Hypnosis For Weight Loss

Hypnosis To The Rescue

It’s very easy to hypnotize yourself to lose weight. But it requires a bit of a set up and understanding. From a purely biological standpoint, losing weight (and even more broadly gaining weight) requires you do something different than you are currently doing. Losing weight is hard because everybody likes to eat. Eating feels good. Eating is enjoyable. There are no short term drawbacks to eating. So doing less of something that feels good is difficult.

Exercise is also usually required. Some or more. Doing exercise is not fun. Doing exercise is not easy. Sitting on a comfortable couch and watching an enjoyable TV show is easy. It is comfortable. We combine these two ideas and we are faced with the prospect of doing something less of what we like doing, and doing something more that we don’t like doing. And not just once, but every day. No wonder losing weight is so hard!

Prepare Yourself

If you are going to lose weight in a consistent and maintainable way, you’ve got to make it as easy and comfortable as possible. Hypnosis can definitely help, in fact their are some free hypnosis sessions below that will do the trick. But before you slip on the headphones and let the sounds do the work for you, we’ve got to give you the best chance possible. Give yourself a little bit of time to understand the process before you slip into a comfortable trance.

Well Formed Goal

Weight loss is a goal like any other. And like any other, there are good ways to go about it, and not so good ways. The not so good way is the common way. We look at ourselves in the mirror and say, “Holy shit dude! You’re fat as fuck! WTF happened?” and decide to unfat ourselves. Unfortunately, this common method doesn’t carry us through. It’s enough motivation to get started but usually only lasted a few days. (Or at least until we put a shirt on.) To give ourselves a chance, we need to create a well formed goal. Below are the definitions. You might consider taking some notes as we go along, based on your own situation.

Specific

A well formed goal is specific. So instead of vaguely “losing weight,” how much do you want to lose? Don’t expect miracles. We’ve still got to obey the laws of chemistry and biology. Also, remember that getting there will require you behave differently. Think about an achievable goal. Once you achieve this achievable goal, you can set another one, and keep going. As a first step, how much weight would be ideal? Always remember you can repeat this process (and eventually get rid of all the weight you don’t want), so start easy. Come up with a solid number before you continue. (Wait, dude, are we really doing this now? Yes!)

Time Dependent

Anybody can do anything if there’s no deadline. But in order to make sure we actually get started (and not put it off until that tomorrow which never comes), when do you think is a reasonable time to lose that weight (the one you chose above)? Two pounds per week is a pretty good target. Anything more and you’ll be sleepwalking to your fridge at night and eating all the ice cream! So, given your chosen amount, what would be a realistic target to achieve that?

Stated Positively

While there are tons of myths and ideas about the brain not being able to comprehend a negative, which may or may not be true, it’s a lot easier to achieve goals if you make your target positive. Rephrase your target weight loss on the target date as follows: “By date, I will weigh X pounds.” If you want to give yourself a little wiggle room, you can say, “By date, I will be X pounds or lighter.”

Maintain All Present Positives

This is the tricky part that most people overlook. When moving from your present state into a positive future state, there are four areas to consider. Present positives, present negatives, future positives, and future negatives.

Present Negatives

This one is easy. You have some weight you’d like to lose. Boom, done.

Future Positives

This one is also pretty easy. The future you is lighter than the now you. But take some time and think of all the potential positive things about the future you that is lighter by the amount chosen above. Write down as many as you can. Revisit this list on a daily basis. Keeping a positive image of the future you as compelling as possible will make it much easier to get there.

Future Negatives

This is one people tend to miss. What could be some negative aspects of being lighter? More social attention? Less excuses for getting outside and meeting new people? Give yourself plenty of time to come up with some realistic potential future negatives that might unexpectedly pop up. IF there were anything bad about losing weight, what would it be?

Present Positives

Believe it or not, there are some good things about your present weight. Many of them might be the opposite of what you wrote down for future negatives. Like you have a ready excuse for not going out and being social. Or maybe eating gives you a good way to relieve stress. Or eating tastes good. Bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good. Um, wait, where am I…

Flip Future Negative

Now take the future negatives, and flip them to the opposite. For example, let’s say you are worried about getting social attention. A negative statement would be, “I want to lose weight but I’m afraid of increased social attention.” Put into the form, “I want to lose weight but I don’t want the X” where X is the negative thing in the future you are worried about. Flip it around until it’s positive. This is your re-written goal statement. “I choose to lose weight while enjoying increased social exposure.” Play around until you’ve got something that sounds good. Take as much time as you need.

Maintain Present Positives

What do you want to keep about your current state? Enjoying good food? Enjoying parties? Reducing stress on a regular basis? Be clear about what you want to keep. Once you’ve got all of the things in the present you want to keep, add them to the goal statement.

I choose to lose weight while enjoying weekend parties and increased social pressure.

Take some time to make it as tight and compact as possible. Include everything, but don’t make it so long and vague it’s impossible to understand. When you’ve got the part that comes after “lose weight” change the lose weight part to includes the amount, the time, and it’s stated in the positive.

I choose to be X pounds by X date while enjoying weekend parties and increased social attention.

Your Well Formed Goal Statement

Now you’ve got your well-formed goal statement. Write it out and keep it with you. Say it out loud whenever you can. Especially before you eat! Now that you’ve transformed your vague desire to “lose weight” into a powerful and personal and specific goal statement, we’re ready for the hypnosis.

Seven Areas Of Weight Loss

Seven is a good number because it represents the amount of “things” we can keep in mind at any given time. Anything less and extra ideas wander in and crowd out the original ones. Too many and stuff gets forgotten about. Consider the following seven general areas of weight loss.

Sleep

Plenty of studies show a correlation between deep sufficient sleep and health, including a healthy body weight. The more sleep you get each night, and the deeper you sleep each night, the healthier you can expect to be. Whatever specific weight loss plan you chose, be sure it incorporates healthy sleep.

Healthy Eating

This is so obvious it goes without saying, but we’ll say it anyway. The stuff you eat has perhaps the most impact on how healthy you are. Hippocrates’, the Greek Father of Medicine, in one of his most more famous saying told us to “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy good.” We humans lived a long time before modern science started telling us we needed pills to be healthy! Whatever you health goals are, make sure to understand what you are putting in your body. Being able to make healthy choices begins with knowing what’s healthy and what’s not.

Eating Slowly

All else equal, eating slowly will help more than eating quickly. Consider taking your time to eat. Put down whatever utensil you are using between bites. It takes a while for your stomach to feel full, and it’s easy to eat way too much in that time period. If you are only eating a small amount of calories, by eating slowly it will fill you up much more.

Drinking Plenty of Water

One of the biggest killers of people is too much sugar. One of the reasons that accurate information on the real dangers of sugar is that the agricultural industrial complex has a lot to gain by keeping the lid in the dangers of sugar, or more accurately corn sugar. Few would argue that refined sugar is a good thing, and that we need it at all. The biggest source of sugar for many people is what we drink. One of the healthiest changes you can make is ditching all sugary drinks and only drinking water, or at least as much as you can. Drinking water before meals can also help. Dehydration can be responsible for a host of physical problems, so be sure you are drinking enough.

Physical Movement

The more you move, the better. If you haven’t been active in a while, give yourself plenty of time. Start off with simple things like taking the stairs once per day. Or parking on the far end of the parking lot. Avoid the “hurry up and get in shape” thinking that inevitably ends in burn out. Start as small as you possibly can. Only increase your activity when it is absolutely easy. See yourself as slowly building a habit that will continue for the rest of your life. No reason to rush, since you’ve got a lot of life left!

Self Acceptance

Being able to accept yourself now is essential. This means your whole complete self, which includes your desires to improve the state of your health. Accept the body you have now. Accept the life you have now. And equally accept your responsibility in doing everything you can to make your body as healthy so it will last as long as it possibly can. Your continued health is the greatest gift you can give yourself. Accept yourself as both the giver and the receiver, both now and in the future. Accept every two steps forward and every one step back. Accept your past, accept your present, and accept your future that you are building now.

Self Belief

One of the biggest obstacles that keeps us from making positive changes is our lack of belief. Consider that belief is both sides of “I’ll see it when I believe it” and “I’ll believe it when I see it.” Believe that you will be healthier. And prove to yourself that you will be healthier by taking small steps on a daily basis. Your belief will get you started, and your actions will continue to build your belief which will help you take slightly bigger actions in the future. The only thing you need to do is believe that it is capable for you to slowly change your life through teeny tiny changes on a daily basis. Once you start, your belief will grow along with your daily activities. Your belief will sustain your daily activities, and your daily activities will sustain your believes. Believe that because you are reading this very sentence, you have enough motivation to do the next easiest thing, and then the next easiest thing after that.

How To Listen

When listening to these mind programming sessions, it’s best to focus intently on a specific image which represents what you’d like to achieve based on that particular session. Focus on something that’s believable. If you create a wild fantasy image, your subconscious will reject it or assume you are listening just for entertainment purposes. Take some time to create a image of yourself behaving in a way that is only slightly healthier than now. The session itself, when combined with your visualization, will bridge the gap. Ideally you will take the action without needing any willpower or extra motivation. Before listening, the action will seem slightly out of reach. After listening, it should feel natural and normal. Like something you normally do.

How To Journal

These sessions will be accelerated with daily journaling. The best way to journal is in three stages. First, write down anything you did that particular day with the intentions of increasing health. Write this under the, “What I Did” heading of your journal. Describe what you did as objectively as possible.

Next, write down what happened as a result. Write down how you felt, any self-talk, positive or negative, any comments you received from others. Anything that happened as a result of what you did. Next, decide if that result is acceptable or not. Something that you could continue the next day. If so, do the same thing the next day. If the result was not something you had anticipated, (perhaps you were too tired or felt faint after walking up a flight of stairs, or perhaps you ate too little) think of something a little easier to do the next day.

Based on your intentions for the next day, choose one of the listening sessions. Create an easy objective, based on the listening session and your journal, for the next day. Create a specific image in mind that represents that objective. Visualize that while listening. A good time to listen is as you fall asleep at night.

The next morning, review your objective that day, and live your day like normal. At night, review that day, repeat your journaling process and keep going.

How Long Should I Listen?

This sessions are an aid to the natural process of affecting change in your life. You will stop listening when you naturally start doing things each day that increase your health. When the results themselves are motivation enough. Listen once per day, for as long as you need.

Visualization Ideas And Sessions

These visualization ideas are just suggestions. Use these as a starting point, but attempt to come up with your own that are more personal and specific.