EFT Webinar

I''m not sure I believe in "Tapping" but the webinar about losing weight and negative emotions about food reeled me in. Wow, I really do have emotions running thought me.


Tapping Tree:

Symptoms:
Want to lose 12 lbs
Want to eat less compulsively
Not motivated to exercise
Not happy at work
Want body to feel better
Want mind to be quieter

Talk about symptom while you tap
Talk about the food you want to eat while you tap



Emotions:
Feel frustrated that I can't stop eating
Angry that I gained weight
Sad that I used to be so thin and now I'm not

I feel anxious around food
I feel deprived
I feel guilty, angry, frustrated when I eat "bad" things or too much

I like to exercise
I wish I could exercise more
I'm angry I can't do the races I want
I'm frustrated my body hurts
I hate the way I look in my workout clothes right now
I'm jealous of people who are more fit and thinner than I am

I'm jealous of my friends who are thinner than I am
I'm mad at people who are thin
I feel bad because I used to be that thin or thinner

I don't like my body right now
I feel ugly and lumpy
I don't like looking at myself
I try to accept my body, but it's a lie



My job causes me the most stress
My parents' health in the next stressor
My inability to move forward stresses me out



I have many negative emotions
anger
anxiety
bitterness
bored
depressed
despairing
distressed
doubtful
envious
etc...



I often reach for food: ice cream, chips, chocolate, snacky foods
I often eat too much
I often eat when I'm not hungry
I sometimes make myself feel sick
I feel guilt and remorse after eating



Events:
1. easy to move beyond
2. stick with us, hard to let go of



Family Life: good parents but not very fun
Friends: not enough of them
Teachers: mean, discouraging
School: didn't like it
Puberty: felt ugly, not pretty


Weight: mostly fine, got really fat in college, in Chicago... got thinner which I liked, too thin which was scary but I still kind of liked, and now "normal" but I don't want to be normal


Exercise: like doing it, want to race more, wish I could play vball again, want to do Hawaii 70.3 and run a marathon.



When did this weight gain begin: stressed about my food allergies, angry angry angry, pissed I couldn't leave Rod, made stupid choice about this job, frustrated with myself for not having direction



Beliefs:
I'm not worthy
I'm stupid
I'm fat
I'm too sensitive
I can be happy
I have a weird split personality thing

Losing weight means giving up something I love
My body hates me
I have no self control
I'm a glutton, and a glutton for punishment
I'm killing myself when I eat
I'm killing my soul when I don't

I can't lose weight because: I can't stop eating emotionally and compulsively
I want to lose weight but: I like food too much

I can't eat what I want
I need to deprive myself to lose weight

I need to exercise more
I need to workout harder

I believe my body is broken
It doesn't like me anymore
My body has betrayed me
My body doesn't look the way I want it to look
I don't like having a "normal" body



Change is sustainable only if it's pleasurable
I need to find joy in the journey