Think Yourself Thin: Weight Loss is as Easy as Changing Your Mind.
Are your brainwaves synchronized with your weight loss goals?
Discover the Secrets of Weight Loss Success
One of the greatest and most overlooked tools for weight loss and weight control is the mind. Your thoughts influence every aspect of your life and how you choose to act. Negative thinking results in poor lifestyle choices. Troubling emotions can influence our decision-making and even short circuit our goals.
Our bodies are listening to us, and a positive mental outlook has been proven to influence not only your mind, but also your body.
Dr. Candace Pert and a team of scientists have proven there is a biochemical link between the mind, our thoughts, and our bodies. Our bodies literally “listen” to our thoughts and respond.
As we think, our bodies produce hormones known as peptides. The thought hormones send messages to our body tissues, influencing how they react to states of stress or happiness. Our emotions influence both hormonal and emotional changes, as well as our immune function. Changes in your attitude and emotions from a negative to a positive stance are crucial to health, well-being, and weight management.
Stress and weight gain have been scientifically proven to be connected. We’ve seen this in Oprah Winfrey’s forty pound weight gain. Under enormous career stress, challenged by criminal activity at her school for girls in Africa, and upset by her diagnosis of a thyroid problem, Oprah became depressed according to her trainer, Bob Greene. She let go of the reins of her diet and fitness program. This can happen to the best of us. Life stresses are always challenging, but we can use our minds to manage stress and achieve any goal.
There are several specific things you can do to minimize stress and mitigate negative thinking. You can make your mind an ally in your weight loss and weight maintenance efforts. Below are the tools you need to take advantage of to fine tune your mind for maximum success.
Observe your thoughts immediately before eating and working out. As simple as it seems, keeping a diary or journal gives you insight into your emotions and how you view certain activities. If that creepy guy at the gym puts you off working out, a little insight will persuade you to change your workout time or find a new gym. You might discover you always reach for a high calorie snack or drink when you eat pasta for lunch. Too many carbohydrates and not enough protein can cause blood sugar irregularities that spike your appetite and drive you to snack on whatever is handy and fast.
Hypnosis supports easy weight loss. Hypnosis conducted by an expert can literally change your subconscious mind, and get your thoughts and emotions lined up with your weight loss goals. You can find a certified hypnotist in your area by contacting the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. Highly regarded hypnotist Matt Sison offers an affordable and effective hypnosis CD set that I use myself. This product is a soothing program that resets, or reboots, your mind and teaches you to think healthy, productive thoughts that support easy weight loss.
Syncronize your brain waves for optimal weight loss. Brainwave entrainment is a high-tech approach to tuning your brain waves. A few excellent products are available that guide your mind to a mental environment for reaching your weight loss goals. Several excellent products are available, including EOC Institute’s EquiSync which synchronizes and balances your brain waves. Every EquiSync product is guaranteed and comes with a 30 day money back guarantee.
Your religious beliefs and spiritual outlook can be a rich source of support for weight loss. Many churches today offer weight loss support groups and clubs for dieters. Studies have shown prayer and religious belief can make a difference in whether people have a sense of belonging and meaning necessary for success and satisfaction in all areas of life.
Design your best weight loss lifestyle by changing your inner environment. Understand that your thought processes lead you to the choices you make, what today’s actions will be, and which habits you develop over time. Your choices, actions, and habits lead to the body you will have, your actual weight, and your level of fitness.
Remember to design your present fitness and weight loss goals with your present life issues in mind. Don’t expect to lose 20 pounds during the holiday season when many of us are stressed by an overload of good and bad emotions and events. If you’re out of shape, don’t shoot for a super model’s body by next summer. Your mind is your best ally in weight loss, and setting goals must match what you can comfortably and realistically achieve. Remember, fitness and weight control is a journey, not a destination.
Studies and Resources
Study: Controlled trial of hypnotherapy for weight loss in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea
J Stradlinga, D Roberts, A Wilson and F Lovelock, Chest Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, UK “Hypnotherapy group with stress reduction achieved significantly more weight loss than the other treatments.”
Study**:** Research on hypnosis as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy