One of the most personally satisfying uses I have put EFT to, are my weight issues. Since my teenage years I have struggled to keep my weight under control, only really being a good lean, fit shape when working physically hard for long hours with horses. Gradually, as I matured, the weight crept on and I struggled daily to try to prevent myself getting larger than size 18. Then I had my life changing accident and spent weeks in hospital, totally immobile, in a cast from ankle to groin. Then followed surgery and a medical expectation that I would need to wear a brace on my knee for the rest of my life. I was on crutches for almost a year. You can guess what happened to my weight! The frustration, depression and anxiety that my physical limitations caused, coupled with a lack of mobility, caused my weight to spiral out of my control!
At my worst, I was a size 22/24 and about 17 stone. I tried to find some pictures of myself to put here.....but I refused to allow anyone to take any! I have borrowed one from Gwyneth Moss' website, which is not me at my worst...
Since this picture was taken I have lost approximately 3 stone and am now a size 16, bordering on 14, back to the weight I was before I got married, 26 years ago! All this has been achieved without suffering or denying myself any food that I wanted, I still enjoy a drink, and am actually now trying to encourage myself to eat MORE.....
I have more energy than I can believe, sleep like a log and bounce through my hectic days like a woman half my age! From feeling like I was a 'right off' and no use anymore, I now feel I can achieve almost anything!
Many of us 'mature' horse riders limit our sucess on horse back by being overweight. Our horses cope, well or badly.....there were times I did not ride at all for months because I felt it unfair on my horse.