It's Not About the Food

Diets typically fail because the dieter isn't addressing their real issues. It's not about the food, and it's not about the weight, those are superficial issues. The real driving force is deeper, usually hidden from your conscious mind. That is why it seems so hard to make a change. No matter how hard you try, no matter what diet you've endured, nothing changes. Obesity is not a disease, but rather a symptom of one or more underlying emotional issues, and those emotional issues can be resolved, without pills, drugs or surgery.

Why can one person eat so much more than another? Is it their metabolism and good genes, or do their thought patterns have an influence? If you are thinking how fat you are with every bite, with every waking moment, you are feeding your subconscious mind the idea, "I'm fat." Your brain will gladly support that belief by driving you to desire more to eat, making it more difficult for you to follow through with your plan to make a change. Beliefs drive our behaviors.

Beliefs Drive our Behaviors

I believe I will not starve if I must delay a meal, and therefore I feel no fear about going without food when hunger starts. I'll eat soon enough. What do you believe? Do you get panicky at the first sign of hunger? Why is that? What is really going on?

Do you believe because something happened in your past you are now stuck and nothing will ever change. Can one event color your entire life going forward? It can if you let it, but it doesnt' have to be that way.

Only You Know Your Issues

Your issues might be related to your past in your upbringing or something during your childhood, they could be due to circumstances in your present (people you deal with now), or even imagined events in your future. Only you know what your "issues" are. You do not even need to know what it is that bothers you, just that something does. You may not want to face some things -- especially old traumatic memories and fears -- but those very traumas and fears may be the obstacles that are holding you back from a breakthrough in changing your life for the better.

Stop getting in your own way. Using EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) is a great way to release those issues, whatever they may be, without having to re-experience them in the process.

EFT and NLP are both methods to disrupt the energy patterns that keep you stuck. EFT can be learned very quickly, sometimes in 30 minutes or less. If you need a refresher or introductory course, materials are available at no cost (see resource box below).

EFT for Vague or Unknown Fears

You can use EFT in a vague and unspecified way, if you don't know, or don't want to know exactly what issues are troubling you.

"Even though I have this fear, I deeply and completely accept myself." -- "This fear"

"Even though I don't know what is wrong, I deeply and completely accept myself." -- "Don't know"

If you do know the event or trauma, you can specify it without becoming immersed in the memories:

"Even though I'm still upset when I think of that day, I deeply and completely."

This works because you know what happened that day. You don't have to put it into words.

What changes is the strong emotional intensity attached to a memory, not the memory itself. You'll still recall an event, but now you can tell another about it and not feel upset in the telling. There will be no more tears, no more rapid heart beat, no more feeling like you'll be sick. If you need assistance a qualified EFT professional can walk you through the process. Many times one session can resolve old issues that have kept you stuck all these years.

You'll know you have the right intensity for EFT to work when you notice any physiological changes such as your breathing changing, your heart beating more rapidly, slumping over or hanging your head.

Break Traumatic Connections with EFT

Your memories form a connection (a neural pathway). That pathway can be thought of as yarn, string, fishing line, rope, or it might be a metal chain. It could be very thick and heavy or thin and brittle. Applying EFT to that connection simply zaps it and dissolves it, cuts it, or in whatever way you'd like to see that old connection broken and then cleared away.

Once the emotional issues have been cleared, then the outward symptoms begin to heal. You'll be happier, enjoying your life more and feeling better than you've ever felt, and in the process, you'll come to know how much food, what foods, and what situations best feed your soul. You are much more than your outward appearance. You are magnificent, believe in yourself as the magnificent being you are. Give thanks for your creation, and believe in your capability to achieve whatever you want to achieve.

If you need assistance with getting a traumatic event cleared, private sessions can help. Generally it's simply a matter of completing the round, continuing to tap even though you want to stop. How often have you wanted to change your eating but stopped yourself? Wouldn't you like to get past that stopping point once and for all? It could be the walls put up by a reluctance to face a moment of upset that is all that is in the way. EFT can dissolve that feeling in an instant.