| Why does hypnosis help with weight loss? | | | | treatment your mind won’t tell you to |
| | | | eat sugary or fatty foods – it will tell |
| It's becoming more and more common nowadays | | | | you to eat healthy ones. And, your mind |
| to turn to hypnosis when we want to achieve a | | | | won’t tell you to reach for a snack when |
| goal. We may want to quit smoking, rid | | | | you’re worried or stressed but instead |
| ourselves of phobias or lose weight in all | | | | will give you an alternative ways to manage |
| these cases hypnosis offers a proven and | | | | stress. This behavior modification is the key |
| successful solution. So why does hypnosis | | | | to successful weight loss – and keeping |
| work? | | | | it off. |
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| If you look at hypnosis for weight loss then | | | | How do I know hypnosis works? |
| the reasons behind the success of this method | | | | |
| becomes clear. If you suffer from weight | | | | Hypnosis is a scientifically accredited |
| problems – whether you yo-yo diet or | | | | method of helping people overcome all kinds |
| can't seem to find the motivation to get on a | | | | of difficulties. For example, in the Journal |
| diet that suits you then you probably already | | | | of Consulting and Clinical Psychology |
| know that your problem isn’t really your | | | | (Vol.64, No.3) in 1996 a study showed that |
| weight at the end of the day. The problem is | | | | the average weight loss without hypnosis was |
| more likely to rest with you. | | | | 6.03 pounds. With hypnosis average weight |
| | | | loss came in at 14.88 pounds. So, with |
| In the majority of cases people cannot lose | | | | hypnosis you can double your weight loss with |
| weight effectively because of some | | | | no extra effort. |
| psychological issue that prevents them from | | | | |
| achieving their goal. You may, for example, | | | | And, because hypnosis modifies your behavior |
| naturally crave unhealthy foods rather than | | | | at source then you stand a far greater chance |
| healthy ones. Eating unhealthy foods here may | | | | of keeping the weight off rather than putting |
| make you happier and more comfortable. Or, | | | | it on again. A study that appeared in the |
| you may eat the wrong foods or the wrong | | | | Journal of Clinical Psychology (41) in 1985 |
| amount of food whenever you are stressed, | | | | tested a group of people who used hypnosis to |
| unhappy or uncomfortable. In either case | | | | lose weight and a group who did not. Whilst |
| hypnosis can help. | | | | both groups lost weight during the study the |
| | | | hypnosis group continued to lose weight after |
| Hypnosis helps here because it goes straight | | | | the study had finished and achieved their |
| to the root of the problem – your | | | | weight loss goals. The group that did not |
| unhealthy eating patterns – and helps | | | | have the behavior modification benefits of |
| modify your behavior. So, after this kind of | | | | hypnosis did not achieve this. |