Archive for June, 2010

 

When people look for a diet plan, they often go to the internet. Dr. Dean Ornish has a diet plan for not only weight loss, but preventing heart disease in high risk people. I have worked with people who make the choice to use the Ornish diet for their weight loss. Diet is an individual choice. Any diet can be worked with during your hypnosis.

 

In the Ornish diet one limits the amount of fat in the diet. The diet is vegan for the most part. There is skim milk and egg whites allowed though. People, even if they want to do this diet, find it hard to manage. With the help of hypnosis, clients can comply more easily. It helps you to remember, to reduce stress, and to remember your exercise and meditation for the day.

 

When people follow all of these life style changes, they begin to feel better. However, in the beginning, discouragement is high. For this reason, hypnosis images of success and thoughts of success to build success-promoting beliefs are very important. It also helps to give people some relaxation training which reinforces meditation. The exercises become easier as they are repeated and the hypnosis cd reinforces the progress.

 

Once you have developed a success belief and you begin to see results, it becomes easier to lose the weight. Keep on working with your hypnotist. This will make your success more rapid. Hypnosis raises the endorphin levels in your body. This makes your mood brighter and you learn rational coping statements to help you through the dieting discomforts. Also, endorphins give you a feeling of pleasure. This feeling of pleasure helps you to enjoy life more. When your metabolism is speeded up with hypnosis, your weight loss is accelerated. This gives you your positive rewards faster. When other people notice your health and weight loss, they compliment you. These compliments are reinforcing.

 

No matter which diet program you choose or whether or not you choose hypnotherapy, be gentle with yourself. This is very important. As you would nurture a child, you must parent and nurture yourself. Positive coaching and rewards work much better than punishment. When you work to love and nurture yourself your mind and body respond with the desired changes. Respect your body when exercising. Start slow and build up gradually. Always follow your doctor’s advice. He or she knows the information relevant to your case. Having your doctor and your hypnotherapist coordinate your care brings the best results.

 

 

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Did you know you already know how to lose weight and be thin for the rest of your life? Are you shocked
by this statement? Most people so not beleive this but it is true. Your mind already knows how to provide you with the best path to constant wellness and health and that means an optimal body, too.

The porblem is, we get in the way of our natural process. Both consciously but mostly unconsciously, we sabotagethe paths we should be on. Weplace in our way, very intricate behaviors and schemes that keep us from being who we are and should be for optimal hapiness and health. Hypnosis, and weight loss through hypnosis can help remove those barriers and free your inner mind to proceed down the path it should be on.

Not convinced, yet? Well, for example, you already know intellectually how to reduce your weight, right? Eat right, exercise, and drink lots of water. So why are you still struggling at it? You need to get the message through to your subconscious mind in a way
that it can help you, not sabotage you. Hypnosis can do just that for you, and more.

So, the real question now becomes, “How do I know hypnosis will work for me?”

A comparison of the hypnotically treated groups with the control groups strongly indicates that hypnotherapy for weight reduction is effective, according to the well-researched, Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis, published by the American Psychological Association. The reason: your subconscious mind contains your body image, habit
center, emotions, creativity, long-term memory bank, survival instincts, and controls all your bodily functions like your appetite and metabolism. So it just makes sense to include it in your weight reduction program. You have enough knowledge! Learning to love your body, silence your inner critic, and fill yourself up with positive self-regard instead of junkfood will give you the best long-term results.

Imagining yourself or referring to yourself as “fat” helps create a self-fulfilling prophecy. For example, your intellect knows that being overweight is dangerous to your health. But if every day you look in the mirror and imagine, “I’m getting fat, fat, fat”, repetitively saying that to yourself even when you were thinner, then your subconscious will incorporate that belief and act on it. You will get fat even though you would rather be thin. Like when you are offered that huge piece of chocolate cake from a “friend”, you might feel a little peer pressure, and give in with “Oh, what the heck, I’m fat. I’ll start my diet tomorrow”. Sound familiar?
Then you’ll continue to stuff those uncomfortable, guilty feelings afterward with more unconscious eating. Thus, the vicious cycle repeats itself with more guilt.

We also know today that dieting, over-exercising and adjusting your metabolism with herbs and drugs
doesn’t work, either. They simply put your body into survival mode. You end up in a hostile relationship with your body that feels it is being starved and you reach a point where you eat everything in site over a long period of time. What happens? Eventually all the weight comes back, plus more than you had when you started the diet. It then it becomes more difficult to release your weight later because to your body fat equals protection, protection from starvation.

Your body is not the enemy. It is your friend. Stress, too many fatty foods, sedentary lifestyles and refined carbohydrates are the real enemy.
Realize that we live in a toxic food environment that panders to the overweight majority. And no one said that low fat means open season on all carbos, starches, and sugar. Your body has no choice but to digest and assimilate whatever you put into it. That’s why healthy food eating strategies are best. The advantage to these healthful eating approaches is
that they are good for your heart in the long run. You get all the protein, fiber, vitamins, and minerals your body needs to trust you enough to release your extra, stored-up fat. And you’ll have more than enough energy for moderate exercise without having to buy vitamin supplements, shakes or glorified candy bars.

Hypnosis techniques allow you to access your mind’s natural tendencies towards health and wellness. It allows you to tell yourself you are slender healthy. It dissolves and removes the barriers we place in our way and allows us to subconcsiously believe we are thinner. When we beleive we are thin in our mind then we easily do the things healthy, thin people do; make choices thin people make and live the lifestyle thin people live. All of this without great effort as our mind leads us effectively to our goals.

JM Jackson is a fitness, health and weight loss consultant in northern Califormia. For more information see Weight Loss Hypnosis.

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Weight loss help is available with the support of self-hypnosis. You can guide yourself to stop overeating and create new habits that help you lose fat and body mass while maintaining a healthy diet and exercise plan. Your gain is achieved through the death of your old habits and thought patterns.

Weight Self Help

You must take a proactive approach for change in order to achieve the weight control that you desire. People who fail to make the necessary changes are destined to be very aggravated and frustrated in their futile attempts to lose excess pounds. You already know what you need to do. Self-hypnosis provides the mental and behavioral support necessary to help you follow through.

The process of losing excess pounds is very simple. You merely need to take in fewer calories that you use on a daily basis. Biomechanical workings in your body automatically go to stored fat in order to get the necessary energy. Self-hypnosis helps you recognize that fat is nothing more than stored energy that needs to be used.

New Perspectives

If you have a life-long weight problem then you know how emotional the whole process is. You feel guilt, shame and frustration at your inability to follow relatively simple directions. You make things complicated when you try to adopt fad diets into your daily life and you become obsessed with fat.

When you obsess about something, you tend to attract that very thing. Your subconscious mind holds on to the fat because it is part of you in your core beliefs. This is obvious once you realize what it really means when you say “I am fat”.

This declaration is counterproductive in your attempts to lose pounds because your belief is that fat is part of who you are. This is not the case in reality. Fat is merely excess energy that needs to be used. You can strip away your emotional responses and your self-perception using hypnosis.

Behavioral Weight Loss Help

Since you have probably been on several diets, you know that you have to make changes in your behavior. Some of these changes are painful because you are so attached to these habits. Food is your security, your life support and your pleasure. You have great feelings of grief at the thought of giving up these things.

But you don’t have to give anything up. You simply need to take in fewer calories than you use. Self-hypnosis allows you to recognize that eating for false pleasure is temporary and it works against your true quest for pleasure. You can picture yourself at your goal and no food is going to be as good as the feeling of achieving this goal.

You can begin making the necessary changes in your behavior using the remarkable hypnosis recording by Joseph Clough found here – Weight Loss Help. Joseph is a respected hypontherapist who possesses a gift that he shares in each of his stellar recordings. “Stop Overeating” by clinically experienced hypnotherapist Debbie Williams is a fantastic recording that can also help you make changes in your behavior. This composition found here – Quit Overeating – offers the support that you need. Other excellent selections are available here – Weight Self Help. Just follow the links for more information.

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Weight Loss and you

Weight Loss and You

Weight loss has become a very important issue in America. Most people want to lose weight, but they just don’t know how to. The number of obese adults and children has become very high in the last few years, but with a few good weight loss techniques, it’s not that hard to lose a little bit of weight.

What are Some Simple Ways to Lose Weight?

Sometimes complicated diet plans aren’t the way to go; you can use simple dieting techniques and lose just as much or even more weight. One easy technique is eating 6 small meals a day this helps regulate your insulin levels. This also helps you to not over eat a certain meal.

Also, calorie counting is very important. By monitoring the amount of certain calories you intake, you can easily lose weight. Men (who want to lose weight) need to intake about 1,600-1,800 calories a day and women should intake 1,400-1,600 to lose weight. You can adjust these calories to speed up or slow down the weight loss. Exercising is another important step in losing weight. Simple exercises such as jogging or doing squats can make a very large difference in gaining muscle and losing fat.

Starting out slow and building up to larger workouts is better than trying to run a solid hour your first day. This can cause health problems, so don’t over-do it. Other people try hypnosis for weight loss. Quite a few people have actually reported great success with this technique, and there are hardly ever any side effects to hypnosis. There are also available surgeries, but these can cause painful and sometimes life-threatening side effects. Surgeries such as liposuction and stomach stapling can be potentially harmful, even though they are effective.

What about diet pills?

Some people report having great outcomes when taking diet pills, others not so much. Its true diet pills can be effective but not by themselves. Some people have trouble with weight loss pills working for a few months, and then the body would quickly adjust to the pills and the effect would wear off. There is a difference between prescription weight loss pills and over-the-counter weight loss pills.

The prescription pills are mainly used to treat obesity; the over-the-counter pills are used to treat “cosmetic” weight loss. The prescription pills, such as Xenical, are very effective and should only be taken in extreme cases. Although diet pills can have some side effects, all-in-all, as long as they are taken correctly and not abused, they can be an effective way to lose weight.

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Obesity has emerged as a menace in the present society and increasing percentages of the population are getting affected by it. It is to be noted here that being overweight makes a person more susceptible to contracting heart diseases and even cancer and diabetes and therefore can reduce life expectancy to a great extent as well. There can be various behind attaining excess weight. Unhealthy lifestyle, consumption of junk food in high content and stress are some of the factors that may contribute towards obesity. One of the primary concerns of an overweight individual therefore should be to lose weight. One of the most effective and traditional means of losing weight is by maintaining a proper diet pattern and exercising on a regular basis. But it should be pointed out here that for many this method is extremely tiring and tedious and therefore they often opt for the various quick weight loss diets and pills that are available in the market. While it cannot be denied that some of them may be effective, it must be cautioned that most of them are absolutely useless and to an extent can even harm the body having adverse effects.

Hypnosis or hypnotherapy as it is often referred to as is considered to be an effective means of losing excess weight accumulated by an individual. But before indulging in a discussion on hypnosis as a means of weight loss, it must be clearly mentioned that while hypnosis is very effective and has a positive therapeutic effect, it cannot alone contribute to weight loss. While hypnotherapy is on, the individual also has to ensure that he is maintaining a proper diet and following a strict exercising regimen. There have been various contradictory schools of thought regarding the effectiveness of hypnosis in reducing weight as many opine that it is simply a therapy and does not encourage the usage of any supplementary drugs. But it is probably for this reason that hypnosis can be considered to be extremely beneficial for weight loss as it has no adverse effect on the body and its organs. In case of undergoing hypnosis for weight loss, it is also advisable to make sure that the therapy is carried out by a skilled expert as otherwise it can prove disastrous. Hypnosis helps in reducing stress levels greatly and imbibes the individual’s mind with positive energy which makes him energetic and it also instills in him a desire to achieve necessary goals. A healthy body is the result of a healthy mind and hypnosis simply proves that.

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Hypnotism for weight loss is proving to be a strong tool that many overweight people are relying on as they chisel out newfound weight loss success.

But, what exactly is hypnosis or hypnotism for weight loss?

The American Psychological Association Division of Psychological Hypnosis provided the following definition in 1993: “Hypnosis is a procedure during which a health professional or researcher suggests that a client, patient, or subject experience changes in sensations, perceptions, thoughts, or behavior.”

As you may have guessed, these “changes” can apply to the thoughts and behaviors you have about food.

The American Psychological Association Division of Psychological Hypnosis also says this: “The hypnotic context is generally established by an induction procedure. Although there are many different hypnotic inductions, most include suggestions for relaxation, calmness, and well-being.”

This “relaxation, calmness and well-being” can be used to modify those habits and thought patterns that caused you to gain weight, and once these are addressed and dealt with, you can lose the weight that is holding you back from being your very best and keeping you from enjoying your life to its fullest.

Using hypnotism for weight loss, you will be given instructions to imagine or think about pleasant experiences. Of course, people respond to hypnosis in different ways, but rest assured that hypnotism for weight loss is a positive experience; and more importantly, one that can bring about very strong results.

According to the American Psychological Association Division of Psychological Hypnosis, some people describe their experience as an altered state of consciousness. Others describe hypnosis as a normal state of focused attention, in which they feel very calm and relaxed.

Regardless of how and to what degree they respond, most people describe the experience as very pleasant. Unlike the movies portrayal of hypnotism for weight loss, you will not be “lured” into a deep, deep trance-like state where you lose control over your behavior.

On the contrary, you can expect to remain in control over your behavior. You can expect to remain aware of who you are and where you are, and to remember what transpired during hypnosis for weight loss sessions.

Hypnosis makes it easier for people to experience suggestions, but it does not force them to have these experiences (according to the Executive Committee of the American Psychological Association Division of Psychological Hypnosis [1993, Fall] Psychological Hypnosis: A Bulletin of Division 30, 2, p. 7.).

This said, hypnotism for weight loss is not a quick fix or a mere band-aid for a larger problem. Instead, it is a long-term solution, one that can provide you with the focus and the motivation you need to get your diet on track and keep it there.

Copyright 2006 John Leogue. Not having an incentive to lose weight makes weight loss virtually impossible. Hypnosis is a powerful weight loss tool. Find out how hypnosis can help you lose weight by visiting www.thezenofthin.info.

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For many people hypnosis conjures up the image of a man of stage making someone do something completely foolish but weight loss through hypnosis seems even sillier.

But there is solid evidence that a person can achieve quick and lasting weight loss results by using hypnosis.

But firstly let’s look at what hypnosis is?

According to Contemporary Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing hypnosis or as it is more commonly known hypnotherapy is “the therapeutic use of suggestion when a person is in an altered state of consciousness in order to effect positive changes in that person’s behavior and so treat a range of health conditions”. It has not only been used to decrease the pain a person is feeling but also for weight control.

In a publication (Warren 2003) there was a statement that “Hypnosis is a way to access the untapped power of the mind and alter brain functions. In this state of intense relaxation and concentration the mind is able to focus on positive suggestions which can be carried out at a future time. These subliminal messages are surprisingly powerful.”

Then at the 54th Annual Conference in November 2003 of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, Dr David Spiegel (Stanford University researcher) said “that although we don’t fully understand how it works, there is significant evidence that hypnosis can be effective in helping people reach into their own unconscious resources to solve problems normally beyond their ability”.

This in fact shows that the scientific community believes that indeed it is possible for someone to achieve weight loss through hypnosis.

In the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 1996 a report regarding meta-analysis (comparing multiple studies) showed that adding hypnosis increased weight loss by an average of 97% when people were being treated. But even more important this increased the effectiveness of post treatment by over 146%. So this has shown that hypnosis can work even better if used over longer periods of time.

Whilst in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 1986 a study was carried out on 60 women and they were separated into hypnosis versus non-hypnosis groups. It was found that those women using hypnosis lost an average of 17lbs whilst those in the non-hypnosis group only lost an average 5lbs.

So as you can see weight loss through hypnosis is very effective and may be more people should look at trying it in the future.

Lee Dobbins writes for Low Carb, Low GI and Diet Resource where you can learn more about different methods for losing weight.

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Teenage Weight Loss Success Stories plus info on Weight Loss Via Hypnosis also Weight Loss Calculator

Are you tired of looking at the flabby abs after pregnancy and yearning for that flat stomach of your pre pregnancy stage? Read on for some wonderful and easy ideas to achieve it again.

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Have you been trying to lose weight with no success? Are you worried about the health effects of standard weight loss programs? If you answered yes then you need worry no more.

In recent years detoxifying the colon has been gaining popularity in the natural health community. Proponents say that benefits of the therapy include weight loss better health and potential for increasing our life span. Is detoxification necessary for our bodies or is it is hype and potentially harmful? Who can you believe and should you include a detox therapy in your weight loss plan?

Look losing weight is tough. If you don’t believe me just ask the millions of people that try to lose weight each year! Losing weight is in fact so hard that people become frustrated with their results and start looking for the ‘easy button’. When this happens the first place they start looking is with natural weight loss pills. There are many natural weight loss pills out there and a few may even provide a little benefit. However the question is are there any out there that really work?

Running for weight loss is fine and dandy but most people make a huge mistake when running that pretty much NEGATES all the effort they put in. Are you one of them… probably! I’m going to share with you that mistake and show you how you can correct it so you can get the most out of running if your goal is to lose some weight. I’ll show you a way that FORCES your body to burn fat FASTER for up to 18 hours AFTER your workout. I’ll even give you a bonus ‘TRICK’ that you can do during your runs that helps you to burn up to 30% more calories during the run.

There is no magic formula when it comes to losing weight effectively. Recent years there has been a craze to lose it and this has brought many money makers into the market with their so called effective diet programs. It is true that by following a variety of diet program it is possible to shed some extra weight but there is no guarantee that the weight will not come back after the program.

When you are thinking about how you can lose weight you may be dismayed to realize that you are not sure when to do it! Most of us lead very busy lives and when you break it down there are simply not that many minutes to spare in the day let alone hours to spend at the gym. We want to work we want to goof off and we want to see our friends and family and if you want to get fit in the middle of all that it is definitely going to take some time and some effort. How can you fit weight loss into your schedule and what can you do to make sure that you start shedding those pounds?

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How To Lose Body Weight combined with Articles About Hypnosis And Weight Loss also Weight Loss Tips For Free

Are you currently unhappy with the way your body looks? If you are like me you probably understand how important it is to have a good body and also be in good shape. This is especially important if you want to attract the opposite sex.

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Finally there is a safe and effective way of losing 20 pounds in two months or less. Let a weight loss expert show you how!

If you want to buy weight loss product you can drop by a pharmacy and check on the best brands in available or even shop online. But remember that weight loss products have different ingredients and different side effects. So before deciding to buy them make sure you are well informed.

Most medical sources say that rapid weight loss is dangerous and harmful to the body. This is true as evidenced by the natural mechanisms in your body. Your body will notice a sudden weight loss and correct this by making you very hungry. This means that fasting is difficult — it is an exercise of willpower versus wants. The safe weight loss limit is set at two pounds a week which is less than what many people want to lose.

The Master Cleanse diet whether called The Lemonade Diet or Master Cleanse Fast is a diet designed for detoxing the body. The diet plan has other benefits but the most commonly one is the extreme weight loss many people have experienced. The weight loss was reported to be between 15 to 14 pounds during the 10 to 20 day cleansing program. The best part about the weight loss the weight stayed off. With fact of others losing the weight the question is how they managed to reach their weight goals with The Master Cleanse diet.

There are bad diets and then there are diets that just spell disaster. When it comes to finding (and avoiding) the worst diets for weight loss the key is to use common sense above anything else. There are also red flags to look for.

When you are contemplating weight loss chances are that you want a weight loss plan to work as your guide in the process. You could get one from a weight loss clinic or from online programs. But the cost factor may not always be conducive to pursue such a program. For those of you on a tight budget the best option is to design a weight loss plan yourself!

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Weight loss via hypnosis

If you’ve been trying to lose weight for as long as I have, you already know the right kind of foods you should be eating, but you probably find it difficult to do so.  Weight loss via hypnosis can help you eliminate all those cravings you have for sweets and fatty foods.

Weight control has been a struggle for many men and women for most of their lives.  We all gain weight for different reasons. Some gain weight because of giving birth, others because of the stressful, fast-paced lifestyle they live and others just because they eat the wrong food at the wrong time.

If you’ve been dieting for any length of time you’ve probably tried pretty much every weight loss system out there.  In reality, any system that cuts your calories will definitely cause you to lose weight.  The sad thing is, the systems fail to keep the weight off of you.

You’re probably skeptical about how weight loss via hypnosis can help you but if you’ve tried all the fad diets and are still struggling with your weight, you may want to try hypnosis for weight loss.

Weight loss via hypnosis is not a quick fix.  However, by making the commitment to use hypnosis to help you drop the unwanted pounds you are carrying, you have a better chance of achieving a permanent fix to your weight problem.

Using hypnosis to lose weight will help you:

- Reframe compulsive eating habits
- Stop emotional eating
- Make sensible food choices
- Achieve lasting results
- Have improved self image and confidence
- Boost your motivation to exercise
- And much more

Weight loss via hypnosis addresses more than just cutting calories.  It deals with the cognitive and emotional issues that are related to eating.

You still need to eat less and exercise more but using hypnosis will help you to overcome any emotional ties you have with eating.  This will help you to alter any poor eating habits you have and will help you to create a completely new attitude towards healthy living.

All in all, weight loss via hypnosis is a healthy and safe way to finally lose those extra pounds and maintain your weight loss for a lifetime.

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