How effective are the short versions of EFT?

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The answer is very effective!.  In my video I show that you can just use one point (the karate chop) to just your face points to a routine of 8 points on the upper body.

This means that it can be done quickly and anywhere - I am told that on the London underground you often see people tapping their KC point - and why not - get rid of your self sabotage before you get to work or release any bad vibes on the way home!  The KC point is for self sabotage and your subconscious automatically knows what needs releasing so I suggest you use this as often as you can.  Watching the television is a very good example and you don't have to think, repeat phrases - just let the good work happen!

The face points can be quickly done in the loo if you are nervous, anxious or are going for an interview.  Again you can do it repeating a phrase or on their own - I suggest you start tuning into your intuition to find out what is best for you.  If you find it helps to repeat a mantra use something like fear or anxious.

The 8 point version is used by a lot of practioners and again this can be used with a repeated phrase, set up statement or just on its own - depending on what needs clearing, where you are and how much time you have.

If you are in a place that you cant tap then tap in your imagination on the points - this works just as well!

Remember tap on everything and do it consistently and you will get lighter and lighter!

Why everybody should use EFT

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When everything started to go wrong I suspected that I was self sabotaging myself, but over 25 years ago nobody seemed to understand what I was talking about. I then came across the forerunner to EFT called TFT and this really opened my eyes as it talked about self sabotage all the time.  The only problem was that every issue used a different routine so it was more complicated to do and remember.  Then EFT (emotional freedom technique) came along and made things really easy and effective.  I learnt the long version (which I will demonstrate later on in the week) and I still go back to this if a problem doesn't shift or it comes back.

You can use EFT on everything and I mean everything!  From weight loss to stress, to passing exams to confidence and self esteem, to pain and healing, to anxiety and depression, to health and PTSD.  You can use it surrogately on children and animals and it is a good idea to teach your children the quick routine so they can use it if they are being bullied or have exam stress.

You can use it with the law of attraction and create money, jobs and your soul mate - the list in endless. You can even use it to heal past lives and release your karma!  Why not contact me and book a course or have a 1:1 session - you will benefit from it for the rest of your life!

Sorry the video is not brilliant quality but is informative!

Find out more about my amazing best selling book, Unlock your maximum weight loss potential!

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Hi everybody

This is my video about my weight loss book, Unlock your Maximum Weight Loss Potential, which is available on Amazon.  It is also being featured in this month's Soul and Spirit.

It is not like anything else on the market and comes from over 25 years of experience, research and results.  I still have a couple of stone to go but am working on why I want to hold onto it.

The video isn't brilliant, sorry, but it explains how passionate I am about helping people with weight loss, especially children.  It isn't for somebody that just wants to lose 7 lb and needs to cut down but for someone who struggles - like I have for near 65 years!

It covers all subjects from:

healthy eating to nutrition to supplements to exercise
It has a whole large chapter on all the reasons you cant lose weight and why it isn't your fault!
appetite suppressants to medication to organ disfunction
beliefs, blocks, fears patters and programming
ancestors, karma and past lives
body types and stress
homeopathy, herbs, bach flower remedies and other therapies
how to ask your guides and angels to help you
I teach various techniques like EFT to speed up your metabolism and eliminate stress
even has a few spells to assist as well!

Believe me it is the best purchase you will ever make!

Is it worth putting on 10 lb over Christmas?

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So people seem to throw caution to the wind and eat what they like from November!  When I had a beauty/toning table salon I couldnt believe that people left mid November and didnt come back until end of January - I thought people would be exercising up until Christmas and then immediately getting back to it afterwards but how wrong could I be!

What with all the party food, mince pies, drink, chocolate and nuts, Christmas Parties and then eating and drinking for a least 4 days over Christmas the weight (and water retention) can pile on.  I know if I did this I would put on at least 14 lb (a UK stone) which would then take me a good three months to get off - and is it worth it?  Certainly not to me!

Also it means that it will increase your stomach size and your appetite which means it will be harder to get it under control when you go back to dieting.  And it means you will eat more over the Christmas period!

If you are eating like this it also means that you havent got to the bottom of your eating problems.  Do you think it gives you a licence to eat?  Do you feel deprived if you dont eat what other people are eating? Do you have cravings or are you emotionally eating over this period because of spending time with families, or grief or another reason?

I knew somebody who had lost a lot of weight and went on a cruise where she preceded to eat everything every day, including afternoon tea.  This shows that she hasnt healed her problems and it took her over 4 months to get the weight off from one weeks eating!  I am not saying that she couldnt have one afternoon tea, but why every day?

So you need to understand why you suddenly drop the exercise and healthy eating routine that you have worked hard on all year?  Clear what comes up using Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT or tapping).

If you are going to over do it, cut down the day before and the day after because excess calories store as water for 48 hours so you could lose it before it turns to fat.  This also means that your stomach wont stretch.

Go back to healthy eating the day after Boxing Day (26th in the UK) and throw out or freeze anything that might tempt you - dont let that old excuse of having to eat all the left overs up!

Watch the alcohol as this will put on excess water and make you eat!

Drink a glass of water reasonably slowly 30 minutes before a meal which will fill you up

Ask for treats rather than food for presents - vouchers for treatments, body lotions for pampering, manicures etc

Put a little bit of everything on your plate and always leave something - you dont have to eat everything!

If you are going to a party eat before you go so you are not tempted to pick on sausage rolls!

Remember with peanuts that people may not have washed their hands so this should stop you digging in!  And that they may have sneezed all over the party food!

If you feel you are going to eat more, then do some tapping before you eat.  Change your beliefs from I need to eat as it is Christmas to I eat to satisfy me and I stop when I am full

Set yourself a target that you will actually lose weight over Christmas rather than put it on and buy yourself something nice in the sales to wear!

Imagine how great you will feel on January 1st being able to get into your clothes easily and with a clear, sparkling complexion!  This is so much more important than food which you will have totally forgotten by now!

Why my book Unlock Your Maximum Weight Loss Potential could be the best Christmas present ever!

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Over the last 25 years I have read every weight loss book on the market and they have all promised instant weight loss, usually doing one thing.  This thing could be juicing, shakes, walking, a particular diet, a particular exercise - the list goes on.  But the real truth is that it is not one thing, but many!

The main reason for a weight problem is that your subconscious wants to hold extra weight and until you crack this you may lose the weight but you will put it back on.  You see in the press all the time that people have lost 100 lbs only to put it back and more in three months - usually going back to their old eating habits are blamed.  This is not true because as anybody knows who has lost a lot of weight you wouldnt put it back on and how could it possibly go back on so quickly - people take years to put on 100 lb!  It is because your subconscious has realised you are slim and the old traumas, patterns, ancestral reasons kick in big time and even if you are still being careful the weight will go on.  In my case my subconscious knew I would just starve so it filled me with water which I couldnt lose whatever I did.

Yes you need to cut your calories and do exercise but this has to be the best one for you.  This is based on what you like, what your body type is and and what your body wants - I use muscle testing for this as everybody is different and my book teaches you how to muscle test so you can find out what suits you.  I have know loads of people lose a lot of weight without exercising.  I know a lot of slim people who overeat, emotionally eat, have cravings, eat junk food and they dont put on weight - so there must be more reasons.  I used to do over three hours exercise a day and it made no difference!  I got thrown out of Weight Watchers and Slimming World for putting on weight because my metabolism is too slow and I have to eat very little in small quantities. 

Allergies and intolerances need to be eliminated so get an intolerance test done.  You can get a voucher on Groupon and start to keep a food diary as you can see when something upsets you.  Also please remember that when you combine foods they can cause water retention or problems - hence the food diary.

Nutrition is very important so you will most probably need to take supplements.  Breathing is very important to get rid of the toxins and to speed up the metabolism.  If you have a low thyroid it is almost impossible to lose weight.  My book explains in great detail what you have to do, buy and if packed full of techniques and advice.  You most probably will need an appetite suppressant or learn how to use Emotional Freedom Technique (tapping) to release the traumas, low self esteem or other reasons why you cant lose weight - this information is all in my book.

My books is written from over 25 years of experience from myself and my clients.  It is backed up by research and science and is full of funny personal antedotes!!  I would suggest buying the paperback as it is a book that you will be dipping into over the next few years.

Why does your subconscious use weight as protection?

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So I am now fully recovered from my hip operation and feel like a million dollars!  As I was ill on holiday and had an allergic reaction to some antibiotics I have also lost some more weight and was feeling really good about myself.  So I started to wear tighter fitting clothes, makeup and jewellry and I was getting loads of compliments!!  So what happened - suddenly I went from not eating to uncontrollably eating everything in sight - horror shock horror.  I never do this and it makes me feel out of control, a pig and that I will put back all my weight.

So after a day when I realised I could do something to stop this, I did a session on myself and guess what I found?  My subconscious had gone into panic mode, didnt feel safe and was trying to pack the weight back on again!  I thought I had cleared all of this as I have been working on this for years and managed to get down to a UK size 18 which I was quite happy with - or rather my subconscious was happy with!

When I was three I was sexually abused which first lead to my weight problem.  As an adult I lost weight and was very attractive and received masses amount of attention from men.  I also had a few date rape episodes ..... I travelled a lot for work and it was so bad that you couldnt even go down for dinner.  When I was working in Mexico for two months one day I had 30 hits from men (my colleague and I compared notes every day!).  So you can see why I then put the weight back on and why my subconscious went into melt down the minute I started to get compliments.

I am still working through this as safety is a very strong survival issue and the subconscious takes some healing to release it.  But now I am hopeful that I will get down to a 16.

You see weight is very rarely to do with food but the underlying reasons why your subconscious wants to eat.  You need to heal those before the weight will stay off for good.  And even then a situation may trigger a reaction, like this had for me.  So if you think this is you, why not contact me for a session or buy my book Unlock Your Maximum Weight Loss Potential on Amazon and find out the root cause of your weight problem.

Why do you eat emotionally?

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Well I am back if you noticed that I havent been posting in a while.  I had an amazing two weeks in Java and Sumatra wandering around temples and playing with orangutans!  Then I went into hospital to have my left hip replaced and am now running around like a two year old - well nearly anyway!!

So time to get back to business and to weight problems......

Do you eat emotionally?  Do you polish off a bar of chocolate and not even realise that you have done it?  Do you eat a packet of biscuits and then feel guilty, shameful and your self worth dips?  If you do you are not alone.  There are many reasons why you do this but the good news is that they can be healed so you are not bothered about food!

1.  Hormones - you know that at a certain time of the month your eating can go out of control
2.  No money - believe it or not weight is linked to money and the less you have the more you may eat - this is to do with scarcity patterns
3.  You have starved in past lives and your body doesnt want that to happen in this one
4.  You have had trauma in your life and the eating blocks the pain of having to deal with it
5.  You may have very low self esteem and eat to feel better
6.  You could be "stuffing" emotions down rather than dealing with them
7.  Your body type may require more food
8.  and the list goes on ........................

Using EFT can release traumas, past lives, stuck emotions and most other things so this is your first port of call - but of course, you have to do it for it it work! I know of specific points that you can use for appetite suppression to you dont have to use the full routine............  My book, Unlock Your Maximum Weight Loss Potential, shows you a lot more techniques to get your eating under control - but it can be brought under control and you CAN lose your weight and be SLIM for life!

Do you use your weight as protection against something?

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I was 12 lb when I was born and I have struggled with  my weight all my life.  I have even lived on 150 calories for 7 years and did three hours of exercise a day (which I am now paying for with dodgy hips!).  I started to investigate why I couldn't lose weight more deeply and went to visit a therapist who did muscle testing - this means that you ask your body yes or no questions and your body responds as it absolutely knows what it wants. So she asked my body if it wanted to lose weight and it said NO!  I was absolutely gobsmacked - but "I do" I said - but your body/subconscious etc doesn't want to!  So after I recovered from the shock, I realised that I had been using my weight as protection against something because every time I tuned into me being slim and attractive I felt the most tremendous fear and felt sick.

Being overweight means that you are not attractive to the majority of men (I can tell you that!) but that can be an advantage if you don't want the attention or have been abused.  This is what had happened to me.  When I was three I was sexually abused by my babysitters son for three years and had only got out of it by being ill and then my father was posted somewhere else so we moved.  When I was slim for a few years I was very attractive and attracted a lot of attention from men and as I travelled around the world working it became a real problem as you couldn't even walk along a corridor without somebody trying to hit on you. As you can see by the picture that I was pretty stunning - how I loved my hair like that!  So all the fear of the abuse came back and I started to put on weight.  As my body knew I would starve until it came off, it flooded me with excess water which I couldn't do anything about. 

With my clients, I find that this is the no. 1 reason for being overweight and if they lose it they will put it back on immediately.  Abuse of any kind does take a lot of healing but it can be done and self esteem, confidence and respect can be restored.  You may get the attention but it totally goes over your head because the patterns, blocks, trauma and fears have been cleared so your body/subconscious does not register this as a problem any more.

 

There is always a payback for everything - it is caused secondary gain.  You all know of the woman who looks after their mother and moans all the time but when you say you need to back off they don't.  This is because they get attention from other people which they wouldn't get if they stopped doing it. Other reasons that you would use your weight as protection:

 

1. traumas in past lives - you may not believe in past lives but any type of trauma in your ancestors may cause this fear within you

2. low self esteem/worth so your weight stops you from being promoted, getting a new job, going on holiday or many other reasons

3. you don't want to be seen so you make yourself big - I know this sounds the wrong way around but actually people don't pay any attention to overweight people - unless it is to be rude!

4. self hate - you hate yourself for eating and feel disgust so you eat more.  If you loved yourself this wouldn't happen

5. You are carrying heavy burdens/weighted down by your life experience

5. there are so many more reasons that are explained in my book, Unlock your Maximum Weight Loss Potential

 

But the good news is that all of these issues can be healed and you can lose weight and be happy. Buy my book and watch the weight drop off - why not book an appointment with me so we can explore the real reasons of your weight problem

 

Boosting your metabolism using EFT

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To lose weight and keep it off you really need a good metabolism.  If you have an underactive thyroid, or are older + a variety of other reasons, your metabolism may be slow and it won't burn off the calories and that equals weight gain - that stays firmly put!  The best way I find to boost your metabolism is by using Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT for short).  To begin with you will need to do every day but after a couple of months I would suggest once a week for maintenance.  EFT is really easy and there are full instructions in my book, Unlock your maximum weight loss potential, so I am not going to list the tapping points in this blog.

How to begin:

1. I would suggest that you sit quietly, close your eyes and ask your soul out of 100% what your metabolism is working at and go with the first number that comes up.  If you dont get an answer, guess what you think it might be.  Dont go for 100% to begin with, start with 5% above what you are getting and then build up.  Ask your soul what may be the reasons and include them in your tapping statements.  Again if you get nothing try and guess what they might be or just say metabolism and see what comes up.

2. Using the set up phrase say these three phrases:

"Even thought my metabolism is only working at 80%, I deeply and utterly love and accept myself and my metabolism"

"Even though my metabolism STILL only works at 80%, I deeply and utterly love and accept myself and my metabolism"

"Even though my metabolism STILL only works at 80%, I now CHOOSE that it works at 85% permanently and I am eliminating all the reasons why it is not working efficiently"

3. Using the tapping points you can use the following phrases:

a. I release all the trauma as to why my metabolism doesnt work properly
b. I release all of my stuck emotions etc
c. I release my need for my metabolism to work slowly
d. I release the need for protection which is keeping my weight high
e. I release all my patterns, blocks, fears etc

Do at least three rounds per session and ask every day if the percentage has gone up.  Once it has gone up you can then change it to increase by another 5%.  This is brilliant and everybody should use EFT - I would also combine it with other weight loss issues like overeating or comfort eating.

Why daily journalling will help your lose weight

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To track what you are eating, your reactions to foods and your triggers to overeating, it is essential that you keep some form of journal.  This will give you motivation and encourage you to keep going - and to see what external forces are in play and stopping you sticking to your new healthy plan.  Once a week add your weight and your measurements so you can see the loss.  I dont believe in weighing each day as water can add a few pounds and then you will get despondant.  My book is packed full of information like this and so much more!

1. What you eat

Because it is very easy to snack and not know the full amount of what you are eating, it is a good idea to keep a food diary and roughly work out the calories.  So if you go over your limit one day you know to cut back immediately.  If it helps take a photo of what you are eating for each meal - this can really surprise you when you see the quantity!

2. Reactions to food

This means that you can immediately see if you have a reaction to a food/drink type - especially something filling you with water, bloating or actually putting on weight - and you can then eliminate it from your diet.  It also helps to see if combination of different foods cause a problem.  Bread and cheese may be ok but when you combine them into a sandwich they cause you problems

3. Hormones

This also helps track your cycle so you can see if you add any exta water or want to eat more at certain times - or crave certain foods.  Once again when you know this you can use EFT to help with the symptoms and the cravings

4. Emotions

If you write down how you feel every day it is much clearer how stressed you are and why you may overeat for comfort or emotionally.  This could be connected to your cycle or something completely different.  Once you have identified the triggers you can then use other techniques to release them and not use food

5. Exercise

Write down all exercise so you can see if you need to change what you do or increase.  Also track why you dont why to exercise on particular days

6. So you can see how far you have come

Using a journal is good for seeing how far you have come because it is very easy to forget.  You will see that you have tamed your emotions, lost weight and toned up and this will keep you firm to keep going!

Are you an emotional eater?

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Do you overeat and you dont know why?  Do you eat when you are bored or upset?  It is so common as food can mean love and comfort.  If your mother was a feeder you will equate food to love. If you had a terrible childhood but always ate together and it was ok you will try and relive this.  If you got sweets as a treat as a child when you need treating or comforting you will turn to any food.  This is why will power doesnt work!

You may not be able to heal or talk about your traumas or emotions so you will use food to stuff down your emotions.  If when you were ill your mother gave you attention and food (especially if she took no notice of you the rest of the time) you will use food to give yourself attention and love - or you may make yourself ill because you think you will get attention - this one doesnt work at all which I can confirm as I have tried it!

Some people chose alcohol, drugs, self harm or food and it is up to your subconscious and your childhood programming to which one you turn to.  Then you beat yourself up because you have just eaten again, having promised yourself that you will stick to your diet or healthy eating plan.  You will most probably have a very low self esteem, have no confidence, value or respect in yourself which then diminishes every time you cheat.  This is all really common but the good news is that it can be fixed - not overnight but it can be with work, journalling and planning.

You need to identify what it is (there may be many) triggers of your emotional eating.  Write them down and see who else was involved and what age you were and what messages you got.  The first step is to identify and that is why it is good to journal so you can see on a daily basis what stresses cause you to reach for food.  The technique for this is Emotional Freedom Technique and you start to tap on all your issues and then you will see that your dependance on food will start to disappear - and you will start to feel better about yourself and that helps as well.  You can try self hypnosis and I would buy a crystal that you love (doesnt matter what type), wash it and then program it with what you would like it to help you with - emotions, eating healthily, conscious eating etc - and they carry it around with you - a good place is in the bra.

In my great book, Unlock your Maximum Weight Loss Potential, I outline how to heal this and your traumas and then you can watch the weight drop off!  It is so exciting!

Why excess weight is nothing to do with overeating

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So do you have trouble losing weight?  I have for years - I was 12lb when I was born and have lived on a diet ever since!  It was when I visited a therapist who did 'muscle testing' and she asked my body if I wanted to lose weight and I couldn't believe it when my body replied "NO"!  I have now spent 20 years working out why I don't want to and I have lost masses of weight/water but have a couple of stone to go.  But I am now convinced that I am on the right track and I want to share my knowledge with you!

One of the main reasons that people are overweight is that they don't feel safe.  This could be because they were abused or raped or that when they were slim they received masses of unwelcome male attention which made them feel unsafe.  This is quite a difficult pattern to reverse because your subconscious's main concern is your safety.

You may feel unsafe in your area or in the world with everything that is happening.  Your subconscious may add weight to make you feel safe.  Of course this doesn't work so we have to change your subconscious's beliefs that making you fat and miserable is not protecting you from terrorism!

When you were slim before you may have got pregnant, or divorced or another trauma so your subconscious is keeping the weight on so this doesnt happen again.

For all those people who have lost a lot of weight and put it back on again we know that that is not due to what we are eating.  Having dieted, exercised and worked on our beliefs we wouldn't go back to eating and put the weight on in a couple of months!  The reason the weight goes back on again (and you seem helpless to stop it) is that your subconscious has just realised what has happened and it doesn't like it so it slaps the weight back on as quickly as possible!  Not very helpful from our point of view but it is for your subconscious.

Excess weight is more than just overeating - I starved myself for years so my subconscious filled my body with excess water which I couldnt get rid of.  It was only when I worked on myself, my fears and my beliefs that the weight started to come off!

13 ways to kill suar cravings + one other

13 ways to kill sugar cravings (and enable you to lose those pounds)       

My tip is to use a technique like EFT to tap out your cravings and why you have them.  Then you can tap in how much better it is to eat a mango or do some exercise instead!

Other advice:

Easter can be a difficult time for those of us with sugar cravings. Sugar is everywhere at this time of year and it’s almost impossible to avoid eating it.

Of course there’s nothing wrong with indulging your sweet tooth every now and then and enjoying celebrations with family and friends. Holidays are too few and far between and you deserve to relax and enjoy yourself.

The problem is, some people with a sweet tooth don’t do moderation! One Easter egg is too much and 20 are not enough! Once they start eating sugar they can’t stop.

This article is for you. I’ve found these strategies extremely effective for killing sugar cravings in my patients and helping them get back on track with healthy eating again. You may want to save this list and revisit it when you need help after Easter Monday.

Why is sugar so damned addictive?

Eating sugar makes you want more sugar, whereas avoiding sugar for several weeks generally means you’ll lose the taste for it and stop craving it as much.

Eating sugar triggers your pancreas to release insulin and if you eat sugar regularly, you’ll have chronically elevated blood insulin levels. This isn’t good because insulin promotes fat storage, inhibits the fat burning enzymes in your body and fuels hunger. A pretty terrible combination for anyone wanting to lose weight.

Here are 13 ways to beat down the sugar monster:

·        Try to get plenty of sleep. If you wake well rested and refreshed, you are far less likely to reach for sugar throughout the day. A lot of people use sugar as a bit of a first aid remedy to get them though an exhausting day.

·        Drink lots of water or herbal tea. You can also drink some tea and coffee, as long as they don’t contain sugar. You can sweeten them with stevia instead. If you feel hungry, often you can quell the hunger just by having a drink of a non-sugary beverage. This is particularly true on a freezing cold day; you may be ravenously hungry and a hot cup of tea is really all you needed to take the hunger away.

·        Breathe deeply. Stress, anxiety and tension drive a lot of people to eat and sugary foods tend to be their favorite. When you have a strong craving, stop and monitor your breathing. Take 10 slow deep breaths and you’ll be less likely to binge.

·        Eat adequate protein. I’m amazed by the number of people who go through each day basically living on starch and fruit. Good sources of protein include eggs, poultry, red meat (preferably grass fed), seafood, whey protein powder, nuts, seeds and legumes. Protein helps to stabilize blood sugar and in that way reduces hunger and cravings. Why not grab yourself a Synd X Slimming Protein Shake? It is extremely high in protein and extremely low in carbohydrate. It is sweetened with stevia and when you make it with coconut milk you are adding in healthy fats which will help stop carb cravings. Besides that, it is really delicious! Try this shake recipe or this delicious breakfast idea.

·        Eat adequate good fats. Fat makes you full and satisfied and far less likely to crave sugar. People who follow low fat diets typically spend a lot of time each day fantasising about sugar. Examples of good fats include avocado, olive oil, organic coconut oil, pastured butter and raw nuts and seeds. The fats to avoid include margarine, seed oils (sunflower, safflower, cottonseed, soy, canola and corn), as well as deep fried food.

·        Take a supplement to help stabilise your blood sugar. Chromium, gymnema, bitter melon, carnitine and other nutrients are combined together in Glicemic Balance capsules. All these nutrients help to reduce hunger and cravings and reduce your blood insulin level if it is elevated. That means your body will be more efficient at burning fat.

·        You may be magnesium deficient. Long term stress depletes your body of magnesium because stress hormones cause you to lose magnesium out through your urine. Chocolate is actually quite a good source of magnesium, therefore taking a magnesium supplement really helps to reduce chocolate cravings in most people. This is especially true for women who feel they MUST eat chocolate in the week before menstruation.

·        Use non-edible items that smell like confectionery. There are some divine smelling chocolate or vanilla body washes, soaps, perfumes, candles and other items available. Some of them smell just like chocolate frosting and seem almost good enough to eat. Our sense of smell is a funny thing and you can often trick your brain into thinking you ate these foods when really all you did was inhale their glorious scent.

·        Get some exercise each day, preferably outdoors. It doesn’t have to be anything gruelling and exhausting; it could just be a gentle walk around the block or to the park. Getting some movement is a great way to clear your head, calm your mind and take your thoughts away from your troubles or your cravings. Even if you are feeling quite exhausted, a short and gentle walk can give you a burst of energy.

·        Eat some chocolate, but only the good stuff. There is some amazing, high quality chocolate available. You can buy sugar free chocolate that has been sweetened with stevia or xylitol (both natural sweeteners). You can also make your own chocolate using cacao powder, or make a hot chocolate drink or add cacao powder to your whey protein power smoothie. You’ll get all the flavour and health benefits of cacao beans but none of the sugar. Here is an example of a healthy chocolate recipe.

·        Include fresh herbs in your salads. Don’t eat bland food. Your meals should be incredibly tasty and leave you feel completely satisfied. Include herbs such as arugula, cilantro, parsley, watercress, dill or basil in your salads and dress them with extra virgin olive oil, macadamia nut oil or avocado oil, along with lemon juice or vinegar. There is no need to ever eat a boring salad.

·        Dress your salads with vinegar. This follows on from the point above. Apple cider vinegar is the healthiest variety, but all vinegar improves digestion and it helps to stabilise blood sugar. It is very beneficial for diabetics as it reduces blood sugar levels after meals. This is a good way of reducing the desire to eat sweets after a meal.

·        Just don’t eat sugar. The only people who crave nicotine are smokers and the only people who crave sugar are the ones who eat it. If you follow our recommendations and stick to a sugar free diet for at least three weeks, you’ll find it becomes easier and easier and you miss sugar less and less.

How your beliefs can affect your weight

You are your beliefs so if you believe you are fat you will be or if you believe that everything you eat (this is one of mine because I have been on a diet for so long!) will make you fat it will!!

These beliefs can be from birth or what you have experienced since birth and what you have been told during that time.  My mother told me constantly that I was fat, stupid and ugly so this became my reality and I believed it.  She had me on a diet since I was three and made me do three hours of exercise a night using a chair and a book to tone up muscles!!  She blamed me for her weight and that then made me feel guilty.  So I felt I was "bad" and "had done something wrong" and these patterns were set up for the rest of my life.  So I let people speak and treat me like they wanted.  I felt I couldnt speak up and as there were always consequences about standing up for myself (bad ones!) I never did!

We can also get beliefs from our ancesters so you often find that weight problems run in families and are genetic.  All my girl cousins look the same and can lose weight for a bit but then it goes back immediately.

Beliefs can also come from past lives where we believed we had low self confidence or low self esteem.  We can also believe that we should be "punished" for what we did in past lives and weight gain is one of the best ways to punish us. 

You can change affirmations easily using EFT, hypnosis and affirmations but you also need what is behind them healed as well and that is where I come in.  My techniques will remove the blocks and the patterns and then reprogram you with the positive.  It does take a lot of hard work but it is worth it!

So if you believe you have low self confidence you will
If you believe you are not good, thick and stupid you will be
If you believe you will never amount to anything you wont

See why it is so important to clear all these and replace them with positives?!  Contact me on info@unleashyourfullpotential.co.uk and watch your life change for the better now!

The first part of how karma can affect your weight

How does Karma affect your weight?

I have been on a diet since I was born - I was 12 lb even then which for 1955 was very heavy!  What ever happened the weight never came off.  My mother was obsessed and had me on a diet and exercise plan at the age of 3!

I even spent 7 years on 150 calories a day, water tablets and slimming pills - and I wont tell you what else I did, to try and lose weight.  Most people would have died through malnutrition but I was still slowly putting on weight!

So why I started on my spiritual journey it absolutely made sense that I was paying back negative karma as being overweight made me very  unhappy.  I had chosen to be overweight as I felt that I needed to suffer and punish myself for what I had done (or perceived I had done) in past lives.  This explained why everything I did didnt work.  So I had to work very hard at forgiving myself and releasing the need to suffer and punish.  I can help you do this as I have so much experience now.

There will more on this subject later this week on how dying of starvation or thirst in past lives affects your weight more.  Also how other past lives affect your weight now

Announcing my new weight loss book 'Why?Weight'

Hi Everyone

So I have now finished my weight loss book and it is in pdf format and I am very excited about it!  There isn't another book like this on the market as it covers all subjects from negative beliefs, blocks and patterns, to why your subconscious does not want to lose weight to how past lives and karma affect your weight.  You will never have to buy another weight loss book again!!

 

I have to admit that I haven't totally cracked it yet - but I have lost weight - and more importantly in my case - excess water.  But I have had over 50 years experience of weight problems and have been both over weight and under weight and bulimic - I even lived on 150 calories a day for 7 years - so I speak from experience.

 

Everybody is different, there are different body types, personality types, homeopathic types - and everyone needs different food, exercise and supplements.

 

Just changing your diet to 5:2 or joining weight watchers doesn't mean that you have cracked it for life.  There was a story recently about a man who had a gastric band but he was so addicted to fast food that he actually pureed his food so he could eat vast amounts - if his emotional problems had been dealt with he would have lost weight easily and simply without a gastric band.  Many people are dying with gastric bands because they have swapped over eating with starving so once again the 'whole' person has not been looked at.

 

So, as often as I can, I will be explaining various chapters in the book - I am so excited I can't believe to tell you all!!