GROUP WEIGHT LOSS SESSION

want to go from snacker to cracker?
want to turn heads instead of turning stomachs?
are you more of a beach ball than beach babe?

then you really might be curious to read on .........

When we are born, we are born with an ability to tune into the body's needs and requirements. A baby cries when it is hungry, you feed it a bottle. Sometimes it drinks the whole bottle, sometimes it wants more than one bottle, sometimes it only drinks a small amount of the bottle and sometimes when you try and feed the baby it doesn't want the bottle. You see we are all born with an inborn reflex to listen to your bodies, but as we grow up we begin to lose this ability. We become toddlers and we are spoon-fed. Our parents may force us to eat by making games when we eat, planes, trains, soldiers, all kinds of strange and fun sounds. They praise us when we finish everything, reward us for being 'good' with sweets and make it better with our favourite biscuits. We begin to grow apart from our inborn normal eating reflexes. As we get older and take control of our eating, we are so used to using food as a reward, or as a comfort, that this trigger for eating is no longer hunger. We start rewarding ourselves, or comforting ourselves, just as our parents did before. And we STOP LISTENING TO OUR BODIES.

Our body is like a car but unlike the one in the garage or drive, it only ever has one engine. It needs a steady supply of the right fuel to work efficiently and if it doesn't get that, it simply wears out. We all have to eat, as our bodies are in fact, very complex  machines, which require fuel in order to function. We require energy to be active and, in the same way a car burns either petrol or diesel as fuel, we 'burn' food. When our car is burning too much fuel we quickly tackle the problem. After all, it costs money to fill the tank. Excessive fuel consumption means that the engine is consuming too much fuel for the amount of power that it returns. The excess fuel cannot be burned efficiently, and so ends up as thick carbon deposits, which gum up the works, and reduce the effectiveness and life of the engine. In the same way, if we overload our engine with more food than it needs and/or use the wrong types of fuel, then our performance will be affected. We will build up deposits of unburned fuel in the form of body fat and life expectancy will be reduced as we place extra loading upon it.

Why diets don't work

• Diets may work in the short term but long term 95% of dieters regain weight and often more

• Dieting makes you think of growing hungry and giving up

• Diets focus your mind on the very thing you are trying to control- - food & the "wrong" ones at that

• Diets can become "all consuming" in that you are likely to obsess on 'what or when can I eat next'

• Weight watching, calorie counting, weigh-ins & weigh-ups, weighing scales, measuring tapes can perpetuate feelings of deprivation and sacrifice.
   

How can hypnosis help me to lose weight?
More than a decade of controlled scientific studies and analytical reviews show that hypnotherapy, in conjunction with proper exercise and nutrition, can enhance weight reduction and help keep the weight off longer. A review of studies published in leading medical journals between 1985 and 1998 offers compelling evidence that hypnotherapy  is the added ingredient that helps people stay on track with weight control.

[References: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, The International Journal of Eating Disorders, Nutrition and Food Science, International Journal of Obesity]

Here are some of the findings

• In studies comparing a control group to a hypnotherapy group, the group exposed to hypnotherapy lost more weight and kept weight off longer.

• Hypnotherapy helped people correct faulty thinking and associations around food and helped them get control over non-hunger related eating.

• Hypnotherapy helped study participants remember specific weight reduction goals & behavioural recommendations.

• Unlike most programmes, which focus only on diet and exerise, hypnotherapy might include suggestions for ego strengthening, decision making, stress management, self soothing, mental rehearsal and enhances motivation - all of which are helpful in successful weight management.