Why are you holding on to your fat?
Are
you having trouble shifting your body fat? All your efforts
seem to be leading you nowhere? Feeling
disheartened by
it all and that it’s all just become too hard?
A
News poll on 700 Australians showed that psychological
factors play a large role in achieving and maintaining
weight
loss. An often overlooked part of these psychological factors
include the emotional energy stored in our fat.
Often
times, significant events in our lives that have an impact
can result in excess weight steadily
creeping on,
for various reasons. As body fat creeps up, it stores the
emotional impact of the event and provides a safe haven for
it to be managed. Only problem is then we’re carrying
our experiences emotionally and physically in the form of
body fat! It gets uncomfortable!!
A
49 year old lady I was seeing had been fighting the game
of weight loss yo-yo’ing. She wanted to fit into her
favourite clothes again. Based on previous experiences, her
emotional program had become self-damaging. That is, when
she started losing weight, it triggered the stored emotional
message “If I lose weight, I am sick and unhealthy”,
which ultimately created unconscious actions ensuring she
kept weight on. As we unfolded this realization, she was
professionally supported through the yo-yo weight changes,
breaking the physical and emotional cycles holding onto the
fat. The positive impact on her sense of power and the process
of weight loss was fantastic.
In
my professional experience, I’ve
seen many examples of excess body fat inadvertently becoming
a secret friend,
for many and varied reasons. Emotionally, it serves a purpose
and letting it go means altering emotional patterns that
got it there in the first place.
Cut the emotional anchors. Enable yourself to develop healthier
emotional programs toward weight loss. Are you holding onto
your body fat or are you emotionally ready to let it go?
Lose weight from the inside out!!
Dr. Elizabeth Celi, PhD, MAPS
Health and Exercise Psychologist
Elements Integrated Health Consulting
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