Food used to change mood is a common occurence. Often people do it unconsciously. Some people do it when they are in a bad mood and just don’t care anymore. Whatever the reason, the desired mood rarely lasts for long.
Let’s explore some of the reasons people turn to food, and what can be done instead that brings more balance and joy to your life. Read more
Have you ever wondered if using hypnosis for weight loss is really effective? If you’re not sure but want to learn more, here are three ways hypnosis works to get rid of those uninvited and unwanted extra pounds.It’s sure worth a try if you’re frustrated and at your wits end and don’t know what to do next. If you’re really motivated to lose weight, it will be especially easy to succeed using this method. Read more
People who struggle with weight often eat emotions. If regulating our eating were simply a matter of will power and some basic knowledge about good nutrition, we’d all be there now! Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to work like that.
There are all sorts of emotional reasons why people eat, besides eating to stay alive and healthy. Step one in understanding your struggle with food is to see what emotions are driving you and which you are suppressing with food. Then there are techniques you can use with a practitioner/on your own that help in releasing these emotions and in substituting a healthier and more productive response.
Here are some of the main reason why people eat emotions. Read more
Often people eat when they have food cravings. And that makes sense on the surface level. The problem is, that you then miss the message that the food cravings are giving you.When you have a craving to eat an unhealthy food, overeat, eat when you’re not hungry, or you find yourself in other situations when you eat for a reason besides nourishing the body – just consider it a message from within. If you were emotionally balanced, the craving would not come up. Read more
Do you experience eating with no hunger? If so, this is a sign that you’re following emotional cues rather than body cues for physical hunger. When you eat this way, you will never be satisfied because you were not in need of food to begin with. Read more
Why is it so hard to lose weight? Here’s a multi-billion dollar industry here and we still have a huge obesity problem in our country and it’s growing around the world as well. Why is losing weight so difficult Read more
Now that the holidays are fast approaching, are you getting anxious about holiday overeating and putting on more pounds? Do you get nervous and uncomfortable when there is a lot of food around, and/or in social situations? Read more
Do you eat too much because food tastes so good ? It’s hard to eat a little and then stop because it’s pleasurable to eat. You will feel deprived if you give up food, and don’t see another way to give yourself a little reward. Read more
Is weight loss hard for you because you feel deprived when you have to give up your favorite foods? Does being slim really appeal to you, but your desire to reward yourself with food is stronger? If you have this push-pull going on within yourself, here’s a script to tap on. Read more
8 Weight Loss Tips for chronic snackers helps people who gain weight from snack grazing. Do you eat what’s out and available? Are you addicted to the 4 C’s: candy, cookies, cake, and ice cream? Or maybe salty snacks are your downfall? Because these foods are so addicting, once you start it’s hard to stop. If you tell yourself you won’t eat these foods anymore, then you end up having a war going on inside yourself. And the sugar/salt usually wins the battle and weight loss is the loser.
If this applies to you, here are some things you can do…