Hypnotherapy for Weight Loss
This has lead to both women and men alike 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. Hypnotherapy for weight loss offers a different approach which is more natural and effective.
What Can I Do to Lose Weight?
Sometimes good old diet and exercise is just not enough. Maybe it’s the genes. Maybe it is behavioural choices that we make everyday without realizing how they are undermining our health. So how do we change these behaviours? One method is through hypnotherapy for weight loss. 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 hypnotherapy is about.
The goal of hypnotherapy for weight loss 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
Hypnotherapy for weight loss 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 hypnotherapist will work to “reprogramme” the subconscious side of you. If chocolate, for example, is your weakness, your hypnotherapist may associate chocolate with nausea so that thinking of chocolate makes you feel nauseous.
