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Hypnosis is a scientifically verified and effective technique that can promote accelerated human change. Hypnosis (from the Greek hypnos, meaning sleep) is a trance-like state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject. Hypnosis has been described as the suspension of the critical factor which expands on the idea of increased suggestibility. Hypnosis through lengthy relaxation or visual experiences is the most common form of induction, but speed-trance instant inductions (2-10 seconds) is a method for induction or re-induction among some clinical hypnotists seeking to manage trauma or overcome acute anxiety and resistance.

Hypnosis can be an incredibly powerful tool in helping you achieve whatever you want to do. With hypnosis we can create desired changes in behavior and encourage mental and physical well-being. Successful hypnosis is attained by the removal of any inhibitory fear. Some schools of thought hold that hypnosis as a state very similar to other states of extreme concentration, where a person becomes oblivious to his or her surroundings while lost in thought. Highway hypnosis is a good example. This is when a driver finds himself much further down the road without any memory of driving the distance while still responding to external events in the expected manner, with no recollection of having consciously done so.

Weight loss and how hypnosis can help. Hypnosis today earns a large portion of its success through the aid of weight loss (body sculpting). You can program your mind with your weight loss goals. To add another feather to its cap, weight loss hypnosis is believed to be one of the most proficient weight loss programs ever thought of. Weight loss hypnosis makes the impossible diet seem possible because we no longer have the same attachment to food as before. When weight loss hypnosis makes you lose your unconscious image of food, you lose your cravings. Once you lose your cravings, overeating decreases and the weight starts to come off effortlessly. Continue Reading »

Today, public opinion about Obesity Surgery is somewhat of an extreme nature. It is widely looked upon as the final resort for those who are desperately trying to lose weight by conventional means such as dieting and exercising but are not getting the desired results. This is, however, far from true. Recent advancements in medicine and surgery have made weight loss surgery not only safer and more affordable, but also more popular. Today, an increasing number of people are opting for weight loss surgery not as a last resort, but as the very first, and only step, in their weight management efforts.
Obesity is a very large problem. Our hectic lifestyle, hurried meals and reliance on processed foods have made us heavier and bulkier than we should be. By using BMI Calculator or Hip to Waist Ratio Calculator, we can figure out how fat we are. To make matters worse, obesity has been proven to be a potentially dangerous condition as it makes the body more susceptible to ailments such as cardiac diseases, seizures, cancer, diabetes and more.
The biggest problem with any weight loss program comprising diet control and exercises is that even though it may be easy to shed excess weight at first, the rate of progress soon drops as the body starts to adapt itself to the new changes. Moreover, keeping the weight from reappearing is a very tough proposition. It invariably returns as one tries to return to normal life and regular eating. For anybody looking to lose weight quickly, and keep it off for good, without making any drastic changes in one’s diet or lifestyle, obesity surgery is an excellent choice.

Most of us find diets really exciting since they prove to be the fastest ways of knocking of our extra pounds. We get attracted to diets that claim they can help us lose 6 pounds or more in just a week. Do all of these diets actually work? Can we actually lose weight in just a week’’s time? And is that healthy? To answer your questions, not all diets are genuine. There are many diets that will claim to help you lose weight but some of them may not do that. Some of them are healthy and some of them are not. So you have to be careful about which diet you decide to follow. However diets that work along the lines of the calorie shifting principle are very genuine and effective. They do help you shed your extra pounds and in a way that is not harmful to your body. The most famous of calorie shifting diets is the “fat loss 4 idiots diet”. This diet proves why other diets are most unhealthy and proves to you a good scientific method of losing your excess fat. Some of the most common diets work at reducing your calorie or food intake for an extended period of time. This helps you to begin losing weight. But more often than not, you start putting on weight even while still following the diet. The weight lost does not last long enough. This is because our bodies have been designed in such a way that if you give it a considerable amount of time, its metabolism adjusts to whatever your intake is be it less of carbohydrates, fats or proteins or just less intake of the quantity of food. The fat burnt is proportional to the rate of metabolism. If your metabolism is fast, you will burn calories fast too. If metabolism is slow, naturally the rate of burning calories will be slow too. Lesser the food intake, slower the metabolism. Most of these diets are all about taking in fewer calories and hence lesser calories are burnt up as well. And if you go out on a binge even on one day, you will land up putting on even more weight since your metabolism will be slow and you will not be able to burn much fat.

The calorie shifting diets do not work like other diets. They have a scientific background. They understand that the rotation of eating routine is required in order to keep our metabolism high at all times. Higher the metabolism, more the calories burnt. The diet encourages the rotation of food stuff. It allows you to eat one type this week and to change it next week. So basically you eat new type of food every week. Your diet this week will not be the same as last week. This way your metabolism will be always high, thus burning out more and more calories.

Can you imagine explaining a 1200 calorie diet to your great-grandparents? Their eyes would roll back in their heads and they would certainly turn in their graves if they knew how today’s society is enslaved to the diet industry. Today experts seem to have all the answers, there is a pill for everything, and even a perfect diet for every blood type. We are inundated with things we “should” eat and “should not” eat. No wonder some people feel guilty just drooling over dessert. Heaven forbid you stare at it too long, you might actually gain an ounce just lusting after its yummyness. It has become truly ludicrous. One of society’s biggest disease problems comes from stress. Our minds are programmed and hypnotized with information about things we should and should not do. No wonder do we suffer from heart problems, strokes or even get a disease that didn’t exist a couple of decades ago.

What has happened to us as a society? Why do these industries have such a hold on us? And since when have we become their slave?

As human beings we have created these magnificent bodies to live in so we can do what we have come here to do. We are meant to nourish these vehicles, to enjoy them, treat them well and savor every experience while in this body. For some reason over the past few years our bodies seemed to have become enemies instead of our best friends. The media never fails to attack body parts: “Fight off your unsightly cellulite.” “Get rid of your love handles.” And on and on do we hear about how we need to mold our bodies, reshape them and even go under the knife to look what others want us to look like. So for once I dare you to demand your freedom back and practice gratitude for your body. It’s your only prototype, take well care of it.

These 4 starter points can help:

1. Start looking “inside” for answers: Whatever it is you’re looking for, you can find any and all answers inside of you. If you’ve been told that you are suffering from an illness, turn to your Higher Self for answers. You created the disease over time, perhaps over life times; ask your Self for details and how to heal yourself. Even if you feel at a breaking point, there is always a way out from under the seemingly unbearable pressure. Seek the answers with all your heart and your Higher Self will answer and show you the path to full recovery.

2. Meditation and Breathing: Accessing our Higher Selves is done easiest through meditation and proper breathing techniques. Start with the full intention to breath deeply and fully when sitting silently. For most people this is very difficult because we have become human doings instead of human beings. Peace and happiness is found in states of being, not states of doing or having.

3. Move your body: You have an amazing purpose to accomplish here on earth and your body was designed to help you with this endeavor. Europeans walk an average of 2 miles per day. Here in the US with at least 1 car per household we barely walk 50 yards per day. Substitute moving your body by finding other ways; go to a fitness center or starting walking for fun; just get yourself moving.

4. Learn to love all of your body: I can’t tell you how many people I have heard say that they hate a certain part on their body, or even all of it. Yet if our country’s leader would announce that he hated all of its citizens we would have immediate war. 70 billion living cells manage the functions of our bodies and yet when we tell one body part that we dislike it then we do just that: we declare war on the entire body. Instead help your 70 trillion living cells to cooperate with each other so they can work on rebuilding your body and keeping your body healthy. Start by expressing to your body how grateful you are for the things that do work and the body parts that do look great. Feel your 70 trillion living cells relax and come to peace with what their jobs are and watch a miracle take place right within your own body. Soon your body will be your greatest ally and your best friend and will give you all the energy you need so you can be empowered and about your true purpose here.

What is the one thing you find the hardest to grasp with dieting? Is it the type of food you eat, the amount of food you eat, the amount of exercise or is it the lack of freedom of food choices.

After overcoming my weight problem after spending 7 and a half years of my life yo-yo dieting, I thought it would be fun to write down on paper the things I struggled with most. These 10 factors are the ones that more likely than not, caused me to ruin my diet.

1. EATING SMALLER MEALS

This was extremely difficult for me. I like to feel content and full after a meal. I found I could only do this if I was really busy. However, if I had nothing else to do after finishing my diet meal, I would get irresistible cravings to splurge, and more often than not I did in a big way!

2. EATING DISGUSTING FOOD

I found this the most difficult. Not only did I have to give up my favourite foods, I had to eat the most blend and tasteless food imaginable. Even if a diet did sound good to start with (the high fat diet) the lack of variety soon made me hate those foods. I still cringe thinking about how I used to force myself to eat tuna in spring water and egg whites. After a while I was dry reaching every time I put them in my mouth! To solve this problem, I would take a mouthful of tuna, then take a mouthful of water and drink it down! Yuck! After having this meal for lunch at work, I would get home and eat half a box of Nutri-Grain cereal with nearly a litre of milk!

3. CUTTING CARBOHYDRATES

This drove me crazy! Whenever I did this I felt so drained and weak. I was always tired. I found it hard to string more than a few days of consistent dieting together without pigging out on cereal, pasta, juice and sandwiches. What I realize now is that whatever I wasnt allowed to have, thats what I craved.

4. CONSUMING LESS FOOD AT NIGHT

I dont like to admit it, but one of my favourite things is to eat a large, almost challenging-to-finish meal for dinner that will leave me stuffed. I dont know why but I love the feeling. Maybe I like the challenge and almost like to show off how much food I can eat. Also, night time is when I am unwinding and I would like to have a snack or two while relaxing and watching T.V before going to bed. Many diets actually want you to eat very little from 5pm onwards and not eat for 3 hours before going to bed. I obviously struggled with this one. My most common time for pigging out and ruining my diet was (and still is) at night time.

5. EATING A TON OF PROTEIN

I found this the hardest in my day to day activities. Some diets wont let you even have an apple without having a piece of protein with it. I couldnt stand to eat so much meat, blend meat at that because it had to be lean. Do you know hard it is to get a lean piece of meat when you are out and about? I would have to carry tins of tuna with me because this was the only portable meat. I couldnt always leave the house because I had to eat protein every 2-3 hours! (I know thats a bit extreme but I felt like that some times!) This is where supplement companies must be loving it, because the most portable source of protein is, protein powder, which leads me to my next point

6. EXPENSIVE SUPPLEMENTS

I personally found that the most restricting diets were the ones that recommended that you use supplements to make the diet easier. Maybe they made the diet so hard that you had no choice but to buy their supplements? I dont know. All I know is many of those supplements (predominantly Meal Replacement Powders) were disgusting and extremely expensive. I would fork out over a $100 for a few weeks supply. What I find amusing is that they also say that you should follow their diet for life (I wonder why?!…$$) Besides how can a powdered mix be more healthy than natural from the ground real food?

7. DIETS THAT CUT OUT AN ENTIRE FOOD GROUP

These diets were the hardest ones to follow. Whether it was a no fat diet, a no protein diet (all fruit, or soup diets) or a no carbohydrate diet I couldnt stand the lack of freedom. I personally found the no carb diet the hardest, I felt like a zombie and I was talking as slow as Rocky Balboa! Any diet that cuts out a whole macronutrient (whether be protein, carbs or fat) was just way to demanding for me.

8. EATING LOW FAT

Many of the high protein diets also recommend that you keep your fat intake to a minimum (some allow us to have a tablespoon of flaxseed oil a day, Hooray!) This is what made high protein diets unbearable for me. Not only did we have to eat a ton of it, it had to be as lean as possible. Only the egg white, grilled chicken, no fat, nothing on it, or tuna in spring water drained. Yuck! If I was lucky some diets would even grant me the luxury of no fat, watery skim milk! No fat = no taste = no chance for me to stick to it

9. NO FREEDOM OR FLEXIBILITY

This drove me crazy. Most, wait actually all diets had an authorised food list. If a food you wanted to eat wasnt on the list, you simply couldnt eat it. Problem was the authorised list normally contained no more than 10-20 foods, that was it! Typically it was: chicken, tuna, egg whites, fish, protein powder and oatmeal, brown rice, whole-wheat pasta and some allowed whole-wheat bread sparingly, along with plenty of vegetables.

What if I was away from my house for more than 2 hours, where was I going to cook this food? Why cant I just have a chicken burger at McDonalds? Cant I just have a bottle of Orange Juice at the petrol station? No, No, No if its not on the authorised list you cant eat it!

These damn authorised lists also stopped me from dining out altogether…so my girlfriend suffered. At first I tried to dine out and stick to the authorised list, but I would spend half an hour explaining to the waiter what I wanted. Not only this hassle but the temptation of delicious food all around me made me to simply give up dining full stop.

This drove me crazy because I love dining out. Taking people you care about out for a special night and delicious food. Depriving myself of this right was probably one of the hardest things to cope with. This lack of flexibility with the diet caused me to pig out on so much junk food (I dont even want to think about how much money I have given to ol Colonel Sanders) I think subconsciously I might also pig out because I am a bit head strong and rebellious. (Ill show you for not allowing me to eat my favourite foods!)

And last, but definitely not least

10. NOT BEING ALLOWED TO OVER-INDULGE OCCASIONALLY

I have a ridiculously large appetite. I love to eat until Im stuffed and feel completely satisfied. I almost show off with how much I can eat sometimes (I know that sounds bad but I am proud of how much I can put away!)

All diets were a huge culture shock to me because of how little I was allowed to eat. I probably could have stuck to them if they just let me let my hair down occasionally and indulge a little. Many didnt allow any leeway though. So the pressure of depriving myself of overeating just kept building up and building up until it became unbearable. Then guess what happened. Thats right I OVER ATE and in a big way. At first I felt good about it, but then felt really depressed because I had done the wrong thing by the diet I was following.

I honestly didnt and to this day still dont see the harm in pigging out every now and then. If you stick to your diet and train hard, a large pizza to yourself or a visit to an all you can eat buffet once or twice a week will definitely not hurt your progress, in actual fact I believe it helps you. I believe it actually speeds up weight loss (Ill go more in-depth in another article) but more importantly it helps keep you sane, and keeps cravings down, which enables you to be more consistent for a longer period of time.