One week gone and 6 pounds down!

Well!...you could knock me down with a feather!
It's seven days since the last post and I'm 6 pounds lighter!

Better than that: I'm not 'dieting' I'm just eating healthily.

But the most surprising thing is that I feel like I'm being kind to myself and I deserve it. Now when I'm thinking about what to eat I consider what's in it. I think about how many nutrients I can gain from the food and also how much flavour it's going to have when I eat it. I've noticed that when there are more different flavours the smaller my portion size tends to be.

Most significant is the radical change in my attitude to greens. I eat them at almost every meal, and have developed a craving for spinach!!

Overall, my mind is clearer and I have greater energy resources.

The next step I think is working on my attitude to exercise...so far walking the dogs is my limit.. :-)

EFT really is a powerful method of providing self-empowerment!

 Catherine - current weight 202 pounds and falling.....

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Time to focus on nutrients and less on calories

During my first EFT session with a colleague we discussed what might be behind my apparent “lack of willpower” with regards to keeping to a healthy diet. 

Note that the emphasis is always on being healthy and not on losing weight.

We revealed that I had a problem with shopping for green vegetables. I was actually reluctant to purchase them!! Odd… and I had reasons too.

·         My kids don’t like green vegetables, so it would be a waste

·         Green veggies (especially organic ones) are always so expensive

·         You don’t seem to get much substance for your dollar (just a few leaves)

My colleague,  who is also a holistic nutritionist noted that greens are some of the most nutrient packed that I could eat and that really I was doing myself a disservice by not eating them. The body assesses whether it is satisfied by measuring its level of nutrients, and if it’s still lacking it will crave to eat again. The problem is, if you’re not listening to what your body needs it will just store the empty calories it has been given and crave to eat again.

So…. I really needed to clear was my block to listening to my body and its needs. This is where the EFT tapping came in. We tapped on the fact that I didn’t value being healthy, and from that the fact that I didn’t consider myself worthy of eating what was most healthy for me. The key though was that because I was reasonably intelligent I didn’t need, or deserve to be healthy (or thin) as well.

Well, what a revelation. I’ll bet you’re wondering what happened next… I seem to have stopped eating bread. This is not an act of willpower, but when I look at a hunk of bread it really doesn’t look appetizing, it looks like filler. Chips I can take or leave, when previously my mouth would be watering at the sight of the package. I’ve also started eating interesting salads for lunch (I actually love salad) with lots of greens, veggies and a drizzle of dressing, and I really enjoy the food (it’s not for rabbits after all).

Already I don’t feel as bloated and fuzzy headed.  I certainly don’t feel like I’m on a “diet”, I’m just eating what makes me feel the best, and I’m worth it!!

If you would like some help from my colleague, Lise, on improving your nutrition combined with EFT, this is her website:
Liseonlife 

Beginning...

Hello, my name is Catherine and I'm a "Yo-Yo" dieter

Sounds like a line that should be whispered in a cracked voice at a "Yo-Yo Dieter's Anonymous" meeting doesn't it?!

Yes I feel guilty. I know I can lose weight because I've done it before...several times before in fact!
The problem is that the weight always comes back, often even more of it than before!

Now it hardly seems worth starting, if I know what the end result will be. I have so much information that I've gathered over the years; I know exactly how to lose weight and how to eat healthily, BUT I'm just not doing it!!

I must try harder, I must develop more will-power, I must not be lazy, I must get a personal trainer...

There MUST be an answer!

Well now I'm thinking there might be.

I've just finished by Level 2 training in Emotional Freedom Techniques and I know that many physical issues have an emotional element, so I've decided to start my journey to health and "relative" skinniness (I'm not asking for supermodel !). I'm going to ask for some assistance from some of my EFT practitioner colleagues and also do some EFT work on myself.

I'm inviting you to join me on the trip. Why not follow this blog and see how it all unfolds? It will be great to have you support!!!

Thanks for reading,

Catherine:  Starting weight 208 pounds (and only 5'3")

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