Hypnosis For Weight Loss - A Total Lie?

Hypnosis For Weight Loss - A Total Lie?

The effectiveness of hypnosis for weight loss has been riddled with debates over the recent years. As we live in times where obesity and strong potential for weight problems beset us, the use of such alternate method to weight loss is gaining good ground. At the same time, there are issues and concern of using hypnosis that seem to rise as well. For some experts on health and weight loss, they confirm that hypnosis does facilitate weight loss among patients.

They back it up with the 1986 research conducted by scientists which show how hypnosis is 30% more effective in increasing the chances of weight loss. Meanwhile, naysayers, non-believers and fitness competitors are also claiming that the efficacy of this method is only hype and the results don�t really show that hypnosis was the main reason for the patient�s weight loss. The skepticism grows among people who have tried this method as some did shed off the extra, unwanted pounds while some remained or even gained their weight.

For people who wanted to take their chance in this relatively new method, it can be encouraging and quite disheartening at the same time. So how does hypnosis for weight loss work? The method employs hypnotherapy wherein the therapist takes the patient into a subconscious state. According to the concept of hypnosis, a person in this state becomes more responsive to the ideas which are suggested to them, thus the therapist will encourage the patient to lose weight through different techniques. One of the most well-known techniques that they will use is reinforced suggestion. Here, the therapist will suggest traditional and new methods of how the patient can lose weight. He will then back it up with encouraging words that will motivate the patient.

For example, if the therapist suggests that the patient should try a certain food group, he will then continue to say how this food group is beneficial to his health and how it is actually a delectable diet. The aversion method is another way that therapists utilize, albeit this is the opposite of the reinforced suggestion. In this technique, the therapist will try to control the patient�s tendency to crave for unhealthy foods by associating to rather revolting sensations or taste. In this way, the patient will always remember these images and avoids giving in to his cravings. These methods have been employed by a lot of therapists who claim that these show effective results. For some therapists, the method can also go into a more subtle way. While the first two methods go directly to feed the ideas into their patients� subconscious, one technique is to go beyond and try to solve the problem. Overeating and bingeing are the main causes of rapid weight gain and hunger isn�t really the reason for it. People tend to binge when they are stressed or when they are in the state of emotional turmoil, and this is what the therapists will try to work first.

By eliminating or reducing the root cause of the person�s coping mechanisms, he will help him manage his bad eating habits. So why do some say that hypnosis for weight loss is a total lie? This may be due to the fact that on its own, hypnosis will never make a person lose weight in a fast manner. The method serves only as a tool to motivate and encourage a person to follow a more strict exercise regimen and an effective diet plan. Hypnosis for weight loss will only start to work once the person takes the suggestions and efficiently uses them in his journey to lose weight.

To Your Success
Perzina Munroe
http://www.12path.com/HBC/
http://www.babydarest.com