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Why Lose Weight?
You
can probably name many reasons for losing weight, but the most important one is for your health. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the health consequences for living with excess weight are significant:
Overweight and obese individuals
are at increased risk for many diseases and health conditions, including: hypertension, osteoarthritis, type 2 diabetes, coronary
heart disease, stroke, gall bladder disease, sleep apnea and respiratory problems, and some cancers (including breast and
colon).
In fact, if you use one of the many online longevity calculators, you will discover the importance of your current weight, eating habits and level of activity in determining how long you
will live. Most doctors and insurance companies use the Body Mass Index (BMI) to determine if you are normal, overweight or
obese. If you would like to calculate your BMI, try this link: BMI Calculator. The normal range is a BMI of 18.5-24.9. You are considered overweight if your BMI is 25-29.3, and a BMI of 30 or above is
considered obese. Thus, the average (5'4") woman would be obese if she weighs 174 pounds or more. The average American
man (5'10") would be obese if he weighs 207 pounds.
The Goal
The goal
of a weight loss program is to help you achieve and HOLD a weight that represents a BMI of less than 25. However, if
you have significant weight to lose, that might represent a daunting task. What is recommended by experts is to begin by aiming
for a weight loss of 5% to 10%. This is a much less intimidating goal, and success achieving it will make you optimistic
about future weight loss.
I have found that a defeatist attitude about weight loss, usually happening after dieting
and gaining back the pounds, is the overweight person's worst enemy. And, even if you are only able to lose the 5% or
10% and maintain that new weight, doctors have found that you will have improved your health and increased your predicted
lifespan.
How Weight Loss Hypnotherapy Helps
I sometimes compare hypnosis for weight loss to a "cheat code" for a video game. Just as gamers know there
are codes they can use to make their player invincible or give him or her additional tools or weapons, the weight loss client
knows that losing weight with the help of hypnosis gives him or her a leg up.
What do I mean? Well, imagine if
your favorite indulgence is chocolate ice cream and all of a sudden it starts to taste like celery. Now you are ok with celery,
but it is doubtful you are going to sit down and eat a half gallon of it at one sitting! This may be an extreme example, but
it is doable with hypnosis.
In more typical situations, you would be given hypnotic suggestions to convince your
mind that you like to exercise, that you like healthy snacks, that you like fruits and vegetables.
You would practice knowing when you are hungry and distinguishing that feeling from all the other times you eat. With practice
you will only eat when hungry and you will be given suggestions to stop eating when you are full.
Of course,
in order for this program to work, you will have to make some lifestyle changes; but those will come easier to you. Even
if you hated exercise all your life, with the right hypnotic suggestions, you will enjoy walking or another
form of exercise of your own choosing. You will visualize yourself getting slimmer, and see the evidence in the mirror. You
will feel better about yourself, and learn how to deal with those around you who either make weight loss difficult, or covertly
sabotage your efforts. For a preview of how I work, click HERE for details about my upcoming workshop.
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Weight Mastery
The Weight Mastery program I use was developed by Zoilita Grant, my well-known hypnosis teacher. In 2000
she was awarded "Educator of the Year" by the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association. She developed
the program originally to help herself, as she weighed 285 pounds on a petite five-foot-tall frame. She successfully
lost all the weight she desired, and has maintained her goal weight of 126 pounds for a decade. This program uses her
hypnosis CD, which you will need to listen to at least once a day. The program has proven itself effective with hundreds of
her clients and countless clients of her hypnotherapy graduates.
If you are ready to give up the excess
weight for good, it will work for you!
Call me and let's get started.
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