Weight loss hypnosis is the way the mind is programmed to think about food. It provides the extra motivation to keep a person in firm sight of his or her goals and bring about self control in curbing unhealthy food habits. Weight loss hypnosis educates the sub-conscious mind to indulge in choices that are essential and keeping you away from cravings and binges which typically result in unwanted weight gain. Weight loss hypnosis enables lifestyle changes that are proven beneficial in the long term.Weight loss hypnosis and self hypnosis are therefore similar to a psychological approach to attain permanent weight loss and is always recommended using a combination of diet, exercise. When the mind attains a level of confidence about self control, rebellious feelings or deprivation feelings about food choices cease to exist.There are many websites and practitioners like Think Yourself Thin and Zen of Thin who provide weight loss hypnosis articles or methods on the Internet for a fee. Most of them claim to provide useful tips and proven methods on lifestyle changes, curbing over-eating and bingeing, avoiding comfort eating, coping with sugar cravings, banishing fast foods and unhealthy snacks from the diet and inculcating healthy eating habits.However, like all other health fads that are currently on the Internet, these methods have to be thoroughly wetted by experts before you can get into one of them. Hypnosis methods that are used by registered and experienced practitioners are approved for use by the British Medical Association and the American Medical Association.There is always the threat of potential for danger in hypnosis, especially when it is practiced or performed by incompetent or unscrupulous people who can attempt to coerce you into doing something you're not comfortable with. It is therefore absolutely imperative to use caution in selecting a clinical hypnotherapist. Ensure that any hypnotherapist you use is also a trained medical doctor, psychologist or psychotherapist. Do not allow anyone to attempt hypnotherapy on you unless they are qualified to treat your issues without the option of hypnotherapy.A documented research study of 109 people, including 17-67 year olds completed a behavioral treatment for weight management either with or without the addition of hypnosis. At the end of nine weeks, both programs showed significant weight reduction. However, prolonged studies showed that the group subjected to hypnosis showed additional weight loss while those in the non-hypnosis group exhibited less noticeable change. This clearly shows that the benefits of hypnosis extend over time.Positive Changes, a network of behavior modification centers, uses hypnosis in combination with powerful personal coaching to help lose weight, stop smoking, manage pain, reduce stress, accelerate learning, and improve sports performance and much more. Patrick K. Porter, PhD, in 1987, the Founder of Positive Changes network helps clients in the application of hypnosis to life-long challenges through self-imposed limitations and achieving their goals, whether losing weight, shedding stress, ending life-long cigarette addictions, or earning top scores on their SATs.
