The first time a doctor told me I needed to lose weight was as I as preparing to get married. Who doesn’t want to look great at their wedding? So I bought into his suggestion that I lose 15 pounds. Many years later, my cardiologist insisted that I lose weight. This time it was 40 pounds and it wasn’t for looks, it was for health. Yes, I know about the weight management journey. I’ve been there and still struggle sometimes. Safer at home has actually been good for my weight. It has kept me out of restaurants and lots of tempting delicious food. I only buy healthy foods that are on my eating plan. Do I occasionally stray? Of course, but by and large, I am doing better than usual.
The healthy weight management journey starts with awareness and desire. It consists of two stages, (1) losing weight to achieve your healthy goal weight and (2) adjusting your routine to maintain healthy weight management on an ongoing basis. No matter where you are in this journey, hypnotherapy can help. Here’s how it works:
Much of our eating and exercise behavior is managed by our subconscious minds which have been conditioned by parents, teachers, childhood experience and the media. Your attitude and mindset toward weight management may be significant factors holding you back from losing weight. Or maybe your living situation is difficult; maybe you need to change from a stressful job. In hypnosis we can strengthen motivation, relieve stress and update mindset to better serve you as you make the behavior changes that will lead to successful healthy weight management.
Hypnotherapy helps with healthy weight management by changing your subconscious view of your weight. We all have a vision in our minds of what we look like. It may or may not be realistic. In weight management hypnosis, we work to change that subconscious view to your goal view. We also work to change your ideas about what you need to do to manage your weight. We work together to find a weight loss plan that will fit with your lifestyle.
You choose an eating plan that will be best for you. We work out an exercise program specifically for you. Exercise is an integral part of weight management. Maybe it’s walking several days a week, maybe it’s using the trainer you’ve already paid for at the gym – we will work together to figure out what works for you.
We work out an exercise program specifically for you. Exercise is an integral part of weight management. Maybe it’s walking several days a week, maybe it’s using the trainer you’ve already paid for at the gym – we will work together to figure out what works for you.
Once we have established an eating plan and an exercise plan, in each subsequent session we discuss what is and what is not working for you. If necessary, we make adjustments in your plans while monitoring how you are progressing toward your goal.
At goal, we celebrate the new you and then continue the journey by adjusting your eating and exercise plan to maintain healthy weight management on an ongoing basis.
If this is something you might want to tackle at this time, please call me for a private consultation.