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Hypnotize the Pounds Away: Weight Loss Motivation Through Hypnosis
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by:
Stephen Todd
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Hypnotize
the Pounds Away: Weight Loss Motivation Through Hypnosis
Many individuals these days, male or female, young or old, are
struggling with weight management. Concerns with rising cases obesity
are no longer based upon a Hollywood conception of what is the
appropriate body size. Instead of doctors wanting their patients to be
"thinner", they want them to be healthier. The patients, however, are
not necessarily discerning the difference.
What Has This Lead To?
Both women and men alike are becoming hooked on yo-yo diets. What is a
yo-yo diet? Yo-yo dieting describes the process of going on a diet,
losing a few pounds and then going off the diet. When the pounds come
back, the dieter then begins another diet and the process continues.
Repetitive weight loss and gain is hard on the body, especially the
heart and of course, it is hard on the emotional state of the dieter as
well.
In addition to this, many dieters are using unhealthy methods of losing
weight. Many take dieting pills which are often just glorified caffeine
pills claiming to be the miracle cure for obesity. Then, there are
those who dive into the "fad diets". Whether it is the cabbage or
grapefruit diets, many of these do not give individuals the nutrition
they need to live healthily. In addition, low carb diets such as Atkins
often create abnormally high levels of protein in the body for the
liver to digest. After all, man cannot live on meat and cheese alone.
What To Do?
Sometimes, good old diet and exercise is just not enough. Maybe it's
the genes. Maybe it is behavioral choices that we make everyday without
realizing how they are undermining our health. So how do we change
these behaviors? One method is through weight loss motivation hypnosis.
You may have visions of a creepy soul dangling a pocket watch in front
of your face and your eyes beginning to spin. However, this is not what
hypnosis is.
The goal of hypnosis is to access the subconscious mind. Under normal
circumstances, you control your conscious level of thought while your
subconscious takes care of the automatic stuff, like tying your shoes
or starting the dishwasher, things that do not require conscious
thought. Still, your subconscious is like the driving force that works
with our conscious brain to control our actions. Sleeping is the time
when consciousness is put on the back burner and the subconscious mind
can take control.
Dieting Motivation Through Hypnosis
Hypnotism works on relaxing the conscious level of the mind. Although
your conscious mind is subdued and the subconscious mind is allowed the
front seat, you are still knowledgeable about what is going on. You and
your hypnotist will work to "reprogram" the subconscious side of you.
If chocolate, for example, is your weakness, your hypnotist may
associate chocolate with nausea so that thinking of chocolate makes you
feel nauseous.
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