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<\/p>\n It seems that a large percentage of the population is thinking about their weight and dieting at any given moment, reading about this new diet, that new food plan, purchasing diet products, and\/or in the midst of dieting. Our weight truly is a national obsession.<\/p>\n So, why do diets and food plans fail so miserably to help people achieve a healthy weight and stay there? A \u201cdiet\u201d is a conscious (thinking) endeavor. It involves analysis, logic, and willpower. \u00a0That can\u2019t cut it long term.<\/p>\n There\u2019s more power in the mind beyond thinking. \u00a0We are driven by unconscious (outside of awareness) desires.<\/p>\n We THINK we know why we do what we do. And we\u2019d be wrong. Weight management and issues therein are a complex web beyond conscious choices They involve unconscious patterns of behaviors, and embedded beliefs about ourselves and the world that can limit us. These unconscious drivers are just that, unconscious, beyond our awareness. They get embedded in us and like a program installed on a computer\u00a0they run and run and run.<\/p>\n What is the benefit of hypnotherapy for weight loss? We can actually get in there and address and change these patterns of unconscious behaviors and limiting beliefs. Update the programs running in us. Change how we feel and what we do. These changes lead to long-term sustained weight loss success and weight management.<\/p>\n Weight loss is a weighty issue. Yes, it is. There\u2019s a lot involved. In my office working with clients we address a variety of changes that may be useful. I\u2019m planning a series of essays which I intend to share here and on my blog, dealing with the issues hypnosis helps such as food choice, portion control, emotional eating, motivation to exercise, self image, negative self talk, limiting beliefs, time management and priorities, and more aspects of the weight management puzzle.<\/p>\n The number one change needed on everybody\u2019s list is food choice \u2014 is there a predilection toward sugars and sweets? And\/or too many carbs such as pasta, pizza, and potatoes? Not enough vegies? Drinking enough water? I\u2019ve heard it all, uncontrollable attraction to unhealthy choices, such as cookies, chocolate, candy, cake, donuts, sugary sodas, French fries, chips, etc. And the gamut of ho-hum all the way to aversion responses to healthy choices.<\/p>\n Willpower alone can\u2019t cut it! \u00a0What is willpower? It activates during the \u201cI want it\u201d vs. \u201cNo, I\u2019m not going to have it.\u201d struggle. We\u2019re torn between two competing desires. Willpower is the conscious mind taking control and activating a conscious decision. Usually, it\u2019s the \u201cno.\u201d Willpower is weak. Willpower is difficult to maintain long term (yo-yo dieting proves this).<\/p>\n With skilled hypnosis, we erase the need for willpower altogether. Let me say that again. We get rid of any need for willpower. Willpower is forced to the surface when there\u2019s a struggle. What if there were no struggle? What if your brain just said \u201cno\u201d automatically? There\u2019d be no use for willpower and it wouldn\u2019t even come into play. You\u2019d just be doing something different because it feels right.<\/p>\n For example: I have no interest or desire to jump out of an airplane for sport. NONE. In fact, it\u2019s not going to happen. It\u2019s on my \u201cno way\u201d list. Do I obsess about jumping out of an airplane? Of course not. It never enters my mind. Do I struggle to force myself not to jump? Of course not. Do I jump? No. It\u2019s not what I do. What if eating unhealthy became a \u201cno\u201d rather than a struggle? That\u2019s what skilled hypnotherapy achieves. Will power goes back on the shelf. Don\u2019t need it! \u00a0We move beyond the willpower struggle.<\/p>\n Here are some of my client results\/comments regarding activation of this change:<\/p>\n \u201cHi Connie, Just had to send along this spread of the party I was at last night. All of the things I find the hardest to resist! Meats, cheeses, bread, crackers, nuts. It was so nothing to me! I didn\u2019t have ONE THING! And the best part was I didn\u2019t WANT one thing!<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s just so amazing to me. I am sure it\u2019s \u201canother day at the office\u201d for you but, for me\u2026oh my goodness it was so awesome to not obsess over having it or not\u2026wow. Thank you!!!\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2013 Lori H., Mercer Island, WA<\/p>\n Is her willpower in play? No. The craving for these particular food choices is gone.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve lost 40# in 4 months\u2026 My sweet tooth and chip obsession disappeared overnight.\u00a0 My self esteem skyrocketed.\u00a0 It\u2019s been months since I\u2019ve seen you and yet I\u2019m still right on track with my goals.\u201d<\/strong> E. \u2013 Seattle. Is her willpower in play? No.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t crave ice cream at all now!\u00a0 Or chocolate.\u00a0 I am in shock!!!\u201d\u2013<\/strong> Saliha B., Issaquah, WA. \u00a0Is her willpower in play? No.<\/p>\n I hope you get the picture here. These people are not \u201cdieting\u201d to avoid sweets and \u201ctemptations\u201d and they\u2019re not struggling, they\u2019re just automatically choosing different in ways that serve their weight management success. That\u2019s what skilled hypnosis can do. Hypnosis creates the positive changes that move people by addressing and changing the unconscious patterns. No diet can do that.<\/p>\n I love helping people with weight loss. People come into my office and itemize their issues: what they eat, when they eat, why they eat (when they\u2019re not hungry), how fast they eat, and all the accompanying aspects of self image and internal dialog, limiting beliefs, and so on. Many things need tweaking for success.<\/p>\n The topic of the moment is: Portion Control. When to say when. How to become attuned to the right amount of food for your body and energy needs. How to eat less and enjoy it more. Here is part two of my continuing essays on the various aspects of the \u201cWeighty Issue\u201d of weight loss and weight management, and the successes to be had through Neuro Linguistic Hypnotherapy.<\/p>\n Our mind has unconscious strategies for everything we do. How we act, how we think, what we choose, what we perceive as real. We acquire these strategies through learning. They become embedded in us like programs running on a computer, which we then call \u201chabits.\u201d Habits are learned, and they can be unlearned.<\/p>\n Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP\u2013a conversational hypnosis) studies successful unconscious strategies, and we can grab, install, and live those strategies in ourselves. In studies of naturally slender people, we have successfully gathered naturally slender food strategies. Via NLP and hypnosis, we can install these into people who would benefit from them. This is a necessary piece of the work I do with clients! A client can adopt an unconscious new strategy and find themselves engaging in new behaviors without any mental effort.<\/p>\n We get clients in tune with physical hunger vs. emotional hunger. The mind can notice the difference. Emotional hunger is \u201cfed\u201d in new non-caloric ways. Physical hunger leads to a healthy choice strategy in the mind, meaning you\u2019re more likely to reach for an apple rather than a cookie, a salad rather than a cheeseburger and fries. We implant a speed strategy, how fast to eat. Slowing it down is usually helpful. We implant a beverage of choice strategy: water! And then most importantly, we implant an exit strategy. When to STOP EATING. This is set at the point of satisfaction, when the body\u2019s nutritional and energy needs are met in accordance with achieving and maintaining a healthy weight.<\/p>\n There are, sadly, desperate people out in the world who don\u2019t realize the control they have over their own minds and bodies, and they go to bizarre extremes like surgeries that attempt to PHYSICALLY limit food intake. That\u2019s not necessary! Installing new unconscious strategies with hypnosis creates better success, without the expense or health risks.<\/p>\n When it\u2019s all said and done, the weight loss client finds themselves engaging in:<\/p>\n \u2013Less emotional eating<\/p>\n \u2013Healthier choices<\/p>\n \u2013Smaller portions<\/p>\n \u2013More satisfaction.<\/p>\n It\u2019s all good.<\/p>\n If your unconscious strategies (habits around food) need adjustment, it\u2019s so much easier than you think to make healthy changes.<\/p>\n Beyond food choice and portion control, motivation to exercise is high up on the list of changes desired for weight management. \u201cLet\u2019s get physical, physical! I wanna get physical \u2026\u201d That song with its driving beat makes me think of movement. Working out.\u00a0 Active life. Neuro-Linguistic Hypnotherapy is a way to make it happen.<\/p>\n Patterns and habits are learned. And, if they don\u2019t serve us, they can be re-learned differently, in ways that help.<\/p>\n The \u201cmagic\u201d of NLP is, simply put: We can attach new feelings to any activity. What would it be like to be full of energy and motivation to exercise? What if exercise became something wonderful and pleasurable and eagerly anticipated? What if your mind simply said: \u201cThis is who I am and this is what I do\u201d? Do you suppose it would be easier to increase your physical activity level?<\/p>\n Here\u2019s one unwanted pattern that I often see with clients:\u00a0 couch potato. Are you one? That\u2019s a person who has developed a habit of sitting around, watching TV or surfing the web, with a body at rest for hours at a stretch. Oftentimes, this is coupled with mindless eating. That\u2019s a sure fire formula for obesity.<\/p>\n With hypnosis and NLP, we can change \u201cI\u2019m too lazy\u201d and couch-potato habits into a new mindset about exercise. A new mindset leads to new behaviors. In our work, we create and install new, useful mindsets for exercise. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n \u2013I love it. It\u2019s fun.<\/strong><\/p>\n Or\u2026<\/p>\n \u2013It\u2019s my routine. It\u2019s just who I am and what I do.<\/strong><\/p>\n Or\u2026<\/p>\n \u2013I have to. (a sense of urgency and necessity)<\/strong><\/p>\n Or\u2026<\/p>\n A combination of any of the above.<\/p>\n New beliefs go with the new mindset:<\/p>\n \u2013I\u2019m an active person. I\u2019m a healthy person. I have energy. I make the time to be physically active, as this is something wonderful for me. This is \u201cme\u201d time. I deserve healthy.<\/strong><\/p>\n And new behaviors emerge:<\/p>\n I go to the gym. I go for walks. I find the time. I look for opportunities for movement, taking the stairs rather than the elevator, parking a little further from the store front, and so on.<\/strong><\/p>\n Hypnosis (and in that word I include NLP) is a way to change your thinking and feeling and behaviors and beliefs to become who you want to be. It really is endlessly fascinating work as every person is different and their desires , beliefs and motivations are different. The game and the fun is finding what will work with each individual and installing those changes. This is why I often say hypnosis is an art form as much as it is a science.<\/p>\n Motivation to be active physically is just one piece of this puzzle, within a larger framework of healthy changes. \u00a0Everyone on the planet knows how to lose weight. It\u2019s a very simple and well-documented formula. Eat less, make healthy choices, and be more active. What stops you? We find out and we address those things and create new habits. The power of hypnosis and NLP is that they are tools that encourage new healthy behaviors, and help people automate those choices.<\/p>\n Warm Regards, You can also find out more general information of the successes to be had with these mind technologies of hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming here:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.mindworkshypnosis.net<\/a> All material contained herein is Copyright \u00a9 Connie Brannan, CHt. and may not be reproduced without permission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s a Weighty Issue \u2013 Food Choice, Portion Control, and Motivation to Exercise Connie Brannan, CHt. & Licensed Trainer of NLP\u00ae shares her personal and professional insights into success with weight management. \u00a0Connie has used the tools of NLP Neuro Linguistic Programming and self hypnosis to transform herself: From this\u2026 To this! 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