Tapping Script: “I’m Ashamed of Being Overweight”

Step 1

Truth Statement (Read aloud and rate how true 0 to 10):

• I am ashamed of my weight

Step 2

Set Up Phrase (Read aloud three times while tapping on side of the hand):

• Even though I am ashamed of my weight, I love and accept myself.

Step 3

Read the following phrases aloud while tapping on the prescribed spot with your dominant hand:

• Even though I am so embarrassed that I’m overweight, I completely and deeply love and accept myself.
• Even though it is shameful to be overweight, I completely and deeply love and accept myself.
• Even though I feel guilty that I haven’t been able to lose weight because I should be able to do it, I completely love and accept myself.
• It’s embarrassing.
• Being  this overweight.
• I feel like a failure.
• I know that I must eat too much.
• And not exercise enough.
• But here I am, still overweight.
• Still fat.
• Still letting myself down.
• It’s embarrassing.
• I deserve this shame.
• Because I’m not strong enough.
• I’m not good enough to lose this weight.
• I don’t have enough willpower.
• I don’t’ have follow through.
• I’m too weak.
• That’s what it feels like.
• It’s the only explanation I can think of.
• So it must be true.
• Or maybe there is another perspective here.
• Maybe there is another way of looking at this.
• Maybe there is something I need to learn from this.
• Maybe my being overweight is a symptom, it doesn’t define who I am.
• It doesn’t make me a bad person.
• It means that my body is sending me a message.
• It is trying to make me aware of my beliefs and habits.
• And that’s a good thing.
• My body is trying very hard to help me.
• It is not trying to punish me, and I shouldn’t try to punish myself.
• By feeling all this guilt and embarrassment.
• I could be kind to myself.
• Just like I would to anybody who was doing their best.
• Because I am doing my best.
• With the resources I have.
• And I deserve kindness.
• And I choose to listen to my body.
• To the messages it is giving me.
• What it’s trying to call my attention to.
• Because this extra weight is a symptom.
• A symptom of something I’m ignoring.
• A symptom of a message I haven’t heard yet.
• I choose to listen to that message.
• It must be really important if my body is going to this length to let me know it’s there.
• I wonder what that message could be?
• I am open to hearing this message.
• Of what part of my life feels unsafe.
• Of what part of my life feels uncomfortable.
• Of how this weight is protecting me.
• I’m open to finding out what that is.
• Even if it seems silly, it must be important.
• I am open to hearing this message.
• And realizing that this extra weight is here for a reason, and to appreciate it.
• To appreciate what my body has done for me in keeping me safe.
• And to be grateful how protective my body is of me.
• I appreciate it for that.
• And I’m open to receiving that message now.
• I’m giving my body permission to let me know what it is.
• In what ways I can take more care of myself.
• Value myself.
• Put myself first.
• Be responsible for my own happiness.
• I’m open to hearing that message.
• And releasing any guilt or shame I have over having this protective layer of fat on me.
• There is no shame in protecting myself.
• It’s what we were born to do.
• I am open to being okay with where I am now.
• And excited to really tune into my body and what it is trying to tell me.
• I’m excited to be on this journey.

(take a deep breath)

Step 4

• Truth Statement (Read aloud and re-rate how true 0 to 10): I am ashamed of my weight.
• If the statement is still true to some level, return to Step 2.