Archive for September 29th, 2008

I’m Using Self Hypnosis for Weight Loss Again – Successfully

So, everyone needs a little subconscious boost in their diet once in a while, right?   A little shot of willpower in the arm, a casual suggestion daily to the powerful subconscious mind that you must eat right and exercise to be the absolute best you that you can be?  Well, that’s exactly what I’ve needed lately and the time came for me to get myself back on track after a weekend of binge and fast food eating due to a power outage we had for a few days. 

We only ate out pretty much for three days and I didn’t exactly make the best choices because I was out of sorts and pretty much had zero willpower.  Amazing how something as little as not having electric power will twist you into thinking you can eat anything you want for a few days, that it won’t hurt.  Problem with that mentality is that it seems to never end after some bad days and you find that twenty pounds later, your “bad day” added up over time. 

With this in mind, and wanting to get back on track to ensure I didn’t put on anything more permanent than a little water weight, I pulled out my hypnotherapy for weight loss cd’s and listened to them daily again for the past few days.  Sure enough, I found that after even the first days of putting myself into a hypnotic, relaxed state and listening to the powerful suggestions, I didn’t actually want crappy, bad for me food, and I actually looked forward to working out instead of dragging myself to the gym at work this week. 

All in all, I’d have to say that either self hypnosis for weight loss works because you really truly believe it works, or there really is something to be said for the power of your deepest mind centers as far as how what you believe controls your life and your destiny. I’d prefer to believe it’s a little of both. 

Regardless of the mechanisms that make self hypnosis work for people for all sorts of things, there is no denying it’s effectiveness on so many in losing weight, quitting smoking and doing so many other things that otherwise would be extremely hard without willpower coupled with true desire.