 Have
you ever stood gazing into the fridge, knowing you weren’t really hungry, but
that something wasn’t quite right, you weren’t quite right? You didn’t really know
what was wrong; you just had this uneasy feeling and food seemed like the best
way to fix it. But
it doesn’t fix it for long! And before you know it, there you are, back again
gazing into that fridge. After many repeated visits to the fridge over a period
of time, you begin to put on some weight and then some more weight, until
eventually you are officially ‘overweight’. In
our culture it is just not acceptable to be overweight. So called ‘fat’ people
are seen as lazy and weak willed. The media is constantly selling us the idea
that being slim and beautiful equates to success. (Not so in other cultures, in Jamaica big is beautiful, in fact
the bigger the better!) Added to which the government is continually bombarding
us with the message that being overweight is bad for our health. So
the only thing for it is to go on a diet. Just
how many times have you tried to lose weight? How many different diets have you
tried? How long were you able to keep the weight off for? Every time you put
the weight back on again, you blame yourself. Just like they say, you’re lazy, weak
willed and a failure. Your self esteem begins to suffer. Maybe you just give up
or perhaps you decide it’s time to try another diet! And the vicious cycle
continues. It
never even occurs to you to think that maybe dieting isn’t the answer. ‘Eat
less, exercise more’ is the mantra of the day, the only solution we are offered
(apart from the more drastic options of
pills that can sometimes have ghastly side effects or surgery that on occasion
can be life threatening). Diets
alone simply don’t work for many people because it’s not the food that is the
problem – it’s that uneasy feeling. We’re trying to tranquilise that underlying
unease in the only way we know how – by eating. But
just what makes it so difficult for us to lose that weight? The answer lies in
the discovery that people with weight issues are what is termed as
psychologically reversed 95% of the time with regard to their issue of weight
loss. Being psychologically reversed just means that, for whatever reason,
there is a part of you that is not on board with the idea of losing weight. And
that part of you will sabotage all your attempts to lose weight!
Psychological reversal can be very simply measured
using kinesiology or muscle testing. How does muscle testing work? Whenever you
say or think something that resonates as true with the subconscious mind, the
electrical and magnetic fields around the body actually become stronger and as
a result the muscles also become stronger. Similarly, when you say or think
something that resonates as false with the subconscious mind, the electrical
and magnetic fields around the body actually become weaker and as a result the
muscles also become weaker! See http://www.formulaformiracles.net/muscle-testing.html
for more information). The famous Lie Detector Test is based on
similar principles.
Anyone having difficulty losing weight will
invariably test weak for ‘I want to
lose weight’ and strong for ‘I want
to gain weight’. This simply means that while consciously you really, really
want to lose weight, your subconscious has another agenda altogether. Subconsciously you really don’t want to
lose that weight!
So what is it that causes us to be psychologically
reversed? Author, kinesiologist and chiropractor Dr James Durlacher identifies
several primary themes: negativity, lack of self worth, issues around safety,
fear and secondary benefits. For
example, someone who has tried to slim unsuccessfully many times may believe that
they will never be able to lose weight (negativity). Another person may believe
subconsciously that they don’t deserve to be slim and beautiful (self worth). Someone
else may have suffered a traumatic event in the past, it could just have been a
perceived threat that they were unable to process at the time, and which they subconsciously
associate with being slim (it’s not safe for me to lose weight). Or they may
believe that losing weight will in some way adversely affect a loved one – for
example they think it may arouse jealousy in a sibling or damage their self
esteem (it’s not safe for others). It may be that they just love eating and are
not prepared to sacrifice their enjoyment (secondary benefit). Or if someone
has been overweight all their life subconsciously they may be afraid to lose
weight because they wouldn’t know who they were (fear). And
unfortunately, the problem with psychological reversal is that it isn’t
logical, it’s emotional; identifying and understanding it, doesn’t automatically
resolve it. So,
being overweight really isn’t your fault! It’s just a case of psychological
reversal. So
isn’t it about time you stopped blaming yourself! But
if diets don’t address the emotional issues behind your overeating and it isn’t
your fault, do you just have to resign yourself to being overweight? The
answer is a resounding ‘NO’; there is
another way. Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is
based on the discovery that ‘ALL negative
emotions are caused by a disruption in our body's energy system’ andcombines the very best of east and west
- the latest research in energy
psychology with the ancient wisdomoftraditionalChinese
medicine. EFT is recommended by many internationally acclaimed doctors and
leading edge scientists, like Deepak Chopra and Bruce Lipton, for its speed and
effectiveness; it often works where
nothing else will. EFT
addresses the underlying cause of your weight problem. The reason you keep
going back to that fridge! It restores harmony and balance to your energy
system, effectively eliminating those feelings of anxiety and unease. A
skilled EFT therapist will help you uncover and eradicate whatever is causing
psychological reversal in your case, so that every part of you is on board. With every part of you on board, you
can be sure of success. You effectively lose weight from the inside out. First
you eliminate pounds of negative emotions like anxiety, guilt, shame, anger,
then you can just sit back and watch as your body changes to match your new
inside, and you shed the physical pounds, with no conscious effort on your
part! Picture courtesy of Ambro |
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