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.