98% of All Diets Fail - So She Found a Better Way

This author describes how she found lasting relief from the obsessions with weight, food, exercise, and low self-esteem through the Be Totally Free! process.

Growing up with a weight problem and always struggling to keep the overeating in check lead me to believe that losing the weight and keeping it off was only a pipedream. Sure, I'd reached "goal weight" before, but it only lasted a few days, and then I'd be climbing the scale again. I would even convince myself during those few moments in a thin body that I was done with fat for good, but I knew it was only wishful thinking. After all, what fat person ever kept the weight off? After many failed attempts at dieting most just settle into their chubby size, knowing full well that diets don't work. But why don't diets work? Why is it that most dieters are always on a diet? Why couldn't I ever get thin for good?

Like most desperate dieters, the list of methods I'd tried included diet pills, diets, food plans, weight loss gyms, 12-step groups, therapy, addiction workshops, treatment centers, spiritual retreats and self-help books. What was never addressed was the fact that overeating was really a symptom of a deeper lying problem, and not the problem itself. I was using the addiction to food as a substitute for connecting with and expressing the deep feelings inside of me; it was as if I was choosing to have a relationship with food rather than with myself, others and with a Higher Power. Since food is a poor substitute, however, it always left me with an emptiness worse than the one I was attempting to fill.

The only hope for any lasting relief from this addiction was to address the underlying emotions causing it; emotions caused by unresolved childhood pain, resentment for how I was being treated and guilt about how I was treating others. The overeating helped to cover up insecurities about my abilities, shame, secrets and overall disappointment in myself and my choices. It never seemed logical that the two were connected, the addictive behaviors and my emotions, but when I began to address these emotions, the compulsion to overeat was actually removed from me, effortlessly!

While this may seem simplistic, the catch is that I could not access these deep emotions alone, and I could not do it without the support of SOMEONE WHO HAD ACTUALLY DONE IT -someone who had blazed the path I needed to take. The inspiration for my recovery is a man who for 29 years now has not only maintained a 100+ lb. weight loss and totally thin body, stopped a drinking and 2-pack-a-day smoking habit, and has completely recovered from panic attacks, phobias, and depression (also symptoms of underlying emotions) among other things. In fact, because of his unique experience of triumphing over all of his own problems, and his exceptional gift for helping others, many people who could not stop their behaviors by any other means (like myself) have come to him for help.

My process of healing involved uncovering and shedding emotions and unhealthy behavior patterns that were keeping me in bondage to self-destructive habits; difficult issues such as incest, codependence, anger and depression have been healed through the ongoing, spiritual support of this unique recovery and wellness program.

I was also supported and guided in taking practical, vitally-needed steps toward eliminating stress from my life and developing my own personal spirituality. I learned to identify positive choices for bettering my life. I began to face life with hope instead of dread. As I continued on this path, I became increasingly self-confident, intuitive, peaceful, and purposeful in all of my actions. My actions changed, then my thinking changed and now I actually like the person that I am!

I think that the most important thing that I've gained from my journey is a sense of personal responsibility for my own well-being. When I became willing to face and change me, with the help of a gifted teacher who had gone before me, and a Higher Power, everything in my life changed - for the better. Not only have my compulsions been removed, but I am also enjoying a much higher quality of life emotionally, spiritually, socially, and even financially than I ever dreamed possible!