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Medical research at Tufts-New England Medical Center has provided irrefutable evidence that all diets are effective when dieters are able to stick to them. Atkins - low carb; The Zone - low glycemic index; Ornish - low fat; Weight Watchers - low calorie. But research has provided convincing evidence that very few people can stick to any diet because of their appetite. So to be successful with a diet,hypnosis for weight loss can be quite helpful. The Dictionary defines "Appetite" as: "The desire for gratification of some want, craving, or passion." So "appetite" is eating and drinking for relaxation and pleasure. Don't confuse appetite with hunger. Hunger is defined as "The body's call for nourishment." In other words, when the body needs food, that's when you feel true on hunger. By that description, it is not possible to "be hungry" if you are overweight. However, it is possible for you to have feelings that you interpret as "hunger." And the stomach contracting in expectation of being fed causes those feelings. When you were an infant and you got cranky, your mother would put a pacifier into your mouth to pacify you. You would get distracted, become calmer, and often fall asleep. That scenario was repeated many, many times so that your unconscious mind was programmed: When something goes into your mouth, you get relaxation and pleasure from it. Now that you are a grownup, if you feel upset, you crave something in your mouth for relaxation and pleasure - food! People Also Get Cravings and Urges Because Of Conditioning. When you associate consuming food with any other activity, the other activity will trigger cravings for food and a urge to eat. This is called a conditioned response. For example: If you eat when you see someone else eating, you will automatically get an urge to eat each time you see someone else eating. What About Compulsive Overeaters Who Eat Because Of Emotional Reasons? A compulsion is defined as an "irresistible impulse." One of the presuppositions of NLP is: There is a positive intention behind all behaviors. In other words, our unconscious mind only motivates behaviors that benefit or protect us in some way. In NLP terms, we say that being fat is a behavior when it provides a positive outcome or intention. You may be wondering what the possible positive outcomes of being fat just might be. The list of probabilities is as long as the list of people who are grossly overweight. But I'll give you a classic example: A person gets their heart broken in a relationship. So to protect the self from getting the heart broken again, the unconscious motivates the self to gain weight to keep the self out of relationships and prevent another broken heart. A big secret to eliminating your appetite is reframing. With an NLP Reframe, we respect the fact that the mind is compelling us to consume food for relaxation and pleasure. And if we are eating compulsively because being fat is protecting us, we respect that also. In a Neuro-Linguistic Programming Reframe, we compromise with our unconscious mind. In the case of eating for relaxation and pleasure, we ask our unconscious to assume the responsibility for substituting alternate behaviors. The substituted behaviors must be as effective and available at providing the same relaxation and pleasure. But they must also be more consciously acceptable to us. When the unconscious is motivating us into alternate behaviors that provide the relaxation and pleasure that we require - we lose our appetite on this score. If you are an emotional eater, we do an additional reframe. We ask your unconscious to accept responsibility for finding and substituting new behaviors in place of being overweight. These new behaviors must be as effective and available at providing the same benefits and protections. But they must be actions that are more consciously acceptable to you. When your unconscious is motivating you into alternate behaviors that provide the same benefits that you require, you lose the compulsion to overeat. As far as feeling cravings because of conditioning (conditioned responses), we utilize various NLP and hypnotic methods that erase those conditioned responses. That breaks the connection between the behaviors, and dissolves the cravings and urges. Once your appetite has been eliminated, and any compulsion to overeat has been overcome, you can easily stick to any diet that you chose on an indefinite basis so that it becomes a permanent lifestyle change.
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Alan B. Densky, CH is certified by the National Guild of Hypnotists. Mr. Densky started his practice in 1978. He is the developer of a video hypnosis technology that received a Patent from the US Government, and which has been perfected for appetite control hypnosis and stress management. You can learn more by going to his Neuro-VISION audio and video hypnosis website. He maintains his own hypnosis article library. And he offers free www.neuro-vision.us/Products/FreeHypnosisDownload.html">hypnosis newsletters and MP3's.
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