Winner: Over 50 Category
Sandie Taylor
The T-Tapp contest came just at the right time for me. I’ve been Tapping for about one year, and once I started, I never stopped. The benefits are just too great. Besides tightening and toning my body, Tapping has allowed me to stop HRT by eliminating menopausal mood swings, ended my lower back pain, caused my cholesterol and triglyceride levels to drop well into the normal range, and made me stronger and more flexible. Nevertheless, I realized in the spring of this year that I had been slacking off my T-Tapp schedule and that, in combination with a few months of bad food choices, had resulted in my clothing beginning to feel uncomfortably tight. I was determined to get back on track, and the contest was just the motivation I needed.
I created a schedule of activity for the two months of the contest, and checked off my progress daily. I did a full body T-Tapp workout every other day and on my off days I did BWO+ and SATI. I took off one day a week, doing only PBS that day. I also started wearing a pedometer and on evenings when I saw I wasn’t going to reach the 10,000 step mark, I tried to either take the dogs out for an extra long walk or move to a WATP tape, using SATI techniques, of course. In addition, every other full body workout day included floor work. As a short- torso 53-year-old, I battle abdominal fat. Although I believe that slow and steady with T-Tapp will ultimately win the race, I also realized that I needed to help things along a bit more. I have usually avoided floor work because I find it difficult to do – so naturally, that’s why I need to be doing it! Making myself accountable to my checklist (and ultimately the contest) really helped to keep me on course. Whenever I considered skipping a day, the thought of not being able to check off the workout for that day got me up and moving. I discovered that increased T-Tapp activity made me more aware of my body and, consequently, of what was fueling it. It became easier to make those good food choices.
Through consistency of my workouts, I have also become more aware of my form and have enjoyed several ‘aha’ moments. I haven’t a great sense of body awareness, so these moments are important to me. That’s not to say that all has been perfect. I still have to use a towel to hold my hands behind my back and will continue to work on form improvement. I’ve learned that, even with T-Tapp, as I age, I must regulate both intake and quality of food in order to maintain my weight and good health. I feel like a winner just for having entered this contest and I thank Teresa and Kitty for the opportunity. Although I have not lost a huge number of inches in these two months, I am happy with my results and was pleasantly surprised when I realized my losses added up to a total of 8 inches. I’ve always focused on my waist and abdomen measurements – the areas I need to work on the most - and had never done that addition before.
I’ve heard that it takes 30 days to form a habit – these last 2 months have definitely set the T-Tapp habit for me. I feel I could no more miss my T-Tapp appointment than I could leave the house in the morning without brushing my teeth – it is that important to my feeling of wellness. I look forward to continually improving my form – one of the reasons I never get bored with T-Tapping.
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LOSSES:
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Bust:
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-7/8
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Waist:
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-1 1/2
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Abdomen:
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-2
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Hips:
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-1 1/4
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Right
Upper Thigh:
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-1
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Right
Lower Thigh:
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0
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Left Upper
Thigh:
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-7/8
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Left
Lower Thigh:
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-3/8
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Right
Calf:
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-1/8
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Left
Calf:
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0
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Right
Arm:
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+1/4
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Left
Arm:
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0
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TOTAL
INCH LOSS:
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-7 3/4
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