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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 25-29.9, 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% of your total body weight. 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. And, once you see how easy it is to lose weight with hypnosis--with no deprivation
or radical dietary restrictions--you will probably choose to continue losing weight until your BMI is in the normal weight
range. My clients have successfully lost over 50 pounds and I have helped many people lower their weight from the "obese"
range to the "normal" range. If you would like to read what Consumer Reports,
Oprah and Smithsonian magazines said about
hypnosis for weight loss, click here.
How Weight Loss Hypnotherapy Helps
In a typical situation, 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. Importantly, the message
of "smaller portions satisfy" would be locked into your subconscious. 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 or nearly full. This approach has worked successfully with clients who
have 20-100 pounds to lose.
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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