Permanent Weight Loss& Your Subconscious Pictures

The second component of Burris MIND/FITNESS is your
subconscious pictures. I will explain how to replace your
negative subconscious images into positive images through
the practice of controlled visualization. According to the
New England Journal of Medicine, visualizing is the fourth
most frequently used form of alternative healing. You are
now about to learn how to change your existing subconscious
pictures that keep you anchored to your poor eating
behavior.

Several studies have shown that the body makes little
distinction between a vivid mental experience and an actual
physical one. Your subconscious images are simply
corresponding pictures of your self talk. Choosing to think
in pictures may seem strange at first, but it is a powerful
way to cut through the chatter in your head and a realistic
source for communicating with your subconscious mind. It is
surprisingly easy to develop your own weight-goal imagery.
Through regular practice you will become more and more
comfortable in delving into your imagination. Just think of
it as creative constructive daydreaming.

Most people are not aware that there is always a
corresponding picture for their thoughts or self-talk; the
fact is they take place so fast you are not aware of them.
If you did not use pictures, you would not be able to
answer the simplest question. Think about it. If I were to
ask you: “What did you have for breakfast this morning?”
You immediately repeat my question to yourself which in
turn triggers a picture in your subconscious mind of what
you had for breakfast. It is only after you have triggered
this picture that you are capable of answering my question.

You will find that your subconscious more clearly defines
its pictures from questions than from statements. As an
example, say to yourself body relax. You can see this has
little or no effect. Now turn this statement into a
question: What do I need to do to relax? The subconscious
mind will now produce an active picture. For example, you
might see yourself relaxing in your favorite chair or
taking a warm soothing bath or possibly getting a massage.
You are able to see the masseuse’s expert hands gently
soothe the tension from you body. You can feel the
wonderful sensation as your body begins to relax and you
feel as if you are floating on air. Now I am sure you
understand the power of visualization and how you can use
your self-questions to bring it about.

The most important picture you will ever change in your
subconscious mind is the picture you now have of your body
or how you perceive your self-image. All people with a
weight problem have accepted a picture of themselves as
being overweight. Until you change this picture, your
subconscious mind will use this existing body picture as a
guideline for how you should look. This is why it is
imperative that you change the image you have of yourself
before you begin a weight loss program.

You will start your training in recreating subconscious
imagery by recreating your existing body picture. Before
starting your imagery training, it is important that you
become totally relaxed in order to focus your mind. Once
you have accomplished this, you will find it is quite easy
to engage all of your senses, making it possible for you to
create a new body image. Once you feel you are completely
relaxed, I want you to see a picture of your body in your
subconscious mind.
When you have your body in focus, I want you to reshape it,
to exactly how you want it to look.

See your new body down to the smallest detail; make it
become so real that it seems that you have already
accomplished your weight goal. Once you have your new body
picture completed, place yourself in a physical activity
that you know you would enjoy and will be beneficial in
helping you attain your new weight goal. This activity can
be anything from a brisk walk to an aerobics class, to
playing tennis, to completing an unfinished task. Your new
body is now capable of performing any activity that you
find enjoyable.

Earlier I spoke about the emotional states that drive you
to overeat or eat when you are not hungry. Fear, guilt and
anger are responsible for the emotional states of
depression and low self-esteem. When creating your new
self-image, you must exchange these negative emotional
states for your most powerful emotional state. Love is your
most powerful emotional state especially when directed to
your new self-image. It is essential that you practice
reproducing your new active body imagery on a daily basis.
It is only through daily practice that your new body
picture will become a permanent part of your subconscious,
thus allowing you to reproduce this picture without a
moments thought. The power of Burris MIND/FITNESS is in the
ability to change programmed emotional states that do not
work for you, for programmed emotional states that DO work
for you.

Regardless of weather your goal is a change in diet for
weight loss, an increase in your fitness program or to take
control of an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia.
In the end the question you need to ask yourself is.Am I
completely happy with the mind running itself or do I need
to take control of it? If your answer is I need to take
control of it, then Burris MIND/FITNESS is the answer.

About the Author:
Kelly Burris is the author of “Reprogramming the Overweight
Mind: 7 Steps to Taking Control of Your Subconscious.” You
can read the first two chapters, or become a Certified
Burris MIND/FITNESS Consultant by going to
http://www.KellyBurris.com

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Weight Loss Tip: Don't Eat With Your Emotions

Food is a critical, must-have source of nourishment and energy. Without food we would not be able to perform our daily activities. Our muscles would wither, our nervous system and brains would fail. Whether we like it or not: We all need food.

What you might not know though, is that food has another important role in our lives: Comfort and entertainment. Culturally and instinctively we prepare and serve foods to comfort those who have experienced loss, to celebrate joy, or to show friendship and love. And that's where emotional eating can cause many problems.

What Is Emotional Eating?
Emotional eating is simply the act of eating to feel better emotionally. We, as normal human beings, see food as more than just an energy source for our body. We like to enjoy our food, and there's nothing wrong with that. Science tells us though, that some foods actually promote good feelings by causing certain "feel-good" chemical reactions in our brains. And that's when eating can become a problem: Because some people eat to "feel better"… or because they can't deal with strong emotions such as pain, anxiety, stress, joy, or boredom.

Emotional eaters turn to food as a source of distraction from dealing with feelings. It's often a vicious cycle though: People eat to deal with their bad feelings, then feel bad for having done so, yet turn around and eat again to soothe the guilty feelings caused by the first round of emotional eating. Needless to say, emotional eating can lead to serious eating disorders, weight gain, obesity, and depression.

How Do I Know If I'm An Emotional Eater?
Do you turn to food when you're not hungry, but sad, stressed, or bored? Do you think about food constantly, to the point of feeling obsessed?

Do you regularly try diets and fail - leading to guilt and further over eating? Do you think about or attempt to purge excess food by throwing up or using laxatives? Do you exercise compulsively when you think you've eaten too much?

If you answered yes to any of the above, there's a good chance you're an emotional eater and you could be endangering your health.

How Do I Overcome Emotional Eating?
The first step is recognizing and acknowledging you have the problem. Fixing the problem will take time and persistence, because you effectively need to train yourself out of bad eating habits and into good.

Since emotional eating is caused by using food as a coping strategy for emotional distress, dieting tends to just create more problems, because if you fail to stick to your eating plan you're likely to feel quite guilty. And as an emotional eater, that guilt will only lead you to eat more.

So instead of trying to focus on what you're eating, or how much: You'll need to work at finding other ways to cope with negative emotions. You could try simple things like self talk, chewing gum, or getting busy with work or hobbies when emotions run high and you find yourself digging through the fridge even though you aren't hungry. You could also try self help tapes and books, or find a support buddy to call. You might also consider getting help from a Personal Coach or Psychotherapist who deals with emotional eating.

Sometimes you'll need the help of a professional to make these changes

As you work on replacing comfort food eating with other habits and responses, you'll feel much better about yourself both emotionally and physically. And you'll be well on your way to living a much healthier, slimmer life!

About the Author:
Kathy Burns-Millyard. Would you like a FREE Trial Sample of Hoodia Gordonii? Visit http://www.scaletippers.com/free-hoodia.html and get your free sample of this wonderful weight loss product today!
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Excess Weight….or Emotional Baggage?

Lifestyles are a manifestation of what people are feeling inside. What they feel inside manifests on the outside. Take a moment to notice your eating habits. On a scale from 1 to 10, how empowering are your eating habits for you?

How useful is your eating pattern in terms of your weight? What we eat directly impacts our health. Our food contributes to energy level, heart health and even our very cellular structure. You are what you eat. Overweight people burn fewer calories than they take in. This is the bottom line. However, the causes of overeating are far from simple or obvious. Overweight people eat more than they need, especially of things that are not good for them.

Now, what Ive just said isnt rocket science and most people know this already. So what is the point that I am actually making here? On the whole, people are overweight because of unresolved emotional issues; its as simple as that.
Let me tell you a story about a lady I know well. She had a pattern. When she was in her teen years, and throughout college she kept a little bit of weight on, she was by no means fat, but her feelings about herself were far from positive. She often felt ugly and unwanted, and she was bullied throughout her high school years. After finishing college, she decided that enough was enough, and she lost all the excess weight. She looked fabulous, and had embarked on a new career as well.

She came across someone she had met whilst in college, but low and behold, he responded entirely differently to the new lady he saw in front of her, a courtship and marriage soon followed. Her marriage, unfortunately, didnt last long, as she had married him for the wrong reasons. Through the divorce she began putting on some weight again. The pattern repeated, she moved on to a new start, lost the weight…and another relationship followed. When this one ended, the comfort eating began again. She put on more weight than before and had never felt so low in her life. She decided that she needed help. She came to meet a life coach who supported her in her journey.

She came to understand that she was comfort eating. She realised that she would reach for ice cream every time the emotional pain got triggered. It could be from something as simple as watching a romantic comedy on TV. It reminded her of what she didnt have…and the eating would block the pain. In a short time, she began to break these patterns. She is now happy, at a healthy weight, and creating whole new life for herself. In the coaching process, she realized what was going on, and was able to break this cycle for good.

Have you ever had moments when you have eaten a lot, and didnt know why? Perhaps there have been times when you have eaten a whole box of cookies, or half a pint of ice cream and didnt even realise you had done it. Do you eat in front of the TV a lot? Especially when its not meal times? This is emotional eating. Many people, who reach for food in this way, do it as a source of comfort. Food is the ultimate nurturer in this situation; it tastes good, doesnt talk back, and fills up the emptiness inside.

People often comfort eat to numb the pain; this can be pain from a divorce, feeling inadequate in themselves, unhealed issues from their childhood, or depression about something not working. Sound familiar? If you now know that you are comfort eating, the reality is that diets will NOT WORK for you. You have to make a choice, and yes, this can be a difficult choice to make…but choosing to HEAL the issues that are causing the weight problems is the way to freedom from excess weight for good.

When people take the bold and courageous step to heal themselves, they go through some challenging moments as well. There are issues to be faced, and pain to be experienced…but this is only for a brief while. With someone guiding you and helping you through to find the healing, you will find it and set yourself free. Once the underlying issues have been addressed, you will find that you will break the pattern of comfort eating for good.

You will eat with greater awareness, and nurture yourself; you will also find other ways of nurturing yourself and fulfilling your need. The first step is ACKNOWLEGEMENT. Once you have understood this, you will be able to find the help that is appropriate for you. Good luck on your journey, start living your life anew today.

About the Author:
Sayeda Habib - Author of The
Definitive Weight Loss Hypnosis CD,
Tape, Downloads, MP3s. Read the Facts from the UK’s
Leading Life Coach for Women
http://www.makelifehappen.com

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Hypnosis for Effective Weight Loss And Health

Did you know you already know how to lose weight and be thin for the rest of your life? Are you shocked
by this statement? Most people so not beleive this but it is true. Your mind already knows how to provide you with the best path to constant wellness and health and that means an optimal body, too.

The porblem is, we get in the way of our natural process. Both consciously but mostly unconsciously, we sabotagethe paths we should be on. Weplace in our way, very intricate behaviors and schemes that keep us from being who we are and should be for optimal hapiness and health. Hypnosis, and weight loss through hypnosis can help remove those barriers and free your inner mind to proceed down the path it should be on.

Not convinced, yet? Well, for example, you already know intellectually how to reduce your weight, right? Eat right, exercise, and drink lots of water. So why are you still struggling at it? You need to get the message through to your subconscious mind in a way
that it can help you, not sabotage you. Hypnosis can do just that for you, and more.

So, the real question now becomes, “How do I know hypnosis will work for me?”

A comparison of the hypnotically treated groups with the control groups strongly indicates that hypnotherapy for weight reduction is effective, according to the well-researched, Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis, published by the American Psychological Association. The reason: your subconscious mind contains your body image, habit
center, emotions, creativity, long-term memory bank, survival instincts, and controls all your bodily functions like your appetite and metabolism. So it just makes sense to include it in your weight reduction program. You have enough knowledge! Learning to love your body, silence your inner critic, and fill yourself up with positive self-regard instead of junkfood will give you the best long-term results.

Imagining yourself or referring to yourself as “fat” helps create a self-fulfilling prophecy. For example, your intellect knows that being overweight is dangerous to your health. But if every day you look in the mirror and imagine, “I’m getting fat, fat, fat”, repetitively saying that to yourself even when you were thinner, then your subconscious will incorporate that belief and act on it. You will get fat even though you would rather be thin. Like when you are offered that huge piece of chocolate cake from a “friend”, you might feel a little peer pressure, and give in with “Oh, what the heck, I’m fat. I’ll start my diet tomorrow”. Sound familiar?
Then you’ll continue to stuff those uncomfortable, guilty feelings afterward with more unconscious eating. Thus, the vicious cycle repeats itself with more guilt.

We also know today that dieting, over-exercising and adjusting your metabolism with herbs and drugs
doesn’t work, either. They simply put your body into survival mode. You end up in a hostile relationship with your body that feels it is being starved and you reach a point where you eat everything in site over a long period of time. What happens? Eventually all the weight comes back, plus more than you had when you started the diet. It then it becomes more difficult to release your weight later because to your body fat equals protection, protection from starvation.

Your body is not the enemy. It is your friend. Stress, too many fatty foods, sedentary lifestyles and refined carbohydrates are the real enemy.
Realize that we live in a toxic food environment that panders to the overweight majority. And no one said that low fat means open season on all carbos, starches, and sugar. Your body has no choice but to digest and assimilate whatever you put into it. That’s why healthy food eating strategies are best. The advantage to these healthful eating approaches is
that they are good for your heart in the long run. You get all the protein, fiber, vitamins, and minerals your body needs to trust you enough to release your extra, stored-up fat. And you’ll have more than enough energy for moderate exercise without having to buy vitamin supplements, shakes or glorified candy bars.

Hypnosis techniques allow you to access your mind’s natural tendencies towards health and wellness. It allows you to tell yourself you are slender healthy. It dissolves and removes the barriers we place in our way and allows us to subconcsiously believe we are thinner. When we beleive we are thin in our mind then we easily do the things healthy, thin people do; make choices thin people make and live the lifestyle thin people live. All of this without great effort as our mind leads us effectively to our goals.

About the Author:

JM Jackson is a fitness, health and weight loss consultant in northern Califormia. For more information see Weight Loss Hypnosis.

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Using Hypnosis Cds for Weight Loss

Everyone knows that regular exercise and the right diet can help you lose weight, but there are times that both these methods may not be enough to help you reach your goal. Also, exercising regularly and eating the right food seem like impossible goals for most people. As such, they end up doing nothing at all to address their health needs.

There is, however, a new method that you can try to help you lose weight, and this is nothing but hypnosis. Although hypnosis is generally known as a method to influence people into overcoming traumatic or tragic events, revealing the truth, and relieving one self from stress, hypnosis can also be used to help people lose weight.

There are several ways for you to lose weight with the help of hypnosis, and one of such ways is by listening to hypnosis recordings. These recordings are created by professional hypnosis practitioners and contain carefully chosen statements that are designed to help listeners attain their goals in this case, losing weight.

Using the Services of a Hypnotherapist for Weight Loss

If you do not think that merely listening to hypnosis recordings is sufficient to help you lose weight, you can opt to hire a hypnotherapist and have a one-on-one session.

Make sure that your hypnotherapist has the required education, skills, and experience for the job since hypnotherapists have varying fields of expertise. Hypnotherapists are also paid by the hour so the total cost for this option depends how long it will take you to hypnotize yourself into losing weight successfully.

Using Self-Hypnosis for Weight Loss

People choose to exercise self-hypnosis for weight loss either because they are working with a tight budget or consulting with a hypnosis professional is too big a step to take for them.

Although using self hypnosis to weight loss is a longer and more difficult process than the others, it can still be as effective as working with a professional or using a recording if you have the required skills and attitudes for the job.

Other Advantages of Using Hypnosis for Weight Loss

Seeing the New You - Hypnosis require you to make use of guided imagery, and this consequently allows you a glimpse of a more beautiful future and the more beautiful you as well.

Absence of Pressure - Hypnosis also eliminates factors such as stress and anxiety from your weight loss program. These things can often make it more difficult than easier for you to lose weight. Hypnosis however will help you gain a calm manner and be able to maintain it while you focus all your attention and efforts in shedding off those extra pounds!

The Power of Positive Thinking - With the absence of pressure, the power of positive thinking can finally enter your mind, body, and soul. You can now fully concentrate on the more positive aspects of your goals and effectively make use of affirmations as well. Instead of futilely worrying about the time you are spending losing weight, you can simply focus on happy images of being able to lose weight and seeing those dreams gradually turn into reality.

Contrary to popular belief, hypnosis is a method that anyone can use as long as you willing to be patient and work hard for it. Moreover, hypnosis will not cost you a dime if you are willing to work by yourself. As such, there is everything to gain and nothing to lose if you try hypnosis for weight loss so else what are you waiting for?

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