Embrace Your Body As You Move Toward Your Weight Release Goal

Our family gets together every Mother’s Day in Palm Springs.  In May, the weather is warm but not too warm and it’s a chance to get away, enjoy the pool and relax.  Here’s a picture of me and my youngest granddaughter, Adina, enjoying pool time.  It is important to me that my granddaughters love their own bodies and I am modeling that to them.  While I’m not at my goal weight, I am much more comfortable in my current body than ever.  I’m using the hypnotherapy tools that I use with my clients to steadily close in on my goal.

One potential challenge to effective weight management is yo-yo dieting, which can occur when your subconscious is not comfortable with your new goal weight.  You reach your target and then your mind rebels and helps you to regain that weight. Healthy weight management is a great application for hypnosis.   An affirmation cementing in your goal weight can change your subconscious so that when you get to your goal, you are comfortable and able to maintain that weight.

Women and men give a variety of reasons they want to release weight and there are different challenges you might experience on your weight release journey. Here are some of the most common reasons and challenges:

Common Reasons Adult Women Want to Release Weight:

• Improving Health and Reducing Disease Risk: Many women aim to lose weight to lower the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension.

• Enhancing Physical Appearance: Desire to look and feel better, fitting into clothes more comfortably and boosting self-esteem.

• Increasing Energy Levels: 1To feel more energetic and capable of handling daily activities and responsibilities.

• Boosting Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem: Improving body image and confidence in social and professional settings.

• Improving Mobility and Physical Fitness: Enhancing the ability to participate in physical activities and reduce joint pain.

• Preparing for a Special Event: Weight1 loss in preparation for events like weddings, reunions, or vacations.

• Managing Stress and Emotional Well-being: Reducing weight to help manage stress, anxiety, and depression.

Common Reasons Adult Men Want to Release Weight:

• Improving Health and Reducing Disease Risk: Reducing the risk of conditions such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome.

• Enhancing Physical Appearance: Desire to achieve a more muscular or fit physique, often for self-esteem and social reasons.

• Increasing Physical Performance: Improving1 athletic performance and physical endurance in sports or exercise.

• Boosting Energy Levels: To feel more energetic and productive throughout the day.

• Improving Mobility and Reducing Joint Pain: Alleviating discomfort associated with excess weight, particularly in the knees and back.

• Enhancing Self-Confidence and Professional Appearance: Improving confidence in social and professional settings.

• Preparing for Military or Physical Fitness Requirements: Meeting weight requirements for military service or other physically demanding occupations.

Common Challenges Women and Men Encounter on Their Weight Release Journeys:

• Emotional Eating and Stress Management: Using food as a coping mechanism for stress, anxiety, or depression.

• Lack of Time for Exercise and Meal Preparation: Balancing work, family, and other responsibilities makes it challenging to

• Inconsistent Motivation and Willpower: Struggling to stay motivated and committed to long-term weight loss goals.

• Social Pressure and Influence: Dealing with social events, peer pressure, and cultural norms that encourage unhealthy eating habits.

• Plateaus in Weight Loss Progress: Hitting a plateau where weight loss stalls despite continued efforts.

• Physical Cravings and Hunger: Managing cravings and hunger, especially when reducing calorie intake

• Body Image and Self-Esteem Issues: Dealing with negative body image and low self-esteem, which can affect motivation and progress.

No matter what reasons you have to lose some weight, hypnotherapy can help you release excess weight if that is your goal.  You can train your mind to permanently achieve and affirm your personal healthy weight goal. 

Here are 10 key ideas and practices that you can use to embrace your body as you move toward you weight release goal with help from hypnotherapy:

• Cultivate Self-Love and Body Acceptance: The journey toward weight release begins with embracing and loving your body as it is now. Cultivating self-love and body acceptance lays a positive foundation for sustainable weight loss. Hypnotherapy can help you develop a compassionate and appreciative mindset toward your body, which fosters motivation and resilience.

• Listen to Your Body's Signals: Understanding and honoring the mind-body connection is crucial for effective weight release. Hypnotherapy can teach you how to tune into your body's signals, such as hunger, satiety, and energy levels, promoting intuitive eating and healthier lifestyle choices.

• Set Realistic and Positive Goals: Setting realistic and positive weight release goals that align with overall well-being rather than focusing solely on numbers on the scale. Hypnotherapy can assist you in defining and visualizing your goals, creating a motivating and achievable path forward.

• Overcome Emotional Eating: One of my favorite tools is Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) or tapping.  It is good for identifying triggers for over eating and focusing in on specific goals. You can address the emotional triggers and underlying psychological factors that lead to overeating. Hypnotherapy can help you recognize and manage emotional eating patterns, providing alternative coping mechanisms that support your weight release journey.

• Empower Yourself with Positive Affirmations: You can establish a daily positive affirmations practice to build self-confidence and reinforce a healthy mindset. Hypnotherapy can guide you in creating powerful affirmations that align with your weight release goals, and embedding these affirmations in your subconscious mind, fostering a positive and empowered self-image.

• Create Sustainable Lifestyle Changes: You can shift your focus from quick fixes to gradual and sustainable lifestyle changes. Hypnotherapy can support you in developing lasting habits around nutrition, exercise, and self-care, ensuring that weight release is maintained over the long term.

• Replace Negative Beliefs and Self-Sabotage: Negative beliefs and self-sabotaging behaviors can hinder and block successful weight release. Hypnotherapy can uncover and reframe these subconscious blocks, enabling you to move forward with confidence and clarity.

• Visualize Success and Celebrate Milestones: You can learn to use visualization techniques to envision success and celebrate milestones along your weight release journey. Hypnotherapy can enhance your ability to see and feel your progress, making the journey more enjoyable and motivating.

• Build a Supportive Environment: Creating a supportive environment including relationships, physical spaces, and routines, can nurture your weight release journey. Hypnotherapy can help you identify and cultivate supportive elements in your life, boosting your chances of success.

• Embrace the Journey, Not Just the Destination: It is important to focus on the journey of weight release rather than just the end goal. Hypnotherapy encourages you to appreciate the small victories and personal growth that occur along the way, fostering a more fulfilling and balanced approach to weight release.

Working together with your hypnotherapist using proven hypnotherapy techniques in a series of hypnosis and counseling sessions, you can discover/clarify your beliefs and concerns about your current weight, establish and prioritize your weight release goals, envision the thoughts, feelings and activities that will support your goals, craft customized personal affirmations and  establish a daily affirmations and gratitude practice that reinforces your positive mindset, and celebrate the milestones as you embrace your body and move through your weight release journey toward the successful achievement of our your specific wealth release goal.

If you are considering working with me as your hypnotherapist, I am available for a free, private, 30 minute consultation for new clients. Please call me at 818-929-4944 or go to cindaroffman.com to book a free consultation.

Sincerely,

Cinda

HypnoNews and Resources

For more in depth information about weight release reasons, challenges and goals, please see the following references:

Health and appearance reasons for weight loss as predictors of long-term weight change

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6299317/

20-reasons-you-are-not-losing-weight

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/20-reasons-you-are-not-losing-weight#why-am-i-not-losing-weight

Part 2: Harnessing the Power of Mindset: Achieving Weight Loss Goals with Hypnotherapy

The first time I tried hypnotherapy, I was desperate.  I had tried everything to lose weight after the birth of my third child.  Nothing worked.  A friend told me about hypnotherapy and I thought, “Why not?”  After explaining about how hypnotherapy worked and asking me about my goals, the kind and gentle hypnotherapist told me to relax in his big, overstuffed recliner.  I don’t remember much else about the session.

When I got home and started to make dinner that night, there was a definite shift in my mindset.  I knew I wanted to eat healthier and wasn’t tempted by the chicken nuggets and grilled cheese I made for the children.  The next morning, I woke up early and got dressed to go walking.  As I was tying my shoes, I realized that there had been a definite shift in my thoughts.  I was hooked.  I continued hypnotherapy for a while, lost 15 lbs. and was healthier all around because of my walking.

Can hypnotherapy help you change your mindset, eating and exercise habits to support reaching your health and weight loss goals? Definitely, that’s what it is all about.

Weight loss goals are among the most common health objectives you may strive to achieve. This segment of the series explores the intricate relationship between mindset and weight loss, and how hypnotherapy can be a powerful tool in supporting you on your weight loss journey.

Understanding Weight Loss Goals:

Weight loss goals vary in nature and scope, ranging from short-term objectives to long-term lifestyle changes. Common reasons for setting weight loss goals include:

• Health Improvement: You may seek to lose weight to improve overall health, manage chronic conditions like diabetes or hypertension, or reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

• Appearance Enhancement: Weight loss goals are often motivated by a desire to enhance physical appearance, boost self-esteem, and feel more confident in your body.

• Fitness and Performance: You may set weight loss goals to enhance athletic performance, increase stamina, or achieve specific fitness milestones.

• Disease Prevention: Weight loss can play a crucial role in preventing obesity-related health conditions such as joint pain, sleep apnea, and certain cancers.

The Weight Loss Mindset and the Mind-Body Connection:

Your weight loss mindset plays a pivotal role in determining your success in achieving weight loss goals. Through the mind-body connection, your thoughts, beliefs, and emotions (mindset) can either support or hinder progress towards your weight loss objectives. Here are some attitudes/beliefs associated with negative and positive weight loss mindsets:

Negative Weight Loss Mindset:

• All-or-Nothing Thinking: Believing that any deviation from a strict diet or exercise regimen constitutes failure, leading to feelings of guilt and self-sabotage.

• Self-Criticism and Shame: Engaging in negative self-talk and self-criticism based on perceived body flaws or past weight loss failures.

• External Validation: Seeking validation and approval from others based on physical appearance, leading to a reliance on external factors for self-worth.

• Fear of Failure: Anticipating failure or setbacks before embarking on a weight loss journey, leading to avoidance of challenges and opportunities for growth.

• Lack of Self-Efficacy: Doubting your ability to make lasting changes and achieve weight loss goals, undermining motivation and commitment.

Positive Weight Loss Mindset:

• Self-Compassion and Acceptance: Practicing self-compassion and acceptance of your body, embracing the journey towards health and well-being without judgment.

• Goal Orientation: Focusing on specific, achievable goals and milestones, celebrating your progress rather than fixating on perfection.

• Intrinsic Motivation: Finding inner motivation and satisfaction in the process of improving health and well-being, independent of external validation.

• Resilience and Adaptability: Embracing setbacks as opportunities for learning and growth, maintaining a positive outlook in the face of challenges.

• Self-Efficacy and Empowerment: Cultivating a belief in your ability to make meaningful changes, taking ownership of your health and well-being journey.

Hypnotherapy for Weight Loss Mindset Transformation:

Hypnotherapy offers a unique approach to transforming the weight loss mindset, addressing underlying beliefs and emotions that may be impeding progress. Through techniques such as guided imagery, cognitive restructuring, and positive suggestion, hypnotherapy can help you:

• Overcome limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging thought patterns.

• Cultivate a positive and empowered mindset towards diet, nutrition, exercise and weight loss.

• Enhance your motivation and commitment to healthy lifestyle changes.

• Develop coping strategies for managing cravings, emotional eating, and stress.

• Establish a supportive internal dialogue and self-care practices to sustain your long-term success.

Summary:

By harnessing the power of the subconscious mind, hypnotherapy empowers you to align your mindset with your weight loss goals, paving the way for sustainable health and well-being.

Working together with your hypnotherapist using proven hypnotherapy techniques in a series of hypnosis and counseling sessions, you can discover/clarify your general physical health mindset and specific beliefs and concerns about your current weight, establish and prioritize your weight loss goals, envision the thoughts, feelings and activities of an updated mindset that supports your goals, craft customized personal affirmations in alignment with your updated weight loss mindset, and  establish a daily affirmations and gratitude practice that reinforces your mindset, celebrates progress and propels you toward successful achievement of our your specific wealth loss goals.

If you are considering working with me as your hypnotherapist, I am available for a free 30 minute consultation for new clients. Please call me at 818-929-4944 or go to cindaroffman.com to book a free consultation.

Stay tuned for Part 3: Harnessing the Power of Mindset: Better Sleep with Help from Hypnotherapy, where we shift our focus to the importance of quality sleep in achieving optimal physical health and explore how hypnotherapy can support individuals in overcoming sleep-related challenges. Join us as we delve into the transformative potential of mindset in achieving better sleep with the help of hypnotherapy..

Sincerely,

CInda

HypnoNews and Resources

For an excellent article about one person’s weight loss journey and her successful experience with hypnotherapy after all else failed to help her reach her goals, please see the following:

https://clarity-hypnosis.com/hypnosis-thing-thats-helped-lose-weight/

Just 1 MORE Thing: Hypnotherapy for Weight Loss in the Home Stretch

Last month we talked about what 1 thing might be holding you back or keeping you from living your best life.  For many, it can be those stubborn 10 – 15 pounds that you just can’t lose.  You may have had great success with a weight management program, Weight Watchers, Lindora or any of the others out there but there are still those stubborn last few pounds. 

Every year I help clients who had been very successful in losing a large amount of weight but found themselves stuck, making no further progress, as they entered the home stretch toward their final goal.

One client had a trip of a lifetime planned and wanted to be at her goal weight for purchasing clothes and supplies for the trip. Here is how she described her challenge in our initial session. “Through diets and exercising I have lost about 30 pounds over the past 10 months. I’m about 12 pounds away from my final goal but I’ve stopped making progress. I’m not gaining, but not losing, just bouncing   between 145 and 142. I know that I have lost almost all the weight I set out to lose. I feel like I deserve a reward for that. Also, I’m having trouble accepting when I’m satisfied.”

After listening to her weight loss journey, we came up with a strategy – what specific actions could she take to get off those stubborn 12 pounds.  She decided to decrease her caloric intake by reducing her portions.  She already knew what to eat, she just needed to eat less of it.  She increased her outdoor activity, not being near food makes it harder to snack.   We then came up with a set of affirmations that could help her get across that finish line.  Her first one?  “I weigh 130 pounds.”   We also included affirmations about moving more outside and eating less.  It’s important to state clearly what your goals are.  I gave her a copy of her hypnosis session so that she could listen to it for added motivation whenever she wanted.

After working together, those pounds came off and she was able to keep them off.  She had a great trip and continues to successfully maintain her goal weight.

Hypnotherapy can help in the final stretch of weight loss.

If you are stuck in the home stretch toward your weight loss goal and you would like to explore how Hypnotherapy may help, please go to cindaroffman.com to book a free consult or give me a call at 818-929-4944.

Sincerely,

Cinda

How to Choose the Right Hypnotherapist For You

As part of my training to become a hypnotherapist, I had to choose a mentor.  All the teachers at HMI were available as mentors, it was part of their job as teachers.  I took a while to decide.   When I finally did, I chose Cheryl because she was the teacher I could most closely relate to.  We are about the same age, she had had another career before becoming a hypnotherapist and she genuinely liked helping others.  I liked how she treated her students, her calm, gentle manner was very inviting.

Personal transformation is a common goal these days.  Changing what you think and what you do can bring about transformation.  Sounds simple but it is not that easy to achieve.  A hypnotherapist can help by accessing your subconscious mind (80% of your mind) and helping you to focus it on your conscious goals.  This makes achieving those goals much easier.          

How do you choose the best hypnotherapist for you?  Here some items to consider:

• Where did they go to school? How long was the training?

There are many “hypnotherapy schools” some offering a certificate in as short a time as a weekend. Hypnosis Motivation Institute, where I went to school is a yearlong program with almost 800 instructional hours, including an internship program.  It includes classes on counselling as well as an introduction to many different modalities.

• What additional training do they have?

I am trained and certified in many different techniques and areas:  Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP), Therapeutic Imagery, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Weight Management, Coping with Loss, Hypnotherapy for Clients with Cancer, Preparing for Surgery, PTSD, Sports Performance, Fears and Anxieties, Smoking Cessation, and Hypnosis and the Special Needs Child.

• What is their certification? 

I am a certified hypnotherapist, certified by Hypnotherapist Union of the AFL/CIO #472.  I am on the board of the Union and we are very careful to only certify hypnotherapists who have extensive training.  We have a code of ethics and continuing education requirements.

• What is their specialty?

While I do see clients for a variety of issues, I specialize in weight management, anxiety, insomnia, test preparation and sports performance.

• How are they rated on Yelp, Google and LinkedIn? 

Ratings can be an important tool with objective ways to rate performance. 

• What is their website like? Does it include testimonials, areas of experience and a blog?

Again, one more tool to help you understand more about the person you are choosing.

• Do they offer a free consultation?

Choosing a hypnotherapist is a very personal decision.  Getting the chance to know, like and trust them before engaging with them is important.  You want to be able to relate to the person you will be working with.  Are they able to listen and really hear what you are saying?

If you would like to talk about working together, call now to arrange for a free, private, online video consultation - 818-929-4944.