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August 4, 2005, 8:27 am PDT
 Quote From: marcia52 I've finally figured out what I need to do get back on track. I got it all planned out but I just can't seem to take the next step. It's like, I'm frozen in time. I know what I need to do and just refuse to think or do it.
I know that I've been tackling this since 11/18/03 when I committed to the WLC. I took time off to do Self Matters and then spent a lot of time mastering Key 4, Step 2 to where I could finally just read the book without some stupid life event throwing me off. I can stop my binges & urges, I just don't want to focus anymore.
Did any one else have this problem? I'm thinking that it's just FEAR of finally tackling my weight which is the last of my "TO BE FIXED" to do. I have lived as a depressive for more than 40 years. I've beaten myself up and kept myself living a victimize life style during all that time.
I know that once I begin, I won't be depressed anymore because I'll be too busy living the life style. It's just that this is my biggest UNKNOWN I've faced to date.
Has anyone else been here? At this place that I am in? I know that it's common because I'm a member of a WLC support group and all the members are just like me. Have lived with the HAVE TO LOSE WEIGHT, HAVE TO ... to do list for so long that it's become just a life style and letting go of it is just so scary.
Need someone to talk to about this. I had tried all kinds of diets, all kinds of exercise routines for many years. I knew which ones worked for me and would enable me to lose the weight I wanted and needed to lose. I just couldn't stick to them long enough, the old willpower mentality. Then I found a weight loss hypnotherapy class and signed up for it. Through hypnosis I "revisited" what exercise was like as a child-PLAYING. Since the first session 2 1/2 years ago, I exercise regularly, and it's fun. I know not everyone can afford to do this, or even believes that it can work for them, but it definitely worked for me. It immediately gave me new inner dialogue to replace the tapes I had been using when I would snack or binge, and it put me in touch with my true inner voice. After the sessions, I tackled SELF MATTERS to help me understand where all my faulty thinking came from and how to get past it. But for the immediate jolt to get up and get moving, I can't say enough about hypnosis. |
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