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