All Entries in the "Weight Loss Hypnosis" Category
Do Overeaters Have A Weaker Reward Circuitry?
Research shows that overeaters and obese individuals may have a weaker reward circuitry. This means that it takes more to get a hit of happy. In other words, it may take a binge to “feel good.” Is this a cause of, or an effect of, consuming a poor quality diet? Or, is America’s hyper-palatable diet [...]
Addicted to Processed Foods?
Are you one of the many overweight and obese people who have become addicted to processed foods? For how many years have you been saying to yourself, “just put down the fork“? An addiction is dependence on a substance or activity to the extent that normal, healthy functioning is impaired. In my Seattle hypnosis and [...]
Pleasure and Reward ~ Food Addiction
I am teaching a bariatric counseling class with Richard Nongard to a group of therapists Thursday and Friday this week in Dallas and one of subjects is food addiction and how our brains are hard wired for pleasure and reward. I frequently talk with Slender For Life™ clients about the addictive qualities that the most [...]
Sabotage ~ Not everyone may be rooting for you
When you lose weight do you ever feel sabotaged and that not everyone is rooting for you? Today in America, it is abnormal to be at a healthy weight. It is abnormal to eat fruits, vegetables and grains and to stop eating when your body tells you it has enough fuel. If you choose to [...]
Fed Up With Obesity?
Are you fed up with obesity? You should be. Americans are the fattest people on earth. At a time when our nation is in a financial crisis and is in desperate need for healthcare reform we are making ourselves sicker and poorer with the food that we eat. For most of us, obesity and its [...]
I Like Vegetables
Do you like vegetables or are you one of those who hates them? I am sometimes surprised at the conviction that some folks have in their hatred of vegetables. I’ll admit that growing up I wasn’t much of a vegetable eater. Those mushy things in the can just didn’t do much for me. When I [...]
Moderation Is Killing Americans
In spite of what Paula Deen said this week about moderation, the reality is that moderation is killing Americans. As a nation, we are fat and sick. Watch the interview with Paul Deen in my January 19, 2012, blog post and you can see that. Obesity and its related diseases like type 2 diabetes are [...]
Paula Deen ~ A Sad Missed Opportunity
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy How sad that Paula Deen, the queen of fat food comfort eating missed an opportunity to start talking about healthy eating. Deen confirmed to Al Roker on January 17, 2012, that she has type-2 diabetes. Rumors that the 64-year-old Southern cook suffers from [...]
Mindfulness Key to Losing Weight
Slender For Life™ clients have heard me talking about mindfulness being a key to losing weight for years. Actually, the word that I have used is conscious. Conscious choice. Conscious eating. When you eat mindfully, consciously, you do make healthier choices, you eat slower and you eat less – and you lose weight. I recently [...]
Too Fat for the Ferry?!
We are getting too fat to ride the ferry. When do will we stop the madness? Americans are getting so fat that Coast Guard new rules require that our ferry system reduce the number of passengers by 250 people. At Slender For Life™ weight loss hypnosis I have real solutions to the preventable epidemic of [...]
Weight Loss ~ Taking Stock
Honestly taking stock of your current eating patterns can help you you with your weight loss goals. Last Sunday I wrote about What You’re Up Against when you try to lose weight. Are you willing to admit to your present unhealthy eating habits? Are you willing to change? Taking Stock Journaling is a free and [...]
Brain Injury From High-Fat Food
Did you know that high-fat food causes brain injury and this contributes to the difficulty in losing weight and why most people regain the weight? Most of my life I lived on high-fat food. I could diet and lose weight (as long as I followed the diet). But, as soon as the diet stopped, I [...]
Weight Loss ~ What You’re Up Against
Do you really know what you are up against when it comes to weight loss? The odds are stacked against you. But, the good news is that with hypnosis for weight loss, you can be successful. The following is from my book, Becoming Slender For Life. What You’re Up Against Americans are among the fattest [...]
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