The ‘Trim Up & Slim Down’ Blog

Valerie Dawson asked:


Losing weight can be hard. It doesn’t matter if you just need to lose a couple of pounds for a special occasion or if you need to lose a lot of weight to improve your general health. Sometimes, it can seem downright impossible to get on track.

Actually losing weight doesn’t just significantly improve your chances of living to a ripe old age – it’ll also make you feel good now. You’ll look good, you’ll be able to wear the clothes you like and you’ll have more energy to live your life the way you want to. People will look at you in a different way and you’ll feel more confident. But, getting to this stage isn’t always easy.

You may start off with the best intentions and you may even lose some weight along the way. But, for many of us, this initial good start doesn’t go any further. The fact is that you’ll hit a plateau at some point here and then it’s hard to keep going. You may be exercising and you may be eating right but the weight just won’t go at the rate you want it to. So, the easiest thing to do is to simply reach for the chips and just resign yourself to NOT losing weight because you start to believe that you can’t do it.

Alternatively, you may try new diets all the time and actually lose weight. But, as soon as you’ve achieved your weight loss goal and start eating normally again the weight will creep back on. And the fact is that fad diets, pills and quick-fix solutions don’t just work in the long term – they could also harm your health.

The thing to realize here is that weight loss is not just about what you do with your body and what you put in it. It’s also about what’s going on in your head. This is why more and more of us are turning to hypnosis as a solution. So, why does hypnosis work when every diet you’ve ever tried doesn’t?

The answer is simple. Hypnosis gets to the root of your issues with your weight and helps to cure you of bad habits. You may not even realize that you HAVE bad habits – but if you are a yo-yo dieter that can’t keep weight off then the chances are you do!

Hypnosis is such a popular solution to weight loss nowadays simply because it helps you to subconsciously accept the eating habits that will get you fit and healthy. A good hypnotherapist, for example, will help your brain reject unhealthy foods and actually crave healthy ones. They can also help you conquer eating issues such as stress and comfort eating and can give you the confidence to believe that you can lose weight.

So, all you need to do is to relax, let the hypnotherapy do its work and then immediately start a new life with the kind of attitude towards food and healthy eating that will ensure a healthy weight loss. And, most importantly, because your hypnotherapy will work on core issues, the weight will stay off once you start to lose it. You don’t even need to leave your home to achieve your goals here as this kind of solution can be successfully delivered anywhere.

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Joseph Then asked:


Deciding to lose weight, whether a lot or just a little, shows that a person wants to be fit, healthy and probably feel more attractive.
Once on a diet and resisting the desire to eat chocolate and other good food we like, life seems a little less exciting. The enthusiasm we had at the beginning of our diet is disappearing a little because the weight just does not seem to be coming off fast enough. At first it drops fast but then slows down to a pound or so a week which is very discouraging. It almost seems like a wasted effort to stay on the diet but we try to remain strong and positive. Every time we turn on the television or open a magazine we see food, chocolate and all the goodies we are trying so hard to resist.
We often have a little stash of chocolate or other forbidden foods on hand because it is such a waste to throw them out, others in the house like them or as a treat for when we reach our desired weight. You start thinking about this but try to ignore the urge and it just gets louder and stronger. That little piece of chocolate seems to be stronger than your willpower.
You justify eating a forbidden food by saying that you are weak and could not resist, lack willpower and the thought was just too strong. The bottom line is that you really wanted some forbidden candy so you made it powerful than yourself. The bottom line is that you want to lose weight so you fit into your clothes and are not happy with the way you look. You do want to lose weight but you do not want to have to give anything up to achieve this weight loss.
How Weight Loss Hypnosis Helps
Your subconscious undermines your desire to loose weight because it is not on board with what you are trying to achieve. As long as your greater will and subconscious mind are not aligned, you experience self-sabotage.
The tool to use when you need to re-align your subconscious is hypnosis. Weight loss hypnosis does not take away your sense of accomplishment or achievement. It helps you made healthy choices while resisting the wrong foods. During the process, you feel good about yourself and feel less concern about the speed in which you loose weight. Weight loss hypnosis is not about dieting. It is about changing the way you think about yourself, re-aligning your beliefs and deeper drives so you are not fighting or trying to resist these thoughts. Hypnosis removes the guilt from dieting and guilt is what often adds more weight.
If you have tried almost every diet on the market with little or no success, then it may be time to try weight loss hypnosis. This could be your answer to dieting.

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Dane Bergen asked:


Firstly… what is a hypnosis cd?

A fat loss hypnosis cd is a collection of audio files that is listened to by a person who is hoping to lose weight. The weight loss cd works by targeting the source of the problem - generally overeating.

This habit occurs in many people due to different reasons, and there are many theories as to why it occurs, such as, the person eats out of boredom, or they just love food, or one of Freud’s theories is that they had an obsession with putting objects in their mouths, or sucking things when they were infants, which is a habit that has been manifesting for their entire lives and is emerging as overeating, smoking, or excessive drinking. There are many more theories, but the problem always remains the same, and a hypnosis cd can certainly help.

We all know that the most effective way to lose weight is not through crash diets, or with liposuction. The smartest way to do it is through proper diet and regular exercise. You have to burn more calories than you take in each day on an ongoing basis to have lasting weight loss.

This is where a weight loss hypnosis cd can be of great benefit. It can help to alleviate cravings and to get you to exercise on a consistent basis, without great effort or thought. Hpnosis cd will target the source.

Losing weight and getting into shape isn’t going to happen by just thinking about it, that’s what’s called a dream! You have to get out of dream land and wake up to reality. The only way to do it is to take consistent action toward the final outcome, which is your ideal weight. A weight loss hypnosis cd will help organize the mind into something that helps you work towards your goal, instead of something that is constantly trying to sabotage every effort you make.

Think of your mind like a net that has caught every thought you have had in your life about your weight. In that net there are hundreds of negative thoughts that will hinder your efforts, like “I’m too lazy to exercise”, “I’m too fat to go to the gym”, “I can’t resist junk food” and so on. Your mind acts on these thoughts and makes you the product of them so that you are what you think. This is why you can’t lose weight and keep it off.

A weight loss hypnosis cd will delete the negative thoughts and replace them with positive ones. A weight loss hypnosis cd will ensure that your mind is focused on taking every step necessary to attaining the desired goal, by introducing positive inner talk having the suggestions from the weight loss hypnosis cd actualized into reality. This ongoing connection between the mind and the physical body makes weight loss easy and effective in the long term, which creates a better lifestyle and increased health. The best of both worlds!

In closing, be sure to get a good quality weight loss hypnosis cd, because some of them don’t do what they claim to. If you need help, then all you need to do is search the internet for some very in depth information about Hypsis for weight loss.

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Cliff Baker2 asked:


Many people find that keeping their weight down to a healthy level is very difficult for them and it is often beyond a lot of people. There are many methods out there that are supposed to help you cut down on your weight. These range from crash diets involving quirky food, which is not a good idea, to medications designed to burn off fat, to radical new age psychic methods of self hypnosis for fat burning.

Okay, fine. Let’s get back to reality… you can’t wish and vibrate fat away, and miracle pills might work, but they generally have unhealthy side effects, so these are not a healthy option. If you really want to reduce your weight and keep it down then it is better to do it in a healthy way, the simple rule is you have to work for it as there is no quick fix. This involves the one weight loss method that is actually the most effective but the one that a vast majority of people dread: Exercise! But exercise alone will not work. You must also get rid of any poor eating habits and introduce new healthy ones. Good nutrition is equally as important as exercise.

Before rushing out and buying yourself a pair of running shoes though, consult with your doctor and get a health check to make sure that you’re in fit enough shape to exercise strenuously. Ask your doctor’s advice and find out what levels of strain, wear and tear you can put yourself through without risking your health.

If you prefer to make it easy on yourself, start slow. Brisk walks and jogging are nice easy cardiovascular (CV) exercises that help get rid of excess fat slowly. You can take this at your own pace; remember, how fast you lose weight is directly proportional to the amount of effort involved. Even something as simple as walking up flights of stairs at the office instead of taking an elevator can be incorporated into part of your daily weight loss routine. Remember that CV exercise will also burn muscle, which you don’t want to lose.

While CV exercise is great for the hart and lungs, a more effective form of exercise for fat burning is resistance exercise…or exercising with weights. Joining a gym or health club is a good way to do this because you have access to a wide range of equipment and they have instructors to set you up with a workout plan. They will also show you the proper techniques for using free weights etc. Resistance exercise is great because it helps to increase muscle and therefore, burn more fat. Fat loss is far more important than weight loss, although for a lot of people who have a lot of excess weight, the fat loss will also include weight loss.

Don’t get too fixated on the scales, as ‘weight’ includes healthy weight like muscle and water, which you don’t want too lose. A much better measure is to get your body fat measured before you start any exercise program and then periodically after. That way you can measure your fat loss. Replacing fat with muscle is the way to go…And, no ladies, most of you will not get big and muscley working out with weights, simply because you don’t have enough testosterone, which is the muscle building hormone in your bodies. Female bodybuilders that get big and muscley take steroids which mimic testosterone.

Next on the exercise agenda after you’ve got your walking, jogging and weights habits down is callisthenics.

Crunches are one of the best, as opposed to sit-ups; crunches are medically proven to be healthier and easier on the body, even as they burn up more fat. To do crunches, lie on the floor, lock your legs straight, and raise your feet and upper body simultaneously, bending at the waist. Sit-ups are not as good as they primarily work the hip flexor muscles rather than the abdominals.

Essentially, you form a shallow letter V. Start with small repetitions, pace yourself, and don’t raise your feet or head more than a foot above the ground. Crunches are a great way to target the stomach or abdominals, which is a problem area for most of us. Variations on crunches include raising only your legs, to target your lower abdomen, or raising only your head and upper body to target higher abdominal muscle groups. Twisting crunches involve turning your upper body alternately with each crunch and target love handles. Crunches are just one example of callisthenics. There are other exercises that are meant to target other body parts. Find a gym with a good callisthenics instructor and visit it regularly.

Another approach to weight loss and getting in shape is to engage in classic sports. Any good sport will eventually help you lose weight; if there is one that you actually like engaging in, go for it. Assuming you don’t have a preference, however, try biking and rowing. These two activities burn off fat and replace it with lean muscle, and are quite exhilarating.

Other great physical activities for weight reduction involve ones that require great amounts of neuromuscular activity. These sharpen reflexes as well as burning off fat. Some of the best examples of these activities are dancing, martial arts, fencing, and gymnastics. Because of the greater need for dexterity and agility in these sports, a person who trains in them naturally develops a much higher metabolic rate.

Also, since the emphasis in these arts is in rapid, efficient movement, the burn rate of calories is a lot higher than regular sports. However, these arts are also the most demanding, not only physically, but also in terms of mental alertness and coordination. They are not for everyone, but if you want an exercise that will help you lose weight fast and keep it off, you can’t go wrong with them.

That’s pretty much it in a nutshell. Don’t come up with excuses. Most people claim that they either don’t have the time, the equipment, or the opportunity to exercise and lose weight.

In truth, opportunities are always available. Even taking just the first option, and spending 30 minutes a day walking, will eventually make you lose weight.

The important thing is to stop telling yourself that it’s something you can’t do. You can burn the fat off; it just takes a bit of persistence. Get your priorities sorted out, if you don’t make exercise and a healthy diet a priority you may get a wake up call to prompt you too. Or worse…your children could lose a parent early.

If you put the wrong fuel in your car, you won’t get very far. Putting the wrong fuel (poor nutrition) in your body, it may take a few decades to let you down.

Remember, a healthy lifestyle will not only add years to your life, it will add life to your years.

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