Weight Loss Miracle - Self-hypnosis Plus The Atkins Diet
The Atkins Diet is a very popular "low carb" weight loss system
, but it is often greatly misrepresented! Popular, but slightly exaggerated depictions of the diet portray dieters wolfing down nothing but vast amounts of meat and fat. Although the diet itself may not be quite this simple, many dieters under the plan have successfully lost weight and improved their health.
On this plan, dieters follow a highly specific plan based on cutting carbohydrate intake. Emphasis is placed on the nutritional aspects of the diet over exercise and other factors, although exercise is recommended. There are four stages in the Atkins program:
Induction: During this two-week stage at the start of the diet program, dieters can only consume up to 20 grams of carbohydrates per day. Dieters can ingest high protein foods such as meat and fish, fats such as oils and butter, and other foods with little to no carbohydrates. Many foods with carbohydrates are not permitted at all, including alcoholic drinks.
This initial phase is intended to help the body go from burning carbohydrates for energy, as it usually does, into burning stored up fat (a process known as ketosis). Most dieters begin to lose weight during this stage.
Ongoing Weight Loss: During the Ongoing Weight Loss stage, dieters gradually increase their carbohydrate consumption by adding 5 grams of carbohydrates into their diet every week. Dieters adjust their diet, continuing their weight loss to put themselves within 5-10 pounds of their goal weight, before transitioning into the Pre-maintenance phase.
Pre-maintenance: Dieters use this phase to find out the maximum amount of carbohydrates they can consume without gaining weight. During this stage, dieters add 10 grams of carbohydrates to their diet each week. Once dieters reach their target weight and can maintain it for one month, they move into the Lifetime Maintenance stage.
Lifetime Maintenance: For lasting results, the Atkins program is designed to be maintained throughout the dieter's life. Using the strategies that helped the dieter reach their goal weight, the dieter maintains an eating and exercise plan to stay at their goal weight. Individuals can revert to previous stages if their weight starts to rise again.
Dieters who can stick to the Atkins diet are typically successful in losing weight; however, many people cannot maintain the program and end up quitting early on in the induction stage. In general, most diet plans fail because dieters cannot stay committed to the plan.
Many people struggle with dieting because they experience strong food cravings, have problems with compulsive overeating, cannot control their appetites, or simply do not feel motivated to lose weight. Getting over these mental obstacles is the most challenging aspect of losing weight.
One reason why many people struggle to manage their eating is because they are emotional eaters. Such individuals eat in response to their feelings, such as when they are bored or upset. However, this eating style programs a "conditioned response" into the unconscious mind. This means that when people experience the same emotion that made them overeat initially, they will feel compelled to overeat again.
Hypnotherapy works by helping our unconscious minds disassociate our emotions from our eating habits. To extinguish the conditioned response to overeat, a hypnosis weight loss program is used to break the link developed in the unconscious mind between overeating and specific "trigger" behaviors.
For example, if you tend to binge eat when you get bored, hypnosis can disassociate boredom from eating in your unconscious mind. Hypnosis techniques can then be used to replace the overeating response with another activity, such as exercising. That way, the next time you get bored, instead of having an urge to overeat, you will feel motivated to exercise, resulting in natural weight loss.
Hypnosis is a powerful stress relieving tool as well, helping us cope with our stressful feelings and relieve tension without eating. As a relaxation tool, it calms the mind, helps you develop positive strategies to manage stress, and boosts your confidence to motivate you to lose weight.
Self hypnosis can also be used to eliminate the emotional stresses that keep you from losing weight. Many overweight people hide behind their weight for emotional protection. For example, after a painful end to a relationship, people might find themselves becoming overweight so they can avoid relationships and avoid having to endure emotional pain again. Through hypnosis, we can think more positively and focus on having better health instead of becoming overwhelmed by our worries.
Not only is hypnotherapy a powerful motivation tool, it relieves tension, eliminates the conditioned responses that trigger overeating, and can help you overcome the mental obstacles that prevent weight loss. Hypnosis is extremely effective at helping people stay on a diet plan and naturally lose weight.
by: Alan Densky
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