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Many Americans believe that being overweight is merely a cosmetic concern, not realizing the degree of this condition, or that carrying excess weight is the source of countless health conditions. By taking proper care of the body now, weight related conditions can be avoided in the future. Losing weight not only decreases the risk of disease, but helps one to enjoy a more active lifestyle with improved confidence, self-esteem and an improved mood.
Pretty much every expert will agree that for someone to achieve long-term weight loss they have to make a lifestyle change. But what does lifestyle change actually mean and what needs to be done to achieve it?
These sorts of statements generally are high on you should type of advice but low on how to advice.
So, what is lifestyle change and how is it achieved with regards to long-term weight loss? When the experts say a lifestyle change what they really mean is a behavioural change. To create lifestyle change with regards to food there needs to be some significant changes in behaviour around food.
The problem with diets, and in particular fast weight loss diets, is that they rarely achieve behavioural change because the diet is seen as something they do for a while and then they can go back to enjoying themselves. So the thought processes around food stay the same, i.e. food is still a treat or reward or it will make them feel good in some way.
Paul White, the behavioural change specialist at the Surrey Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy, said Most clients have developed very negative patterns of thought and behaviour, blocking out potential long-term negative outcomes of their weight problems. By using weight loss hypnotherapy we are able to turn around those thought processes and, in doing so, change the behaviours around food on a more permanent basis.
With weight loss hypnotherapy the clients notice very quickly how their behaviours around food change. It becomes very obvious when they start developing more appropriate behaviours, not only when eating but also when buying food.
At the Surrey Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy in Surrey they seek to change their clients relationship with food. The hypnotherapist will work with the client to change the way they view food, even the way they think about food, so the client eats to live, rather than lives to eat. By doing so they remove the guilt, reduce consumption and feel happier around food.
Whilst running their weight loss programme at the Institute, they have come across virtually every type of inappropriate behaviour around food and have strategies to deal with all of them. The great thing about using something like hypnotherapy is that it does not matter if the client is dieting or not, as it works on the behaviours and when they change, the food consumption changes naturally.
Paul White has been Chairman of the National Council for Hypnotherapy for five years. He has been a Director of The Surrey Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy for 11 years. He has a special interest in weight control and problem behaviours (addictions).
