Weight Loss Miracle – Hypnotherapy CDs Plus The Atkins Diet

The Atkins Diet is a very popular "low carbohydrate" weight loss system, but it is often greatly misrepresented! Common, if slightly exaggerated depictions of the program portray dieters wolfing down nothing but vast amounts of meat and fat. Although the diet itself may not be quite this simple, many dieters have used it to successfully lose weight and improve their health.

On this plan, dieters follow a very specific plan based on limited carbohydrate intake. The nutritional aspects of the plan are emphasized over exercise and other factors, although exercise is encouraged. There are four phases to the Atkins program:

Induction: For the duration of this two-week stage at the start of the diet program, dieters can only have up to 20 grams of carbs each day. Dieters can eat high protein foods such as meat and eggs, fats such as butter and oils, and other food with little to no carbs. Many foods with carbs are not permitted at all, including alcoholic drinks.

This initial phase is supposed to help the body go from burning carbs for energy, as it normally does, into burning stored fat (a process called ketosis). Most dieters begin to lose pounds during this stage.

Ongoing Weight Loss: During this period, dieters gradually increase their carbohydrate intake by adding 5 grams of carbs into their diet each week. Dieters adjust their diet, losing weight to put themselves within 5-10 pounds of their goal weight, before moving into the Pre-maintenance phase.

Pre-maintenance: Dieters use the Pre-maintenance stage to find out the maximum amount of carbs they can ingest without experiencing weight gain. During this stage, dieters increase carb intake by 10 grams a week. Once dieters reach their target weight and can keep it stable for a month, they move into the Lifetime Maintenance stage.

Lifetime Maintenance: For lasting results, the Atkins program is designed to be maintained throughout the dieter's lifetime. Using the strategies that helped the dieter reach their goal weight, the dieter develops an eating and exercise program to stay at their target weight. Individuals can revert to previous stages if their weight begins to rise again.

Dieters who can stick to the Atkins diet are often successful in losing weight; however, many people cannot keep following the program and end up quitting early on in the difficult induction stage. In general, most diets fail simply because dieters cannot stay committed to the plan.

Many people struggle with dieting because they experience strong food cravings, have problems with compulsive overeating, cannot control their appetites, or simply are not motivated to lose weight. Getting over these mental obstacles is the most challenging aspect 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 emotions, such as when they are bored or upset. However, this practice programs a "conditioned response" into the unconscious mind. This means that when individuals experience the same feelings that made them overeat initially, they will feel compelled to overeat again and again.

Hypnotherapy works by helping our unconscious minds disassociate our emotions from our eating habits. To extinguish the conditioned response to overeat, a hypnotherapy weight loss program is used to break the bond developed in the unconscious mind between overeating and certain "trigger" behaviors.

For example, if you tend to binge eat when you feel bored, hypnosis can disassociate boredom from eating in your unconscious mind. Hypnotherapy techniques can then be used to replace the compulsion to overeat with another activity, such as exercising. That way, the next time you suffer from boredom, instead of overeating, you will feel motivated to exercise, resulting in natural weight loss.

Hypnosis is an excellent stress relieving tool as well, helping us cope with our stressful feelings and relieve tension without eating. As a relaxation tool, it calms the mind, helps you use new strategies to manage stress, and boosts your self confidence to promote natural weight loss.

Hypnosis 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 relationships and avoid experiencing emotional pain again. Through hypnosis, we can turn our negative thoughts into positive ones and focus on having better health instead of becoming overwhelmed by our worries.

Not only is hypnosis an ideal motivation tool, it relieves stress, eliminates conditioned responses that cause overeating, and can be used to overcome many mental obstacles that prevent weight loss. Hypnotherapy techniques are exceptionally effective at helping people stay on a diet plan, such as the Atkins diet, and lose weight.

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Alan B. Densky, CH has spent over 30 years specializing in weight loss. He offers several ways to lose weight, including diet CD and NLP to lose weight DVD. Visit his CD for self-help website for Free hypnosis downloads, videos, and newsletters. www.neuro-vision.us/Products/OrderAudioAppetiteControlHypnosisTapes.html

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