Christine

As you can see (if you click on the thumbnail above the picture will get larger), I’ve gained a couple of pounds since I last posted with my weight.  I am now weighing 217.  THE heaviest I have ever been, in my entire life!Part of the problem I have is that I was never overweight before, so learning how to deal with this is somewhat new to me.  I always accepted myself as I was, which was always a bit curvy, but never overweight.  A part of me wants to say “So what!  I’m still beautiful and what do I need to prove with being skinny?”.  I go through cycles of this, back and forth, feeling terrible about myself and my weight, and then feeling like it’s stupid to feel awful, because weight doesn’t matter.

As I have discussed  previously, I know that my weight is directly in response to the emotional issues that I have gathered over my adult life.  I’ve posted about them at various websites, but here is the list.

• Worry about my relationship with Steve if I lose weight – Discussed Here
• My divorce – Discussed Here
• An Abortion – Discussed Here
• Family Problems – Discussed Here & Here
• Health Problems – which I don’t know if I’ve discussed anywhere

So basically, there are a ton (literally and figuratively) reasons why I have the weight issues that I have.  Not to mention the medications that I”m currently on.    All of this brings me to my point that it is more than food that is at the root of my weight problem.  That’s where EFT comes in handy.

EFT, (Emotional Freedom Technique) is a spiritual/emotional/physical approach to helping with various problems.  You literally tap on specific pressure points on your body while saying specific affirmations to change the way you think, feel and react to things.

Above is the chart of the various spots, which correspond to specific accupuncture points, that you will literally tap on.  You start at the side of your hand, called the Karate Chop point, tapping gently while saying an affirmation.  Then you move to your forehead, eyebrow, under eye, upper lip, chin, collar bone, under arm, and then finally at the crown of your head.  All the while you’re tapping you’re saying your affirmation.  You make a circuit of these points and keep tapping and saying the affirmation until you feel different.

Depending on how ingrained or troubling the issue you’re working on is, this could take one or two rounds of tapping, or it could take several weeks, maybe even months.  Generally you’ll see or feel an immediate change in things, but keep going until y ou can think about the issue at hand without strong or any emotional problems.

Considering the issues that I listed above that are hindering my weight loss, I will start with the least problematic or stressful issue first.  That would definitely be my worry over my relationship with Steve being changed after I lose weight.

The affirmation that I’ll be using for this issue will be as follows:

“Even though I am worried about my relationship with Steve changing if I lose weight, I choose to trust in myself and Steve and know that our love is strong and will not be affected by my weight at all.“

I will do a round of tapping on my pressure points and see how that feels and continue to do this until I feel relaxed and comfortable with thinking about how Steve will look at me after losing weight.  I will try to post a video of me doing this so you can see exactly how it’s done.

ok, quickie results from just one round of tapping and saying that affirmation is – GREAT!!  I did just one round of tapping and now not only do I feel ok with the thought of my weightloss not changing my relationship with steve, but I feel sorta silly that I ever thought that way!  LOL!  Ok!  So early results from EFT are fantastic!  I’ll try a more painful issue later today, after I’m off work and any possible tears or floods of emotion won’t be a problem.

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I know it’s been a while since I last posted here.  Mostly I’ve been avoiding my health and weight issues.  I stopped exercising and felt really guilty about it.  Of course the guilt just adds weight and keeps me from doing the things that I want to do.  It’s a vicious circle that I’d really like to get out of now.  I’ve been learning EFT and Reiki, but I’ve stopped doing that too, that is until recently.

The other day I recieved an email promotion about the DVD “Try It On Everything“, which is a how to DVD on EFT.  They had a short promotion to purchase the DVD and Companion Book for “pick your own price”.  The lowest amount was one that I could afford so, even though I really didn’t have the money, I went ahead and purchased it anyway.  I”m glad I did!!

I started skimming through the book and happened onto the chapter on using EFT for Weightloss and it really hit home.  I’ve always known that weight issues were more an emotional issue than a food issue.  If you’ve read my blog before,  you’ll know that I’ve never had a weight problem until I hit 30.  There’s been many issues that I’ve been dealing with that have manifested in my weight.  I know, in my head, that my weight would melt off if I could just figure out how to get my spirit and emotions behind the idea of it.  I knew I needed to get past certain problems.  I’ve known what these problems are for a long time now, but recognizing them and getting past them are two different things.

With this book and DVD I have the tool to do just that now.

So this is my plan:

1. Use EFT Daily
   1. EFT to get past emotional issues that are keeping me overweight
   2. EFT to start liking exercise
2. Drink EAS Protein shakes for breakfast
3. Exercise more regularly
4. Post regularly on my progress with pictures and video

It’s a short plan for now, and I’m not putting too much pressure on myself to change my habbits.  I figure one of the things that will help me out with exercising more, is using the EFT method to get past the fact that I don’t like to exercise.   I also don’t want to change my habbits TOO much, because I want to see how well the EFT works on it’s own.  My first post for the actual dieting will be next.  I wanted to explain what I”m doing before I post my first days stuff.

Also, if you’re interested in purchasing the book and DVD “Try it on Everything“, they are having a four day sale right now, details below.

A four-day Gratitude and Appreciation Sale of the Try It On Everything DVD/Companion Book combo, normally $49.95, on sale for $24.98. Just click here to purchase it.

I  have dealt with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome for many years.  I’ve worked on computers for most of my adult life, and (obviously if you know me at all online) I love everything having to do with the internet and computers.  So the pain in my right hand isn’t going to get a lot of rest.  Someone would have to tie me up and drug me for a week to keep me from going on my computer!  LOL!

So instead of resting my hand, I”m trying to heal it.  One of the ways that has helped is this great video above.  One of my Twitter friends sent the lin to her blog English Pagan in Canada, and a link to this video.  So I tried the exercises out and they helped!  They helped a lot!  Right away I felt the tendons stretch and relieve a lot of the tension in my wrist and arm.  So I highly recommend using this video!

The other thing that I’ve been doing for my hand is Reiki.  I’ve been learning Kundalini Rieiki from Reiki Awakening, another Twitter & Facebook friend.  Kundalini Reiki is the same as Traditional Reiki only without the need for symbols and specific mantras.  What is Reiki?  Reiki is a form of healing using energy and the laying on of hands.  Although Reiki can be used for distance healing as well as face to face healing.

So far the Reiki I’ve been doing on myself has been helping also.  So with the energy healing and the exercises my hand should be back to “normal” in no time!

Would you like to recieve some free distance Reiki healing?  For a short time, while I am still in training, I am offering free distance healing to anyone who asks.  Just leave a comment here with your name and what you’re needing the healing for  and your email address where I can reach  you and I will send you the healing that you need.

Brightest Blessings

Christine

But, on the plus side I have been exercising and feeling really good.  I even lost 5 pounds!  And it’s only been 9 days!  Of course I may have totally blown that by eating a Steakhouse Burger and a large order of french fries from Burger King.  OOOPS!!

My carb withdrawl was just too much for me to handle any longer.  I know, horrible!  But, well they say that you should have at least one cheat day a week, well this was my cheat day!  I think that will end up making things a little easier for me too, having one day to look forward to some good, yummy, carbolicious carby goodness!  yummmmy!  LOL!

I was totally insanely craving carbs, I just had to have some bread and potatoes.   What have you craved during a diet that you just HAD to have while on your diet?  Let me know, let’s commiserate together.

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Her name is Dr Suzanne Gudakunst, and she’s marching to the beat of a different drum.

And no, nothing about her “secret” is difficult — nor does it require that you do something completely out of the ordinary or anything unnatural.

Instead, the Arizonian boasts proudly “…this is something that I caught onto just before 2002 when there was so much research and exploration going around concerning the human colon and digestive system working in harmony with nutritional absorption, and I started doing independent studies just to test things at first … but which I later expanded on after seeing some fantastic results.”

This same woman medical practitioner went on to accurately determine a definitive correlation between harmful plague and parasitic infestations of the human bowel tract, and people suffering chronic obesity — and who despite intense diet and exercise appeared to be unable to lose any weight whatsoever.

Over the course of six years the Arizona doctor developed a number of natural treatments for the removal of these same harmful, even life-threatening plaques and rapidly reproducing digestive parasites — and when applied to even worse-case patients suffering extreme obesity (98% of which were in immediate danger of dying) she saw a 100% effectiveness and success rate.

She then borrowed from her research on the severely obese, and applied the same strategies on milder cases of overweight persons — only to find the same effectiveness and quality results as described above (although the individual weight loss per subject wasn’t nearly as much as those obese patients 100 lbs to 200 lbs or more overweight).

So powerful is her secret that she’s able to reverse diabetes, rid illness altogether in people suffering from cancer (linked directly to poor diet and overweight factors), as well as an elimination of an entire spectrum of serious and otherwise life-threatening diseases.

Nearly 100% of all her case subjects were told in the alternative by “conventional doctors” that they either had just months or years to live, or they would never live a life anything resembling remotely a “normal” existence — yet after applying Dr Suzanne’s treatments saw a complete contradiction to others doctors’ prognoses.

Again, nothing about her secret is unnatural or requires someone to do any major action or modification in their lives.

In fact, her entire treatment is based completely on built-into-nature ‘protection agents’ scattered throughout the world in the form of select herbs, extracts, and organic constituents, and which can be found in a variety of plants — but when combined in specific combinations and carefully chosen amounts make for a solution to what is perhaps the world’s worst ever plague: OBESITY (and the illnesses and diseases resulting from it — or at least severely aggravated or exacerbated by it).

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But she’s not promising any of us for how long.

Some experts and sociologists suggest that in the bigger scheme of things, the world will never tolerate a discovery of such magnitude, any more than it would be realistic to expect a car that runs on water (even if very real) to ever become commercially available to the general public for day-to-day use.

One well-respected and famous diet & wellness author wrote years ago that if anyone ever “truly unlocked the keys to permanent fat loss, they may actually suffer the same fate as JFK.”

It is currently available at:

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…so you may want to head on over there now and get it and before someone or “something” gets it forever yanked out of ever getting in YOUR hand at least.

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They had a Twitter party once before, and now they are doing it again!  This time their big prize is a Flip camcorder, sponsored by NewBaby.com.  Wii Fit Mommies and New Baby have partnered together and they are holding this fabulous party and giveaway to celebrate!  So Join the forum, subscribe to their RSS feed, and come to the Twitter party this Saturday!

It’s call “The Bean“.  Sounds ominous huh?  Ok, well maybe not, it’s actually quite cute, easy, and if you have major back problems like I do, then it’s perfect for you!  I bought “The Bean about 3 years ago (that can’t be right, time just flies past me), actually my mom bought it for me, but I would have bought it.  She saw it on an infomercial (yes, we both are addicted to infomercials), and decided it would be great for me.  I don’t remember how much she paid for it, it’s possible I never knew.  After it finally arrived, and I used it just once, I was glad she bought it for me.

Basically its this kidney bean shaped blowup thing.  It came with a “Flex 10″, which is a plastic base with resistance bands & a pulley system that you use along with the bean to do weight training stuff.

When I first got it, I used the bean almost every day, mostly for ab exercises to strengthen my core muscles, but also to help my back pain. Which stretching across the curve of the bean really helped my back a lot! I did lose some weight during this time, but I was also drinking meal replacement shakes and other stuff, so I don’t know exactly what helped out. But the bean definitely made a difference in the way my back felt.

Then last year, we moved.  I hate packing, mostly because it takes way too much time to do, and I have way too much stuff to pack.  So instead of everything being neatly packed and labeled so I can find it to unpack nicely after we move, everything sorta gets tossed into a box (or many many many boxes) and I never know where anything actually is after we move.  So that is how my bean got lost when I moved from California to Las Vegas.

Then, yesterday when we were looking through boxes for some other things (doesn’t that always happen, you can’t find something until you’re looking for something else), I found my bean!  I was soooo happy!  So today I got it all filled with air, and did my upper body work out on it.  Now I know that my arms have muscles in the back as well as the front.  I met them for the first time today!  LOL!  I don’t think they like me very much though, but that’s ok, cuz they aren’t my friends right now.  Over all though, it was a great workout, if great means  pain and stretching of muscles you just met… which I”m told it does mean that.

I was going to buy a set of resistance bands, but I”m not sure I”m going to need them now that I found my bean again.  AT the very least it’s easy to exercise with and I’ll get a total body workout by using this one special peice of equipment.  It takes up almost no space too!  Which is really great because I have no room for anything in my tiny house.  And when you deflate it, it takes up even less space!  I would say the best thing to do, if you have back or neck problems, but want to exercise anyway, that you should run out and get a bean now!  You’ll love it and thank me later!

We’re supposed to eat 6 times a day, which right now isn’t easy to do but that’s because I don’t have everything I’d like to have to eat for snacks and stuff, and I’m still new at this, so I”m giving myself a “warm up” period.  I’ll get it all figured out eventually.

I did do my exercising today!  I didn’t try to do it first thing in the morning, I waited until my schedule allowed for it.  I did 6 different types of upper body weight training, with 0, 2, 3 & 5 lb weights (the 0 lbs was actually me holding nothing in my  hands and the 5 lbs was me holding a 2 & 3 lb weight in each hand, but whatever).  Now my arms are tired and a little sore!  So I must be on the right track!  LOL!