How easy can it be?

In the midst of the wet and windy weather we've been getting, today was so bright and sunny I just had to get out for a walk. Without any definite plan I found myself walking from West shore along the road to the end of the Great Orme and taking the Monks' path up the hillside, so called because of the monks some few hundred years ago, who used to walk from their monastery on the coast up to the top to tend their flocks.

It's quite a climb as you'll see from the pictures; although not really a mountain it's as much as I can manage nowadays and that's me, hot and out of breath nearly at the top.

However, while walking I used my solitude to address some issues with EFT, such as; 'Why isn't the Law of Attraction working for me?'

Now I've studied this idea for some time, read many books and articles, listened to inspiring podcasts and watched countless video clips. I'm happy to explain to everyone how the way to change one's life is to change the way we think and to transform basic belief patterns. We are what we think; I tell them. But making this work is actually quite tricky. While I think I'm focussing on positive aspirations, I'm actually stuck in the groove of habitual beliefs such as; 'Wants never gets', 'If you want something you'll never get it, so don't want.'

While I say I believe that energy can be harnessed to make things happen, I've begun to realise that a part of my mind doesn't believe at all. This 'Doubting Thomas' is a cynic and finds plenty of reasons to throw cold water on anything.

So I tapped on that; 'Even though part of me doesn't want to believe... I completely love and accept my 'Doubting Thomas' part. Even though this part doesn't believe in anything... I forgive this part that's been doing its best to protect me from being stupid.'

As I tapped I realised that I could ask this part of my mind to accept the possibility of something it finds difficult to believe. That felt good, but 'Thomas' waits for results.

I've been gradually gaining weight and have now topped 10 stone at 66 Kilos. I accept that I'm unlikely to ever be 8 stone again, but I'm not happy to be heavy as it affects my energy levels and I've been feeling very tired lately. So today I made a decision to achieve a weight of 60k in the next 6 weeks.

Now I've said it and put it out to the universe, how difficult can it be to lose 1 kilo (2 1/2 lbs) a week? Or rather, how easy can it be? Notice how that change of language changes the perception? I do love food but I really don't need to eat so much!

'Even though part of me doesn't believe I CAN get to 60k in 6 weeks... I'm open to the possibility that I CAN eat enough to lose 1k a week... and I completely love and trust myself to achieve this... 60k in 6 weeks... how easy can that be?

Anyway, I'll let you know how I get on, week by week.

These are views of the town as I came down the Orme today. I'm so glad I got that exercise. I've been too tired or lazy to get out lately... just sit at my computer finding reasons not to move!