel satisfied eating less
Under Nose: I’m open to changing my relationship with food
Chin: What if I could feel comforted without eating
Collarbone: Maybe I won’t fail this time
Under Arm: What if I it was easier this time
Top of Head: I’m open to letting it be easy this time
Use your words where appropriate to really tune in to how you feel. Keep tapping until you no longer feel it is impossible to lose weight or that you’ll fail again. I’d love to hear your feedback, so please leave a comment.
Keep tapping!
Louise
07866 013 637
louise@freeflowingenergy.co.uk
I know, you said you wouldn’t do it this year. But it is very difficult not to over-indulge at Christmas. When you visit family especially they always seem to insist you eat and drink a lot! Even if you don’t necessarily eat more, what you do eat tends to be richer and more calorie laden! You try your best and yet you somehow manage to put on at least a few pounds. Well now that the new year is here, it’s time to shift those extra Christmas pounds.
So take some time out, sit down for a few minutes and do some tapping. Here is a tapping script that can help you. Write down your score on a scale of 0 – 10 first (where 10 is maximum guilt/disappointment etc).
Setup:
Tap on the Karate Chop whilst repeating three times:
Eyebrow: Why did I have to over-indulge?
Side of Eye: I’m so disappointed with myself
Under Eye: I feel so guilty that I ate too much
Under Nose: Why do I put weight on so easily
Chin: I feel sad now when I look in the mirror
Collarbone: Getting on the scales makes me mad with myself
Under Arm: I should have had more self-control
Top of Head: I should have tried harder to say no
Eyebrow: But it’s so difficult with all the parties
Side of Eye: Everyone else is eating and drinking
Under Eye: I feel so bad when I try to not do the same
Under Nose: I feel pressured to eat as much as everyone else
Chin: It seems rude to not eat at a party
Collarbone: When they’ve gone to all that trouble
Under Arm: I hate myself for eating too much
Top of Head: I find it so hard to stop eating once I start
Eyebrow: I’m open to thinking about this differently
Side of Eye: What if I could give myself a break
Under Eye: Maybe I did my best under the circumstances
Under Nose: Christmas is a tempting time
Chin: What if I can shift these extra Christmas pounds
Collarbone: Maybe I can lose this extra weight easily
Under Arm: What if I enjoyed losing this Christmas weight
Top of Head: I’m open to enjoying myself as I shift these Christmas pounds
Use your words where appropriate to really tune in to how you feel. Keep tapping until you no longer feel any guilt, disappointment or sadness. If you feel a craving for a specific food then tap along with my video. If you would like some help losing weight with EFT then please do get in touch.
Keep tapping!
Louise
07866 013 637
louise@freeflowingenergy.co.uk
Happy New Year!
I hope that you’ve had a wonderful Christmas and are ready to face the new year.
This is traditionally the time of year when people make new year’s resolutions. Well maybe you’ve made them before and they fell by the way side by the end of January (or even the middle of Jan!). It doesn’t have to be that way. You see, many people have a small setback and think, oh that’s it – I’ve blown it. Might as well give up. There then follows that inner dialogue – you know the one – I’m never good at new year’s resolutions. I always give up on things. I’m never good at sticking to new things. I’m not good enough and on it goes. Sound familiar?
When you learnt to walk, you didn’t give up the first time you fell over. You kept going and fell over many times. You just kept getting up more times than you fell over. That’s one of the keys. The other is to use a simple tool to help you, with all of that negative self talk. It’s called EFT or Emotional Freedom Techniques.
Here’s a great video you can tap along with by Fiona McCallion:
http://coerdelion.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/47/
The other thing to do is to actually write down your resolution in the form of a goal. Be specific. Use numbers and dates etc. So if you are wanting to lose weight – write down your ideal weight and when you want to achieve this by. Set yourself a challenge and be realistic at the same time. It’s no good setting yourself a target of losing 2 stone in a month – it just won’t happen, so you’re setting yourself up for a fall from the beginning.
Next, visualise yourself having achieved your goal. This step is really important. Step into yourself at your ideal weight – how good do you feel? Look in the mirror at your new self & admire how you look. How great your body feels. How much more energy you have. Your new zest for life.
Get the idea? Make the picture big & bright, with lots of colours. Turn up the feelings and the sounds. Really feel it. Now step out of the picture and hold it in your hands. Feel yourself being drawn towards your goal and go for it!
So now, what is your new year’s resolution?
If you want some help with yours, I’d love to help you get rid of that negative self talk, help you eliminate your cravings and help you bust your bad behaviours.
Give me a call on 07866 013 637. I work on the telephone or face to face in Cardiff, or Okehampton and Exeter in Devon, UK.
So you’d like to lose weight. You’ve tried the low-carb, low GI, calorie controlled and even the cabbage soup diet (yuck!). You’ve yo-yoed up and down, maybe even putting on more weight than you lost the last time. So how about you try something completely different this time? Something that’s a little weird and strange-looking.
Well if you’re willing to try a bit of “Tapping” or Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) then you could just transform your relationship with food forever. Paul McKenna is famous for his weight loss books and programs and his technique is a ‘close relative’ of EFT.
EFT involves gentle tapping on natural comfort points on the body, that you can do yourself. It’s simple and easy to learn. EFT has been very successful for people who want to lose weight. It works without pills, measuring calories, counting “sins” or any other props.
EFT typically produces quick results. It also empowers people by allowing them to help themselves whenever they feel a craving for a particular food. In short, it helps put you in control of your relationship with food and allows you to naturally choose healthier options.
EFT can help address all the negative emotions that often accompany over-eating. Working with a Practitioner ensures all aspects of the client’s relationship with food are addressed. EFT works by tuning into the problem, as certain points on the face and body are tapped, thus clearing the blockage associated with that emotion. Certain statements are repeated to help the client tune in to the problem. The statement contains an element of acknowledging the problem and accepting the self despite the problem. This is often a key piece. The tapping is repeated until the emotion or feeling subsides. The client is encouraged to tune in themselves and use their own words to describe their feelings.
As a first step, EFT is a fantastic way of controlling any cravings that you may have. People are often surprised at how effective EFT is at helping them control their cravings. After a few rounds of EFT, the craving typically disappears and the object they were previously craving can appear less appetising or even repulsive! EFT statements follow a pattern of:
So with cravings the following types of statements are often used:
This is a wonderful way to get started with EFT. It is the beginning of the process of putting you back in control. Following on from this, we begin to look at all the emotions involved with eating. Many people eat because they are avoiding certain emotions and they use food to stuff down their feelings. Some people feel empty inside and use food to help fill their loneliness or sadness.
The following EFT statements relate to the emotions involved when we eat food:
By focusing on these thoughts whilst tapping on the specific energy points, the emotions are calmed and the energy system balanced. Leaving you feeling in control and able to think clearly about what you want to eat and why.
EFT can also be used to address any feelings of shame or guilt after you’ve eaten too much. Examples:
We’ll then explore the feelings that surround their family and childhood experiences. These are often major factors in our relationship with food as an adult. Examples:
Following on from this we’ll look at all the things that are preventing them from losing weight. These are very individual and may range from feeling unsafe if they were thinner to feeling like they don’t deserve to be happy with their figure. Many people feel like they would have too much pressure on them to keep the weight off and this is a major psychological block.
We may also look at any specific incidents from the past where the client used food to soothe their emotions and this can be very revealing as to why food is presently used in this way. These earlier events can then be tapped on to clear them from the system. I also get my clients to visualise themselves in the future, weighing their goal weight and get them to tap on any doubts, fears or anxieties that come up.
As yo-yo dieting and starving after bingeing slow down the metabolism, we will also if necessary tap on their slow metabolism or use a positive affirmation such as “my metabolism is speeding up”. This can be very empowering.
I give my clients “tapping homework” to do in between sessions. The client is then empowered to help themselves whenever they have a craving or recognise a negative emotion and the results are usually quicker with continued tapping.
It is possible to learn EFT yourself very quickly and gain good results. However, working with an experienced practitioner who will guide you through the process is often more effective and supportive.
For more information please visit my website: http://www.freeflowingenergy.co.uk.
Or give me a call and we can start working together to change your relationship with food. Tel: 07866 013 637