Well done everyone. I had my hardest day on the last day. I was

feeling a bit physically ill and this affected my emotional state too

although I did manage to keep it positive it was incredibly

challenging. So I consider it a great success and I am very glad I

took the challenge. Today I noticed that if anything negative was to

come into my mind it sort of changed focus itself, I wasn't

consciously trying to change it as much which is the point of this

exercise. By continually training the mind to 'change direction' old

neural pathways will be broken and new positive associations made.

Happiness becomes your default state. I was a pretty happy guy

beforehand so more dramatic results would be evident for someone more

inclined to have a negative outlook. I thank all of you for taking

part and posting your comments. Feel free to discuss it more here, and

for anyone still on the diet - keep going, it's well worth it.



Mark



http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com

Well done everyone. I had my hardest day on the last day. I was

feeling a bit physically ill and this affected my emotional state too

although I did manage to keep it positive it was incredibly

challenging. So I consider it a great success and I am very glad I

took the challenge. Today I noticed that if anything negative was to

come into my mind it sort of changed focus itself, I wasn't

consciously trying to change it as much which is the point of this

exercise. By continually training the mind to 'change direction' old

neural pathways will be broken and new positive associations made.

Happiness becomes your default state. I was a pretty happy guy

beforehand so more dramatic results would be evident for someone more

inclined to have a negative outlook. I thank all of you for taking

part and posting your comments. Feel free to discuss it more here, and

for anyone still on the diet - keep going, it's well worth it.



Mark



http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com

Hey all,



I also had my last day worst day on the last day.  And here's the

rub, I stayed positive, but was itching to do EFT on my negatives.

And I felt like the happiness was fake, but didn't turn it off, kept

on going.  I was tired and had had a very exhausting day.  By the end

of the day, I felt like collpasing in tears.  Didn't, just kept on

being positive.



I found that last day unpleasant.  I could conjure up positve

feelings, but they didn't last long.  Wednesday morning was a relief

for me, I did EFT on all the problems, am still working through them

to some extent, but feel like I'm moving through them now.



Maybe I've learnt to do my negatives with EFT and that's my method? I

said at the beginning that I'm generally positive and reckon that's

still true.  It was a big week for me, a lot on.  It was actually a

lot for me to deal with in any situation.  Does thinking positive on

its own make the negatives go away?  I found small ones it worked

for, but I had a few big things come up, and I think I needed to use

EFT on them.



In my past, I've buried negatives under the smiling cover.  I'm the

one who'll cheer up others. I never admitted to my negatives.  They

slowly built up over years, until I almost popped!  Maybe thinking

positive on it's own would have helped me over the years, but i

reckon we need to be careful that we're not just denying our

negatives. Sometimes the negatives need to be pulled out, dusted off,

examined and filed away in a more useful place, rather than stuffed

under the cushions before the relatives visit.



I find EFT does that in a very fast way generally, so wallowing in

the negatives doesn't happen, the feelings are just sorted out and

filed away where they won't hurt so much.



So my verdict is that I can practice being positive all the time

anyway, and if something big comes up, I'll EFT it away before it

causes me too much grief.



Thank you Mark for organising it, I'm glad I took part.



joy to you all

Hazel





--- In bylto@yahoogroups.com, "mcmanus_mark" <mark@...> wrote:

>

> Well done everyone. I had my hardest day on the last day. I was

> feeling a bit physically ill and this affected my emotional state

too

> although I did manage to keep it positive it was incredibly

> challenging. So I consider it a great success and I am very glad I

> took the challenge. Today I noticed that if anything negative was to

> come into my mind it sort of changed focus itself, I wasn't

> consciously trying to change it as much which is the point of this

> exercise. By continually training the mind to 'change direction' old

> neural pathways will be broken and new positive associations made.

> Happiness becomes your default state. I was a pretty happy guy

> beforehand so more dramatic results would be evident for someone

more

> inclined to have a negative outlook. I thank all of you for taking

> part and posting your comments. Feel free to discuss it more here,

and

> for anyone still on the diet - keep going, it's well worth it.

>

> Mark

>

> http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com

>