Archive for January, 2008
Hope for Diabetics Boosted – Really?!
I’ve been chewing on Associated Press reporter Carla K. Johnson’s story in the Seattle PI, January 23, 2008, for several days now – sorry – I just can’t let this one go by without commenting on it. The articles title is: Obesity Surgery: Hope for Diabetics Boosted. Yes, of course, lose weight and blood sugars [...]
Whole Grains, Vegetables & Fruits!
Whole-grain breads and cereals, pasta, rice, vegetables, and fruits are key parts of varied diet because they provide vitamins, minerals, complex carbohydrates (starch & dietary fiber), and other substances that are important to good health. They’re also low in fat – as long as you eat them without butter or creamy sauces. Few people eat [...]
4 Diet Mistakes
PARADE – Michael O’Shea had 4 Diet Mistakes on Sunday, January 27, 2008. Michael O’Shea wrote that diet sabotage doesn’t always come in the forms of chocolate layer cake. Some dangerous diet derailers are unexpected.
You’re Not Eating Enough: I see this frequently with weight loss clients. Not only are you slowing down your metabolism but you [...]
Is There a Diabetic Personality?
“Apathetic, hypochondriacal, clingy and passive, immature and masochistic.” That was the description of the “diabetic personality type” in a 1936 psychoanalytic journal. Wow – thank goodness it’s not 1936!
Today doctors dismiss any notion that people with diabetes have specific character traits – nor do they have any higher-than-average rates of most forms of mental illness.
The [...]
Eating Out as a Way of Life
I remember when eating out at a restaurant was a very special occasion that happened may be 2 or 3 times a year – and when we did, it was a small, home town cafe. It was high living when we went to visit my brother who was in the Air Force and we had [...]
Health Food vs Healthy Food
I am so excited to have ordered the DVD Get Healthy Now 2007 from VegSource. [watch a clip] The very first lecture is Jeffrey Novick, MS, RD, LV/N, titled “Health Food vs. Healthy Food: Can You Tell the Difference?” In this lecture, Jeffrey Novick begins with his first rule, “NEVER BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU READ ON THE FRONT OF [...]
Oprah: Ben Affleck Used Hypnosis to Stop Smoking
Oprah: Ben Affleck is helping TV titan OPRAH WINFREY prompt Americans to stop smoking by talking about the reasons behind his decision to quit after 20 years. The movie star/director appeared on Winfrey’s show on Tuesday (22Jan08), which was aimed at those struggling to give up nicotine. He revealed he once smoked a pack of [...]
Health/Fitness Affirmations for Exercise and Sports
I continue the book shuffle and came across When Working Out Isn’t Working Out by Michael Gerrish. It’s a book that I have had for some time and as I opened it I turned to page 27 which has health & fitness affirmations. If you have been reading my blogs, you know that I am [...]
Calories … Calories … Calories
A calorie is not a nutrient, but certain nutrients provide calories. Protein, carbohydrate, and fat make up the calorie contents of various foods. Alcohol is not a nutrient – but it sure provides calories!
1 gram of protein contains 4 calories
1 gram of carbohydrate contains 4 calories
1 gram of fat contains 9 calories
1 gram of alcohol [...]
High-Protein "Miracle" Diets
Three Reasons Why They Fail
American essayist H. L. Mencken once quipped that “For every complicated problem there is a simple solution –and it is wrong.” His observation is still timely when applied to the current wave of miracle diets.
Weight loss hinges on many factors, including calorie consumption, exercise habits and beliefs about the “right” way [...]
Exercise at Home & On the Road
I admit it. I am a gym freak. Until 13 years ago, I hated to exercise- I hated to sweat. It was an uncomfortable experience for me and it was so embarrassing. Thanks to self-hypnosis I am in the gym 5 days a week and very active on weekends riding my bike, hiking & splitting [...]
What Have We Done! – What Are We Doing?
What have we done to our food supply? A few weeks ago (December 26th) I blogged about diacetyl and commercial food workers. According to the Seattle PI, a Denver man has filed a law suit claiming he developed popcorn lung from eating 2 bags of microwave popcorn a day.
You gotta wonder what anyone would be [...]
Thousands of Genes May Affect Weight
WebbMD Medical News
by: Miranda Hitti
If weight loss was one of your New Year’s Resolutions, don’t expect your genes to get you to your goal. In a new report, scientists estimate that more than 6,000 genes affect in mice.
All those reports about the discovery of a new “obesity gene” probably aren’t going to help you much since [...]
Hypnotic Suggestions
I teach self-hypnosis to all my clients (if I had my way, hypnosis would be taught in kindergarten to all our children). One of the questions that I am frequently asked is about how to use suggestions in hypnotherapy. So, since so many of you are asking, here are my thoughts:
Hypnosis suggestions are like planting seeds. [...]
Is Cheese a Drug?
Adam@home has another classic dieting cartoon that reminded me of Dr. Neal Barnard’s book, Breaking the Food Seduction. Dr. Barnard cites research from Eli Hazum at Welcome Research Laboratories in Research Triangle Park, N.C. that demonstrates that there are traces of morphine in both cows milk and in human milk. The morphine in cows milk ends [...]
Family Life Has Changed
Family life has changed, and there just isn’t as much time available for careful preparation of food at home. American now spend about 41% of their food dollars on meals prepared outside the home, and the American Restaurant Association estimates that we spend more that $222 billion annually at restaurants. There are 800,000 food outlets in [...]
Becoming Slender For Life
A book review by Tim Brunson DCH, The International Hypnosis Research Institute
Posted At : January 2, 2008 2:07 PM | Posted By : Tim Brunson DCH
“Ironically, I met Roger Moore for the first time at a Southern California Mexican fast-food restaurant. I remember that I was having a not-so-healthy burrito, I don’t remember what he [...]
What About Hypnosis?
WHAT ABOUT HYPNOSIS?
One of the regulars at the gym asked me the other morning what I did professionally and immediately the locker room was a buzz about hypnosis and self-hypnosis.
Say the word “hypnosis,” and many people immediately think of stage shows and of people doing unusual things. Other people think of pocket watches, or spirals twirling. [...]
7 Steps To Weight Loss
In today’s PARADE, there is an article by Michael O’Shea, that has 7 Steps To Weight Loss.
BUY A SCALE: O’Shea cites a stduy by Brown University Mecical School that shows that daily weigh-ins are key. The National Weight Control Registry also says that people who have daily weigh-ins have the highest chance of maintaining their ideal weight. [...]
Tips For Sticking To Your New Fitness Resolution All Year Long
In a Seattle Times article on Monday, January 7, 2008, Richard Seven wrote about sticking to your New Year’s Exercise Resolutions. He hits the nail on the head when in is second sentence he writes that “You will become sidetracked by excuses, life’s relentless to-do list, injury or perhaps just old-fashioned laziness.”
He has a wonderful [...]
Surgery for Weight Reduction and Its Risks
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) wound problems and complications from blood clotsare common aftereffects of gastric bypass and gasroplasty surgery. The NIH has also reported that those undergoing surgical treatment for obesity have had substantial nutritional and metabolic complications, gastritis, esophogaitis, outlet stenosis and abdominal hernias. More than 10% required another operation [...]
What’s Your Plan, Fran?
Dr. Phil Humbert has another great article titled What’s Your Plan, Fran? in his Tips For Extraordinary Living for January 6, 2008. In his article about New Year’s Resolutions, he writes that “If you are serious about your goals for 2008, invest a couple hours (or more) and complete each of the following:
1. DEFINE [...]
Obesity is Not Just a Cosmetic Issue
Have you considered hypnosis? At Slender For Life, we offer real solutions for weight loss & for your health. You learn a special self-hypnosis technique that you can use in all areas of your life. Hypnotherapy really makes a difference, even with weight loss. You see, obesity is not just a cosmetic issue – extra weight [...]
Digging Our Graves with Forks and Knives
The number one health problem in the United States is obesity. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimate that obesity is associated with a twofold increase in mortality, costing society more than $100 billion per year. This is especially discouraging for the dieter because after spending so much money attempting to lose weight, 95% of [...]
Faith and Hypnosis
Tune into Hypnosis For Your Health for an interesting discussion on Christianity and hypnosis. One of the many misconceptions about hypnosis is that you lose control – that they hypnotherapist has some form of control over you. Nothing could be further from the truth. all hypnosis is self-hypnosis. In-spite of what you saw in the Manchurian Candidate, [...]
Weight Loss Commitment
I know that I have written about commitment (that dreaded “C” word) in the past but it sure is an issue that can make or break weight loss. I had a call recently from a couple that are former clients. They again want to come back and start over. I had seen him in two previous series [...]
Supersize Me
Still waiting to put my home office back together. The desk I ordered in October is now scheduled to arrive in two weeks – I’m not holding my breath! Having no desk drawers, everything is on the table or in boxes under the table. Luna struggles to find space at my feet to lie down. [...]
Hypnosis Training World Hypnotism Day
Today is World Hypnotism Day. Be sure to read my New Years Day blog about World Hypnotism Day. There is also an interesting article in the Scottsman in honor of World Hypnotism Day on arachnophobia. If you have a fear of spiders, read the article and call me for an appointment.
In honor of World Hypnotism Day, Roger Moore’s Institute [...]
Counting Calories: Getting Back to Weight-Loss Basics
How is your New Year’s Resolution to lose weight coming along? Seems like most people take the MUTTS approach. If you really want your goal, hypnosis can make the difference.
As a rule, I am not much for calorie counting but it has its place. MayoClinic.com has that of all the diet strategies out there, it still [...]
My kid's not obese, he's just a little plump
Here is another reason why we should be teaching all children self-hypnosis. In the December 25, 2007 Seattle PI, AP reporter David Runk wrote that a startling number of parents may be in denial about their youngster’s weight.
A survey found that many Americans whose children are obese do not see them that way. This is [...]
