20 November
Posted by mike
A lot of people who are trying to get back into shape agree that motivation is especially difficult when the weather changes, so what if you could stay committed to your exercise plan and diet simply by watching a self-hypnosis weight loss DVD or listening to a CD? Better yet, a self-hypnosis weight loss program can decrease your cravings too.
Self-hypnosis for weight loss works simply, but effectively, by guiding you to a state of deep relaxation during which your unconscious mind can more easily receive suggestions, such as the ones that will keep you motivated to keep on your fitness track, even in the middle of winter.
It is a fact that if a person exercises, it will speed up their metabolism and boost the rate that weight is lost. Some of the most successful hypnosis exercise motivation techniques comes from Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP. With NLP, the unconscious is programmed to use the same thought processes that are creating a problem, to eliminate it. In other words, the same thought processes that the unconscious utilizes to create oral compulsions and cravings could help to completely eliminate them! And similarly, the same processes can be used to increase your motivation to exercise.
Anchoring is an NLP practice that can be utilized to give you a "switch" for sparking behaviors and feelings. Creating a hypnosis diet control anchor works simply and effectively like this: A qualified hypnotherapy weight loss practitioner will safely direct you into a tranquil hypnotic state. Then the hypnotherapist will ask you to identify a time when you were excited and happy about anything in your life.
The purpose of this exercise is to remember and re-experience as many sensations as you possibly can from different times in your life when you felt motivated and eager to do anything you wanted. Then, the hypnotherapist will ask you to anchor those feelings by simply touching two fingers together.
Next, you will be asked to envision yourself exercising and enjoying it. As you establish this mental image, you'll trigger your anchor by touching those two fingers together again. When you do that, your unconscious mind will connect the feeling of eagerness and excitement from the other memory to the thought of exercising.
From that point on, any time you wish to feel motivated to exercise, you can simply trigger your anchor and re-experience those same encouraging feelings that will motivate you to workout. NLP and weight loss hypnosis can even be used to discourage behaviors, so you can easily overcome cravings. That sounds much easier and encouraging than beating yourself up for missing a workout or giving into temptation, doesn't it?
A successful weight loss hypnosis program will also address the root cause of weight gain for many of us, namely a lack of self-esteem. In a relaxed state, you can accept post-hypnotic suggestions that will build your self-esteem as you lose more weight. A self-esteem deficiency is a big factor in being overweight.
A lot of people wonder if, after trying every fad diet and buying every exercise implement on the market, something as straight forward as weight loss hypnosis can help them. The good news is that experts have found that all normal people are hypnotizable to a greater or lesser extent. However, it should be noted that people who have less than a 70 I.Q. or those who are in an active state of psychosis or with senility generally are not hypnotizable.
But for the rest of us, hypnotherapy for weight loss can actually make us look forward to exercising and eating healthily. That said, the main proponent for success in any fitness program, whether it includes weight loss hypnosis or not, is wanting to attain your weight loss goals.
On a related note, that is exactly why you can not force someone to undergo weight loss hypnotherapy simply by giving them suggestions. If someone is opposed to an idea, no amount of weight loss hypnosis they see or hear will be effective. Looking to the NLP explanation above, if someone does not have a memory of feeling positive or motivated, they can still be successful with hypnotherapy and NLP because they can imagine what it would feel like if they felt that way, and anchor the imagined feelings.
So, if you are like many of us and find your motivation decreasing as the days get darker and the temperatures drop, weight loss hypnosis can assist you to regain (or maintain) your eagerness for carrying out and finally realizing your fitness goals.
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