Ditch the Diet! Hypnotherapy for Permanent Weight Loss

     The real difficulty with diets is that one day you have to come off them.

Yes, in the short term they really can work. As long as you stick to all of that counting, measuring and weighing. The green days, the red days, the cabbage soup, the separation of carbs from protein, the 'meal replacement' sachets and bars can all be effective.

All of these things can indeed help you to lose weight - in the short term.

But what happens when the diet is over or when you just cannot stand yet another day of discipline and denial?

Well, I'm sure you know the rest of the story. On go the pounds - and the fat - and you end up feeling even worse than before because now you can add guilt and failure to the mix.

But why is this and does it have to be this way?

Well, the reason why diets just don't work for very long is because they're based on the principle of denial. Yes, the logic appears to be sound - fewer calories equal fewer inches.

But the reasons you overeat have very little to do with logic.

They have everything to do with feelings and emotions. And feelings and emotions spring from the subconscious mind.

You see, you use the conscious mind to decide that you need to lose weight. So then you resolutely and courageously force yourself to eat less, to deny what you really feel like doing.

Yet it is the subconscious mind that produces the feelings which compel you to eat more.

And the truth is that permanent weight loss can only happen when the emotional cues and ties that compel you to overeat have been properly understood and processed.

Most often, these cues and triggers come from that part of the mind that we call the subconscious.

If it is to produce a real and lasting affect, any change process, including weight loss, must be undertaken with the inclusion and consent of this powerful part of the mind.

It's the subconscious mind that controls feelings such as contentment and satisfaction. It's the subconscious that tells us when we've really had enough to eat - and that allows us to go on eating way beyond that.

And it's here that hypnosis can be of such tremendous value.

If you've had enough of on-again-off-again dieting, why not take the time to learn self-hypnosis and apply its principles to your own weight management programme.

Or you could find a good hypnotherapist who will work with you and your subconscious mind.

Hypnosis and hypnotherapy can enable you to eat in a more natural, balanced and reasonable manner - without the feelings of deprivation and denial that diets bring.

1. Prev:Lose Weight With These Five Health Foods
2. Next:Rapid Weight Loss Programs