Finding it hard to fit into those clothes after the holiday season? Considering going on a diet?
Read on. Chances are you could change your mind.
You see, diets are fine – as far as they go. The problem is, of course, that no-one can spend the rest of their life on a diet. Sooner or later, you are forced to come off it. And that’s when, for most of us, the weight just seems to pile back on.
Why is this? We were doing so very well and now we are not. What happened?
In order to understand, we have to recognise the basic flaw in our approach to weight management.
We need to realise that diets, though often effective in helping to shed the pounds in the short term, are pretty bad at helping us to keep them off.
The reason for this is simple:
Diets are just another word for denial. ‘Don’t eat this!’ ‘Don’t touch that!’ ‘Don’t have too much!’So you deny yourself and you keep on denying yourself until your weight loss program begins to deliver just what you want – a slimmed-down you.
And then it’s as if a feeling deep inside just calls out to you: ‘You have been so very good. You have done so very well – you deserve a little reward. Time and again you have denied yourself; you have lost some weight, so now you can just eat normally again…’
The problem is that ‘normal’ all too often means eating in the old way, the fattening way. And before you even fully realise it, back on go the pounds. It’s back to square one.
But now you feel even worse. You did so well. You did lose weight. But now you have just thrown it all away.
Then arrive those terrible feelings of failure. The vicious cycle of disappointment, self-recrimination, perhaps even self-pity – and putting food into your mouth so that you can compensate for those uncomfortable feelings just seems to take over.
You feel so very bad. ‘I’ve had enough of this!’, you think. ‘I feel bad and at least food makes me feel better, so I’ll just eat something. Heck, I can always go back on a diet…’
You know the rest of the story: the more you eat the worse you feel and the worse you feel the more you eat.
If this rings a bell with you then maybe what’s needed is a new and different approach, one not based on denial and diets.
When we experience difficulty managing our weight and there is no real medical reason for it, then the fact is that we are eating in a futile attempt to satisfy something other than hunger.
We are eating in an attempt to satisfy feelings and emotions. And no amount of food can do that because food can really only satisfy hunger.
You see, the reason why you have been having difficulty controlling your weight is because somewhere in the past your subconscious mind has taken on the false belief that food can satisfy uncomfortable feelings. Most often, the pattern of emotional eating has been established and ‘programmed’ into your mind when you were quite young.
Now, emotions and feelings are triggered in the subconscious mind. So it stands to reason that the only really effective way to tackle emotional eating is through the subconscious mind.
And this is where advanced transformational hypnotherapy can be of real help in bringing about permanent weight loss.
Through this kind of hypnotherapy, we can go directly to the underlying reasons of why a person overeats.
Once the reasons are uncovered, effectively dealt with and neutralised, the person is free to eat as he or she was intended to eat. They are released from the compulsion to eat in response to emotional needs and difficult feelings.
They become free to eat in a natural and truly normal manner.
The emotional and compulsive reasons for overeating having been dealt with and neutralized, powerful positive hypnotic suggestions are then ‘programmed’ into the subconscious mind, enabling the person to eat smaller amounts of nourishing food and yet feel pleasantly full and entirely satisfied.
Through the intervention of Advanced Transformational Hypnotherapy, the subconscious mind becomes the individual’s biggest ally, making weight management an entirely natural and painless process.
If you have had enough of deprivation, if you are tired of the vicious cycle of on-and-off dieting and self-recrimination then why not go to the root cause and eliminate your difficulty once and for all?
With Advanced Transformational Hypnotherapy you truly are able to get the lasting weight loss results you need – without the pain of denial.
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Painless Weight Loss – How to Lose Weight With a Hypnosis Weight Loss Program
November 20th, 2009Weight Loss without Dieting – How Hypnotherapy Can Help
November 17th, 2009The real problem with diets is that sooner or later you have to come off them.
Sure, they work in the short term. As long as you stick to all of that counting, measuring and weighing. The green days, the red days, the cabbage soup, the separation of carbs from protein, the ‘meal replacement’ sachets and bars can all be effective.
All of these things can indeed help you to lose weight – in the short term.
But what happens when the diet is over or when you just cannot stand yet another day of discipline and denial?
Well, I’m sure you know the rest of the story. On go the pounds – and the fat – and you end up feeling even worse than before because now you can add guilt and failure to the mix.
But why is this and does it have to be this way?
Well, the reason why diets just don’t work for very long is because they’re based on the principle of denial. Yes, the logic appears to be sound – fewer calories equal fewer inches.
But the reasons you overeat have very little to do with logic.
They have everything to do with feelings and emotions. And feelings and emotions spring from the subconscious mind.
You see, you use the conscious mind to decide that you need to lose weight. So then you resolutely and courageously force yourself to eat less, to deny what you really feel like doing.
Yet it is the subconscious mind that produces the feelings which compel you to eat more.
And the truth is that permanent weight loss can only happen when the emotional cues and ties that compel you to overeat have been properly understood and processed.
Usually these triggers and cues emanate from that part of the mind we call the subconscious.
If it is to produce a real and lasting affect, any change process, including weight loss, must be undertaken with the inclusion and consent of this powerful part of the mind.
It’s the subconscious mind that governs feelings of satisfaction and contentment. It’s the subconscious that tells us when we’ve really had enough to eat – and this permits us to continue eating far beyond that.
And it’s here that hypnosis can be of such tremendous value.
If you’ve had enough of on-again-off-again dieting, why not take the time to learn self-hypnosis and apply its principles to your own weight management programme.
Or you could find a good hypnotherapist who will work with you and your subconscious mind.
Hypnosis and hypnotherapy can enable you to eat in a more natural, balanced and reasonable manner – without the feelings of deprivation and denial that diets bring.
Successful Weight Loss Stories
November 16th, 2009Do you struggle with your weight? If you do, you’re not alone! We see this happening more and more all over the world. There is no doubt that losing weight is going to make you feel better. We all know it is question of health also. For many people successful weight loss is a huge boost in life. People feel more energetic, creative and self confidence is higher. Here is a recent comment from a student who managed to lose 10 pounds:
“This weight loss challenge has been a big contributor in improving my mental, emotional and physical condition. I have double the energy I used to and my life has completely changed. My own transformation has inspired me to research and create a lecture that challenges and educates young people and adults concerning the benefits of proper nutrition and exercise. I feel it’s very important to share this knowledge so that others can benefit from it also”.
And here is another one:
“To say the last three months have been easy would be a joke. I’ve realized that to accomplish any significant goal in life it takes extreme discipline, willpower, and determination. On those days I didn’t feel like exercising, I felt guilty and my self confidence was down. But now I can say I’m an example of someone who has not only started and completed a weight loss challenge, but also adopted a new life style”.
Carrying overweight in our bodies can make us feel guilty, tired and we can lose interest in life. It will restrict us in many areas and stop our development if gets very bad. We need energy in life for everything we do. Our brain doesn’t function properly if we are tired all the time. This is why I think it is very important to hear success stories which can inspire and motivate people towards better and healthier life.
Many teens struggle with their weight and hearing a successful weight loss story may help motivate others to do the same. Body image is a very big thing for teens. So big actually that it can be a cause of total lack of self confidence and even suicide in some cases. On the other end it can turn to anorexia and many teens struggle with this. There is a lot of pressure to look a certain way and a lot of this is fed by the all popular media – TV, Internet and magazines. All the ads tell us we need to look a certain way in order to be accepted, this is the modern money machine corrupting the society, but everybody seem to accept it because money is god in the material world.
Here are my thoughts on what you need to do to be successful:
Based on the philosophy that successful weight loss is achieved through the attainment of a series of realistic goals, we will need a program that is a multi-dimensional, comprehensive way to learn how to achieve and then maintain a healthy body weight for the long-term. One important component is keeping a daily food diary. Essential to successful weight loss is maintaining a healthy diet in the long term, combined with regular exercise. Even hypnosis can help, but is only to be used if nothing other works. Using hypnosis you will develop a new self image, you will learn to be relaxed about weight loss so that the program will not be a struggle but rather a natural part of your life. You will also develop a new and healthy attitude to weight loss and a positive attitude to achieving your goals. You will overcome any subconscious habits that may be stopping your development. All the above is good, because we know that successful weight loss is as much about changing subconscious habits as it is about diet and exercise.
When it comes to losing weight, fat intake is not the main problem—the main factor is reducing carbohydrates. The newest research has discovered that the key is not begin with the low-fat diet but rather a high-protein, low-carbohydrate plan.
Attitude is very important and I believe the key to successful weight loss is changing behavior, eating a well balanced diet, increasing physical activity, reducing stress and laughing as much as possible.
The main thing you need for successful weight loss is a model that includes good fitness and nutrition fundamentals. What is most important and what ultimately leads to permanent, successful weight loss is your own will and desire to change.
Creating Your Own Weight Loss Program
November 3rd, 2009There are a couple of undeniable facts which one has to appreciate when embarking upon a weight loss program. It is abundantly clear if you are overweight is that to cut back upon calories input should help you to lose weight as should an increase in energy usage – more exercise. These are the bare basics of the issue. But there is something else which underpins this physical reality; you have to be willing to partake of the necessary steps to enable effective weight loss.
Human beings do what they want to do. This means that you have to make your own decision to take control of your eating and exercise routines. It has to be a real decision, one which involves clear commitment. In just taking this first step, you will be taking the most difficult step of all. You see, many would-be dieters do not take this step; they bypass it, and this is why so many diets fail. Unless you have made your own decision, coupled with a dedicated commitment, it would be very difficult to lose weight effectively. You will do what you choose to do.
In creating an effective weight loss program, as you bear in mind that you will only do what you want to do, the question to ask yourself is whether you are willing to follow this program or that? Do those rules appeal to you? There are hundreds of weight loss programs around and all will work for a certain number of people and yet not for others. A particular diet will work for you this year but not the net year and this s due to your attitude; your willingness to follow the rules.
This is why you should set your own rules and create your own weight loss program. If you set the rules, then you will be a willing participant and will lose weight easily. I met a gentleman the other day who had lost nearly 100 pounds in seven months on his own self-devised weight loss regime. He said “It’s easy; I just have 1500 calories a day. I haven’t cut anything out. I’ve built in one day a week when I can have a blow out; sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t.” That’s it; one man’s very effective diet with rules he was willing to live with.
The conversation we had lead to me wondering why more people don’t create their own diet? After all, you yourself are more intimately aware of how your body functions than anyone else could ever be. You know what feels good or bad, what tastes good or bad, and also at what point you feel satisfied. Unless you are one of the minorities these days who have little knowledge of what constitutes good nutrition, then you are more than capable of creating your own weight loss program. In doing so you will elicit from yourself a greater level of commitment than you would give to someone else’s program, purely because you are in the driving seat instead of merely being a passenger on this train.
The fact remains that the one most important factor which determines whether a weight loss program will work or not is your own level of commitment to it. A diet has to be do-able by you, not just do-able by hundreds or thousands of others. You are unique so why not create your own unique weight loss program?
This would also explain the high success rate found by followers of hypnosis weight loss programs. Hypnosis helps you get your mind around the subject of weight loss and to get clearly focused upon your goal – to lose weight and achieve your perfect weight in a way which suits you. Hypnosis is a state of mind which is relaxing and also allows access to your subconscious mind. This part of your mind is the part which acts automatically and spontaneously; it is the part which plays host to habits.
With a little help from hypnosis you can relax and embed your clear and focused plan to lose weight within your subconscious mind, enabling your self-determined rules to become habitual and automatic. This makes your own weight loss program even easier to follow and therefore far more likely to be successful.
Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads to make it easier to lose weight.
