Ready, Set, Prepare...

Here are some preparations we strongly encourage you to do. You will maximize your ability to succeed and to keep track of your efforts. EFT preparation: If you are new to EFT watch at the short EFT video on the left side of the home page. Keep notes: Make a place to keep notes of the things on this list. This can be in your (member page) blog if you wish. Or, you can keep notes in a diary or journal you already use, or start one just for the purpose. In addition to the basics of your initial weight, measurements and goals, you will want to record thoughts about yourself, your body, any EFT sentences which were very good for you and especially, any which really bothered you. Weigh yourself: Do a program initial weigh in, in the morning, preferably nude, after going to the bathroom. This is your lowest weight of the day. Record this, your starting weight. Try to use a scale you will be able to continue to use through out your weight loss since scales can differ quite a bit. Don’t weigh yourself: After your first weigh in only weigh your self weekly or less. Not at all is fine too, if you see you are making some progress. It is very frustrating to watch your food intake carefully, exercise and see no change on the scale. Weight loss averages out over time. You will see loss from week to week, except when you hit a plateau as we virtually always do. Women also have hormonally driven weight fluctuations. Relax! The weight IS going to be shed! Measure yourself: Take these measurements and write them down: neck women: bust, at the largest part women: chest just under bust men: chest at largest part waist abdomen, the largest part hips, where they are largest upper arm circumference wrist thigh, at the largest part knee calf, at the widest part ankle. Get a physical exam: Please go see your doctor before beginning this program for a general health exam, baseline blood chemistry, blood pressure check, etc. Tell your doctor about your weight loss plans and ask when you should have your next check up. Plan your eating program What are you going to eat to help yourself to shed fat? Get help with this if needed. Make food choices which suit your digestion and body type. Please DO NOT make changes which are too sudden or too extreme! Think about what you eat, in what combinations, what you drink, when you eat, how much you eat, how fast you eat and decide on changes where you need them. Write them down. Plan your physical activity program Do you need to increase your physical activity? Weight reduction via food reduction alone is much more difficult and results in skinny flab! Walk, join a gym, find a class to take, dust off your exercise tapes, find a TV exercise program, or make some other plans to begin to increase your physical activity. Make sure you start off gently if you are out of shape! Photographs: Have new pictures taken of yourself. These are your before shots so do your face and your whole body from the front, back and side. If you have the nerve take swim suit shots as well. Visualization: Visualize your success Help your subconscious mind take you to your goal by visualizing your self at your goal weight. Use all your senses! See the image, feel the feelings, odors, the flavors and the sounds which go with reaching your goal!! Very important: if, when you visualize yourself at your goal weight you feel ANY resistance, discomfort, concern or other negative feelings, including the thoughts “I can’t” or “I’ll never get there” write them down and SEND THEM TO Dr. Nili by email or posting on your blog. These are the resistances which we will release using EFT—and we can only work on what we recognize! Choose goals: Enhance your fat loss and body goals. In addition to a specific amount of weight loss, you might want to reach certain measurements, for example. You might also want certain abilities, like being able to run up a flight of stairs easily. Evaluate your goals It is damaging to your body to lose weight too rapidly and damaging to your motivation to lose weight too slowly. It’s important to find a happy medium. The more weight you have to lose the greater your initial loss generally is, but after the first few weeks everyone should be losing no more than 2 pounds a week for the heaviest individuals and more like a maximum of a pound a week for most people. Remember, slower weight loss gives your skin time to shrink to fit your new shape! If you want to lose 40 pounds or 18 kilos you can expect it to take you about a year. Now don’t get frustrated or upset about this!! If it bothers you to think of working on your weight for a year don’t! Just think of today and perhaps, this week. The time will pass anyway. Commit to your goals: Make a promise to yourself that this time you will stick with your program as long as is necessary to succeed. Let yourself focus on how good it will be to reach your goals and make a solemn commitment. Write down your promise to yourself in your blog, journal or diary. Also, let us know of challenges you face along the way, as well as your successes, of course. Congratulate yourself! Isn’t it great we are making this plan and commitment? I am so happy you have decided to join me and am looking forward to my new body—and yours as well. Good for me! Good for you!! Good for us!!!