Losing
Weight Starts with the Soul The weight loss process can sometimes be a long journey for most of us, depending on how big your obstacles are and how much weight you need to loose. You may experience setbacks during your program and feel discouraged. You may binge, miss a workout day, or simply want to give up. This can lead to feelings of depression, irritability, frustration or tension making your program very stressful. These emotions can have a negative effect on digestion causing indigestion and spasms. When digestion suffers it makes it increasingly harder to drop those unwanted pounds. Two remedy that can assist in dealing with feelings of impatience and discouragement, are Impatiens and Gentian. Impatiens is a remedy that can help you cope with stress and allow you relax. It is good to note that it is in Rescue Remedy formula. If you plan to take Rescue Remedy (discussed in part 1), then you do not need to add this remedy in your Bach formula. As you start to use Impatiens you start to become more tolerant, patient, relaxed and gentle towards yourself. If you are prone to be impatient, then this remedy can be taken for an extended amount of time since it can be a personality type remedy. The indications of this personality type are:
If exhibit some of these characteristics throughout your daily living, then you are more than likely exhibiting some of the negative feelings during your weight loss program, Impatiens can make the difference. The discouragement felt when there is a set back can also cause stress and make you want to give up. Gentian is the remedy for those that are easily discouraged. The states that call for this remedy are:
Gentian can help you feel that no obstacle is too great and no task is too big. You can experience a greater conviction an resolve to “hang in there” and to never give up. Set backs can have no affect while becoming more optimistic. When following a weight loss program, we can become too rigid becoming hard taskmasters on ourselves leading to self-denial. This extreme state can come from a negative self- image. I will describe two remedies that are beneficial when dealing with a negative self-image and being too rigid during your weight loss journey. To
learn more about this remedy and to find out if they are right Part 1
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