Weight Loss Miracle - Hypnosis Plus The Atkins Diet
The Atkins Diet is a very popular "low carb" weight loss plan
, but it is often greatly misrepresented! Popular, yet slightly exaggerated depictions of the program portray dieters eating nothing but huge portions of meat and fat. Although the program is not quite that simple, many people following the program have successfully lost weight and improved their health.
On this program, dieters follow a very specific program based on cutting carbohydrate intake. The nutritional aspects of the diet are emphasized over exercise and other factors, although exercise is encouraged. There are four phases to the Atkins diet:
Induction: During this two-week phase at the start of the diet program, dieters can only have up to 20 grams of carbohydrates per day. Dieters can eat high protein foods such as meat and poultry, fats such as butter and oils, and other food with little to no carbohydrates. Many foods containing carbohydrates are not allowed at all during this phase, including alcoholic beverages.
This initial phase is supposed to help the body switch from burning carbohydrates for energy, as it usually does, into burning fat stored in the body (a process called ketosis). Most dieters begin to lose pounds during this phase.
Ongoing Weight Loss: During the Ongoing Weight Loss phase, dieters gradually increase their intake of carbs by adding 5 grams of carbohydrates into their diet every week. Dieters fine-tune their diet, continuing their weight loss to put themselves within 5-10 pounds of their target weight, before transitioning into the Pre-maintenance period.
Pre-maintenance: Dieters use the Pre-maintenance stage to find out the maximum amount of carbohydrates they can ingest without gaining weight. During this stage, dieters increase carb intake by 10 grams a week. Once dieters reach their target weight and can maintain it for a month, they move into the Lifetime Maintenance phase.
Lifetime Maintenance: For lasting results, the Atkins program is designed to be maintained throughout the dieter's life. Using the techniques that helped the dieter reach their target weight, the dieter keeps up an eating and exercise program to stay at their goal weight. Individuals can revert to previous stages if they ever begin to regain weight.
Dieters who can commit to the Atkins diet are usually successful in losing weight; however, many people cannot keep following the program and end up quitting early on in the difficult induction phase. In general, most diets fail simply because dieters cannot stay on the plan.
Many people struggle to stay on diets because they experience strong food cravings, have problems with compulsive overeating, cannot control their appetites, or simply do not have the motivation to lose weight. Overcoming these mental obstacles is the hardest part of losing weight.
One reason why many people struggle to manage their eating is because they are emotional eaters. Such individuals eat in response to their feelings, such as when they are bored or upset. However, this eating style programs a "conditioned response" into the unconscious mind. This means that when people experience the same emotion that made them initially overeat, they will feel compelled to overeat again.
Hypnosis works by helping our unconscious minds disassociate our eating habits from our emotions. To extinguish the conditioned response to overeat, a hypnotherapy weight loss program is used to break the bond in the unconscious mind between overeating and certain "trigger" situations.
For example, if you tend to binge eat when you get bored, hypnosis can disassociate boredom from eating in your unconscious mind. Hypnosis techniques can then be used to replace the overeating response with another activity, such as exercising. That way, the next time you suffer from boredom, instead of having an urge to overeat, you will feel motivated to engage in physical activity.
Hypnosis is an excellent stress relieving tool as well, helping us deal with our stressful feelings and relieve tension without eating. As a relaxation tool, it calms the mind, helps you develop positive strategies to cope with stress, and boosts your self-confidence to promote natural weight loss.
Hypnotherapy can also be used to remove the emotional stressors that keep you from losing weight. Many overweight people use their weight for emotional protection. For example, after a painful end to a relationship, people often find themselves becoming overweight so they can avoid new relationships and avoid having to endure emotional pain again. Through hypnosis, we can think more positively and focus on improving our health instead of becoming overwhelmed by our anxieties.
Not only is hypnosis a powerful motivational tool, it relieves stress, eliminates the conditioned responses that cause overeating, and can help you overcome the mental obstacles that prevent weight loss. Hypnosis techniques are exceptionally effective at helping people stick to a diet program, such as the Atkins diet, and lose weight.
by: Alan Densky
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