Weight Loss
The figures are rising: 61% of U.S. adults are overweight, and 31% classify as obese. As a dieter, you know the routine: you decide to get serious and lose weight, so you pick a diet and are determined to stick to it. You may even see some success, but over 90% of the time that weight comes back (CDC 2004), leaving you frustrated and discouraged….and feeling hopeless. Even when you do lose weight, it’s often while on a diet you could never maintain for life; it’s no surprise that old habits return and bring the pounds with them. What can you do?
Obesity is a complicated issue. We are concerned for our health, and extra weight is clearly a hindrance to our mobility and vitality. We read studies that argue about the role of genetics, and we know that there are psychological roots as well. In a world of hyper-thin beauty standards, super-sized convenience foods, and liposuction “reality” programming, how can we even know what good health is, let alone attain it for ourselves?
Clearly, we will only achieve a healthier body if we first can achieve a healthier mindset. Attitudes toward ourselves, our bodies, and food all play roles in our physical behaviors and resulting bodily health. If we can get beneath the surface of our understanding about food and dieting and look at the psychological factors involved, we can revolutionize our own food world and change our relationship to food forever. Food shouldn’t be our best friend, but it doesn’t have to be our enemy. Hypnosis can help overcome the obsession with weight and food that is such a common vicious cycle.
Hypnosis can help you achieve the healthy attitude you need to lose the weight you want to lose and keep it off. First, we assess what your experiences have been and what your patterns are. Then we delve into the subconscious elements that are contributing to unhealthy attitudes. We develop a plan that is unique to your needs and create a personalized audio tape that reaffirms the positive messages you need to get healthier each day. Every health professional will tell you, “slow and steady” is the best way to lose weight if you plan to keep it off. With hypnosis, you can put down the guilt-and-reward approach to weight loss, enjoy a variety of foods again, and see tremendous progress. In fact, NBC’s Dateline reported in 2003 that hypnosis is the most effective way to achieve weight loss.
Joseph, after losing 105 pounds, writes, “I have been steady at this weight for the months and feel confident that I am not going to gain back the weight….it does take effort at first, but in time it became easier….I wish I had attended this class years sooner!” So why not do something good for yourself and give us a call? The only thing you have to lose is the weight that’s been dragging you down.