Hypnosis For Weight Loss: Why You Plateau And How Hypnosis Can Help You Move Beyond It For Good

Hypnosis For Weight Loss: Why You Plateau And How Hypnosis Can Help You Move Beyond It For Good

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By Dr. Scott Lewis
Nothing can kill weight loss motivation quite like Plateauing. This phenomenon happens when you've been dieting and exercising for a prolonged period of time, watching the numbers on the scale steadily drop, when out of nowhere, the weight loss stalls or even stops. It is a frustrating reality for millions of Americans who struggle with their weight, because it can be discouraging to think that all of our healthy lifestyle changes, including diet and exercise, are futile.
This line of thinking is unfortunate because, when we stop seeing the results of all of our hard work, oftentimes the motivation to maintain the healthy behaviors that lead to our weight loss starts to fail because it seems like they're not working anymore. If you let defeatist thinking creep in and disrupt your healthy new routine, it can cause the weight you worked so hard to lose to come barreling back. But take heart: while plateauing is a normal (if not admittingly discouraging) part of weight loss, there are ways to overcome it, and keep yourself on track, and hypnosis is one tool that can help.
Hypnosis is a tool that has helped thousands of people lose weight and keep it off in the long term. It helps to fill the gap that is created when the plateau hits, by tapping into your innermost motivation to lose weight, and get-and stay-healthy. By changing the way you think about and approach your goals, you can maintain your momentum, even in the face of a plateau, when so many ask, "What's the point?" and ultimately give up.
How Hypnosis For Weight Loss Can Help
When you reach the point of a plateau, sometimes the best thing you can do to revamp your motivation is to change the way your mind is approaching your weight loss. This is why it may be helpful for you to consider hypnosis for weight loss, which can keep your ultimate goal at the forefront of your mind, even when the numbers on the scale may frustrate and discourage.
A qualified hypnotherapist will be able to help you visualize your ideal weight and can make it real for you. When you are hypnotized, he may ask you, how does your body feel now that it is so much smaller? How does it feel to breathe at this ideal weight? How does it feel to be able to wear that dress you've had tucked away for years because it didn't fit? How are your loved ones reacting to the healthier you- with complements? Do you feel more confident?
By relaxing and focusing on that light at the end of the tunnel, a qualified hypnotherapist may be able to help you see your body as you want it to be: lean and healthy, not for the sake of a single event, or some other short term motivation, but purely for the sake of being healthy for life. This is why hypnosis can revitalize your motivation so you can confront that plateau and move past it without backsliding into former unhealthy habits.
If you'd like to learn more about how hypnosis can help you overcome your weight loss plateau for sustained, healthy weight loss, be sure to visit me at my website DrScottLewis.com for more information.
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Weight Loss Behaviors - 5 Tips To Help You Retrain Your Mind and Approach Food Differently

Weight Loss Behaviors - 5 Tips To Help You Retrain Your Mind and Approach Food Differently

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By Dr. Scott Lewis
1. Give Yourself A Visual Snack Limit
We've all done it: Snacking mindlessly due to boredom-not hunger. It is a surefire way to quickly derail your weight loss efforts. So next time you're in front of the TV and have that late night snack craving, reach for a single serving portion. Plenty of companies have introduced 100 calorie snack portions of their most popular sweet and savory treats, which are great because they offer consumers what I like to call a natural pause point: Instead of reaching into a bottomless bag of chips, with no concept of the caloric intake you're consuming, you'll have finished a single 100-calorie portion, and will have to make the conscious, deliberate decision of whether or not to open up another bag should you wish to continue to eat.
2. Visualize Your Ideal Weight
Picture yourself at your ideal weight. How would you feel? Confident? Sexy? How would you breath once your clothes are no longer tight? What would you wear? Are there things you've not worn lately- or, perhaps, ever- because your weight's left you feeling self conscious? Picture being able to get back into that dress, or that handsome, French cuffed formal shirt that's fitted across the chest. Find whatever ill-fitting article of clothing that you've tucked away in the back of your closet, and picture yourself in it, feeling great. Visualizing your goals in minute detail this way can have a profound impact on your motivation and is a simple way to help you stick to your diet and exercise regimen.
3. Place Visual Reminders All Around Your Home
Remember those clothes you've tucked away, because you didn't want to look at them (the ones mentioned in Tip #2)? Now is the time to bring them out of the darkness. Pull them to the front of your closet, or somewhere equally visible in your home. Even if you cannot yet fit into them, these articles of clothing will serve as a powerful reminder of your ultimate weight loss goal, to help you stay motivated.
4. Savor the Flavors
For most people "diet" food is not an effective solution for long term weight loss. This is because it's frequently bland and unsatisfying, and when you're unsatisfied, you tend to binge on junk later on, which does nothing to reduce your caloric intake. Instead of stocking up on flavorless "diet" foods, eat smaller portions of food you actually like and then enjoy every single bite. Savor your food like a gourmand- appreciate the nuances, the combination of textures, tastes, and smells, and then, when your food no longer tastes absolutely delicious, stop eating it.
5. Eat Slowly
The mind is a powerful thing, but sometimes the speed at which it functions is not quite what we'd like it to be. One instance in which this is the case is fullness. It takes around 20 minutes for the mind to register the stomach as full, and in this amount of time, it's easy to have overdo it. So to make up for this relatively delayed response time, eat slowly. Eat until you're satisfied, but not necessarily "full," as by this time, it's quite possible you've overeaten, and taken in far more calories than necessary.
The next time you sit down to a meal, try to take these tricks to heart. They're deceptively simple, but can make a big impact when it comes to making you more mindful of what you are eating and how you approach food in general. You'll be amazed at the weight you'll drop.
Are you one of the millions of Americans struggling to lose weight? If you'd like to learn more about how to retrain your mind so that you can change your eating habits for the better for good, then visit me at my website DrScottLewis.com for more information.
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The Weight Loss Plateau: Causes And Solutions For This Frustrating Problem

The Weight Loss Plateau: Causes And Solutions For This Frustrating Problem

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By Dr. Scott Lewis
Plateauing, or reaching a point in your weight loss process where you no longer show measurable success on the scale, is completely normal. (Of course, knowing that fact doesn't make it any less aggravating.) Often times, the weight loss of the first several weeks of diet and exercise changes are the result of certain factors that drop off after several weeks of initial lifestyle changes.
Here are three common causes of the plateau:

• Water Weight

When you clean up your diet, your organs begin to function better. This translates to decreased bloating, which can be caused by excessive water weight.

• Decreased Muscle Mass

When your caloric intake drastically decreases, you may lose muscle mass along with the fat that you're burning. This will slow your metabolism somewhat, so the pace of your weight loss will naturally stall.

• Increased Muscle Mass

On the other end of the spectrum, frequent exercise may cause increased muscle mass, which is heavy, and this can affect the numbers on the scale. You'll be heavier numerically, but take heart: at this stage, you'll look and feel leaner, even if the scale may seem discouraging at face value.
While these physical causes may seem discouraging, that is no reason to stop exercising and eating right, because when you stop healthy behaviors, you never truly reach your ultimate goal of long-term weight loss and better health. Remember that when you want to lose weight, you have to make the conscious decision to want to change for good. You have to maintain your motivation and your attitude about weight loss.
If you find that your motivation is starting to wane, try incorporating some new and encouraging weight loss behaviors in to your routine to give your attitude the boost it needs to power through the plateau. One thing that usually helps is to leave reminders of your ultimate goal within your home. Bring out that favorite pair of jeans, or the swimsuit you haven't worn in years. Take out that picture of you when you felt at your most fit and happy. Think about what it will be like when you can finally feel this type confidence again. Use imagery to help you keep your weight loss goals vivid in your mind. Do whatever you need to do to over come your feeling of discouragement in order for you to prevent backsliding, and yo-yoing.
Mentally, the worst thing you can possibly do when you plateau is to get discouraged, as this is often the fastest route to giving up. Understand that when you make healthy lifestyle changes, like eating smaller portions, exchanging sugary beverages for water, and consuming more healthy items like whole fruits and vegetables, you are doing things that are simply good for your body. It's like quitting smoking: it can only help you. So when things get tough, that's when it's most important to keep at it, because the ultimate goal is not just a size; it's a healthier you.
If you'd like to learn more about how to maintain your weight loss motivation for sustained and healthy weight loss, visit me at my website DrScottLewis.com for more information.
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Why Fish Oil Weight Loss Is The Best

Why Fish Oil Weight Loss Is The Best

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 By Saadallah Oudad
Weight loss has always been one of the most difficult ventures for individuals who are overweight or obese. If you want to lose a significant amount of weight, you need delicate and plausible strategies in order to be successful.
As usual, natural methods have been rated as the best because they are not only effective but they also have minimal or no side effects. Fish oil weight loss is one of the natural ways you can rely on to reduce weight and burn out the extra calories in you.
With the use of fish oil, it is possible to lose extra pounds of the excess weight you have every month. The good news is that fish oil is natural and does not contain any stimulants or caffeine. The bad side effects such as feeling nervous or jittery will no longer be there.
Even more importantly, fish oil weight loss does not affect the energy level of the user. This is the reason why health professionals and experts have persistently rated the oil as a preferred method of weight loss. It is even more appropriate to use because it has numerous overall health benefits besides the primary goal of weight loss. For instance, it helps to maintain the healthy status of the joints, heart and brain. This is a good combination of good benefits that makes fish oil a versatile product meant for individuals who want to lose weight as well as live healthy lifestyle.
The oil works by enabling you to burn fat and build muscles. As long as you take the right amount every day, the results will be amazing. The good news is that users do not have to engage in vigorous exercise or change diet as a way of supplementing the oil for maximum weight loss. It works efficiently without the need of any combination. On the other hand, the oil works by decreasing the appetite so that the user can stay longer between meals. It simply means that you will not feel hungry so that you eat less.
According to researches and statistics conducted, it has been established that fish oil can help one to regulate and take control of his or her mood and appetite. This is because once taken, it releases a chemical called serotonin that has the best antidepressant benefits. This is the same effect that makes the oil able to reduce or completely halt sugar cravings.
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How To Lose Weight In 6 Weeks

How To Lose Weight In 6 Weeks

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By Paul Edgar
How are you? I'm genuinely interested to know how you are feeling right now. There seems to be a lot of colds and flu around at the moment so it's important to look after yourself. I'm still undergoing physio treatment for my injury sustained during football back in January! It has been a very frustrating 8 months for me. However, I have to be patient, which is very difficult when all I want to do is play football again.
It's a bit like losing weight. How to lose weight in 6 weeks. You make a decision that you want to lose weight, say a stone in 6 weeks, so that you can fit into your favourite jeans. After all, what's the point of them hanging up in your wardrobe, right? You begin your journey, maybe start by giving up sweets, cakes, fried food and even alcohol! You start to eat more vegetables, salads and fruit and drink a bit more water. You MAY even think about doing some sort of exercise but you're not sure exactly what to do and how often to do it. You say to yourself "Exercise is hard and do I really want to put myself through the pain?" There are hundreds of gyms, studios, personal trainers, Zumba classes, Pilates... the list is endless. THEN, there is the food part of it. You have to choose a slimming group or the new fad diet that you've seen on the front cover of 'Perfect Healthy Woman' magazine [that magazine doesn't actually exist by the way, I made it up!]. THEN, you see the latest diet pill that is causing a mass revolution in the USA - it must work, 100 celebs are trying it and they are so thin! You are just inundated with choices BUT (and here's the deal), you just don't know where to turn for the best. True?
So, where do you go from here? Well, the first thing I would suggest is to make a plan. You want to lose a stone in 6 weeks? Set the exact date, i.e. by 10th November 2013. Then, get out your diary and make appointments (with yourself) for your exercise, e.g. Mon 7.30-8.00am Body weight exercises at home; Wed 6-7pm Zumba class; Fri 6-6.30pm Interval running session; Sun 8-8.30am Pilates exercises at home. You get the idea? If you don't do this, you will aimlessly exercise in a haphazard fashion and your results will be haphazard. You should also take some photos and measurements before starting to refer back to when you get to your target date.
The same with your eating. Plan your meals for the WEEK, not just the following day. Do a whole week's shopping and LEAVE OUT those nasty sugary treats - at least until you reach your goal of a stone off in weight. ONLY buy the healthy stuff - lots of vegetables, fruit, nuts and seeds, lean cuts of meat, oily fish, yogurt, coconut milk/oil, nut butters, spices, green tea, juices, eggs, health bars etc. Make these your ONLY food choices - for now anyway.
Keep yourself well hydrated too over the 6 weeks. Drink plenty of water. BUT how much should you drink? The 'standard' recommendation is 6-8 glasses but I disagree as everyone is different and we all have different requirements. I find this is a good general guide - divide your weight (in kg) by 30. The number you get is the number of litres of water you need to drink - NOT including tea and coffee by the way!
Finally, the exercise bit - I bet you'd thought I'd forgotten about it?! Do something you enjoy. Don't go to a bootcamp if the thought fills you with dread. Don't lift heavy weights if you find it difficult to lift a shopping bag. Find an activity that fits into your lifestyle. Find other women who have been getting fantastic results and ask them what they do. Don't reinvent the wheel here - if women are getting results, what they are doing MUST work, right? Of course!
So, there you have it - my 'simple' plan for losing a stone in 6 weeks. Still stuck? Then get in touch and let's have a friendly chat about it - I'm all ears and I'll do whatever I can to help you.
If you are still stuck for exercise ideas, why not try one of my classes for FREE? Plus, if you know a female friend or colleague who wants to lose weight, bring them along for free too. Currently, my classes are:
Mon 6.15-7.00pm
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How to Burn Belly Fat in a Week

How to Burn Belly Fat in a Week

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By Lynn Hinton
If you want to learn how to burn belly fat in a week, the first thing you must do is to go to your kitchen. If you are really serious about burning belly fat, and slimming down then this is the article for you. Please read all the way to the end to learn the real secret behind amazing weight loss.
Imagine waking up in your ideal body, you get out of bed, go to the mirror and you look at yourself from head to toe with a smile on your face because you remember a time not so long ago when you saw a different person looking back at you. A sad person, who was uncomfortable in their clothes. An out of shape person who was watching the world go by, waiting for something to magically change their situation.
You are smiling from ear to ear, remembering today--the day you decided to make a decision to shift your life to a new perspective. You look out from the eyes of your new body, knowing that your struggle is over. You found the key to unlocking your body's potential.
You are about to learn how to burn belly fat fast and maintain that weight loss for years to come. If you want to know how to burn belly fat in a week then I have some bad news for you. It probably isn't going to work like that if you have more than five or ten pounds to lose. But if you only have a small amount of fat to burn, eating really clean, follow the advice on my website and in this article you will easily drop that little pouch in a week. Don't let anyone tell you it can't be done, just keep reading.
Years ago I was overweight. I was in middle school and had to endure the cruel taunts and abuses of other kids my age. It left its mark on me, without a doubt. Then in highschool I discovered the first clue to finding the master key to burning belly fat.
My freshman year I decided that I was not going to eat any fast food. I cut it out completely and I ended up losing twenty pounds. Then when I graduated from school and moved out on my own, I found out about nutrition supplements and a whole new door opened up to me.
I realized that with the right nutrition and the right kinds of foods I could make my body fat melt away almost at will. It was crazy!! I wasn't exercising in a crazy way. Nothing more extreme than a vigorous walk. I wasn't eating junk food, but I was eating a lot. Everything in my diet at that time was centered around a selection of foods that were burning belly fat right off of my body and I wasn't even trying.
Unfortunately this was all by accident or fate, but it worked. I was living in Texas at the time and then I decided to move back to my home town. As the months went by I watched to fat return and I realized that my new thin body wasn't going to last very long if I not only returned home, but to my old eating patterns.
I have always been a pretty active person, and I was out walking vigorously and doing strength building exercises at home, but the weight kept coming back. Then I heard a very interesting statement-- That abs are made in the kitchen.
So I decided to take control. I had heard about this new idea involving cavemen and copying how they ate. I liked it because it had elements of other crazy diets that don't work. Selecting one food like all protein seemed like a pretty ridiculous way to try to lose weight, especially when I know that nutrition is the key to solving the puzzle. My supplement sampling days taught me that much. I still take supplements and maybe in a later article it can be discussed. I also understood that eating a lot of fruits and vegetables was a beneficial action in too many ways to go into in an article like this.
The fact is if you take all of the good parts in some of these fad diets and put them all together you can kind of see a light at the end of the tunnel. It becomes even more effective when you combine some of the same information doctors have been telling us for years.
I had tried the cabbage soup thing, all the little concoctions, and even though the majority of my meals were home cooked, they still weren't as nutritious and delicious as I wanted them to be. Diet foods were not appetizing to me at all. It just obviously isn't real food.
I had also tried lots of different cleanses, flushes, and detoxes. It was another clue to finding out how to burn belly fat. It was becoming glaringly obvious that the answer was right in front of everyone's faces and it always had been.
The more I read about the Paleo Diet, the more I learned about good fats and good carbs the more passionate I became. And during my experimentation in the kitchen something amazing happened to my waistline.
If you have read this far and are still with me then give yourself a pat on the back. Reading this far indicates that you, reader, are one of those people who is serious. You want this, some people just get what they want. And for those people who succeed at burning belly fat and keeping it off it will be because you did one simple thing. You embraced your genetic destiny by embracing an easy to maintain foods list.
There isn't enough room here to list every recipe, and there are others out there who have discovered this amazing method for themselves. It isn't brain surgery and even though there are people who want things to magically happen to them or don't think that it is even possible, who might tell you how they know better. Remember to make the decision for yourself by trying a few methods for yourself.
The first thing I discovered was good fats. There is a major difference between the way the body metabolizes good fats and bad fats. You can either lose weight, get better skin and hair, or you can build up cholesterol in your aerteries and die of a heart attack. Wild right?
The information on fats is a little confusing, so let me simplify this for you. Look for monounsaturated fats and Omega 3 fatty acids.
Taking in good fats from different sources can help the body melt and burn belly fat. You can start getting good fats today from coconut oil, olive oil, nuts seeds, fish and fruits like avocado. Don't over do it, but enjoy these foods.
The second thing I found is a little touchy, but it works. Addressing your digestion. If you are constipated you will have a belly. It is just the truth. You can improve your digestion. It will increase your metabolism, strengthen your immune system, and shrink your midsection.
At this point I would like to say that you do still need to exercise in order to continue losing weight. And just like I had to do, you might need to shift your work out to something more dynamic. High intensity interval training will significantly impact your body's ability to burn belly fat. There are great resources focused on this type of exercise and you can find the ones that work for myself and others on my website.
The third piece to this puzzle is something a little off the wall and it is all about eating more. Yup. Eating more food can actually make you burn more belly fat. You aren't going to scarf down two double cheese burgers but you will be full all day and not have to think about being hungry. You might even turn food away. Eating smaller portions of high fiber foods like whole fruits and vegetables on a more frequent basis will keep your metabolism stoked all day. Having a green smoothie in the morning after a workout will help you to start the day on a good note.
Sugars and carbs are the enemies of fat loss. You can lose weight and still eat candy and bread, pasta, deserts and other treats. In fact having a little bit of this stuff every once in a while might actually help you lose weight.
But if you want to know how to burn belly fat in a week, then dump all of the junk in the trash. It is only going to give you faster results to eliminate these things because of your glycemic index. Keeping your blood sugar low by avoiding these foods will help you to burn belly fat. Taking beans and lentils out of your diet is another small adjustment like taking out dairy.
You should be eat lean protein like chicken, grass fed beef, eggs, fish, seafood and lots of nuts and seeds. Imagine a huge fresh salad, dressed with honey dijjon vinnagrette topped with grilled chicken and sprinkled with pepitas and dried cranberries. Yummy. You could have a beautiful, bright bowl of broth based soup along with your salad and have a desert of delicious no bake chocolate cake.
It is all about the ingredients you choose. You can remake a variety of items that you eat everyday any way in an updated low glycemic, fat scorching version. Genious!
You can eat classic recipes from regional cuisine, it is all up to you to choose.
If you don't care, you want to save time, then you can do that too, by preparing larger amounts at one time and separating everything into individual servings. Doing that also helps with portion control.
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