Motivation Is Yours With Weight Loss Hypnosis

With icy, wintry days ahead for a lot of us, the prospect of braving the elements to get to the gym or go for a jog does not sound very appealing. Keeping the motivation to adhere to your weight loss goals when everyone else wants to hibernate is easy with self hypnosis for weight loss.

A lot of us who want to get back into shape agree that motivation is especially hard when the weather changes, so what if you could stay committed to your diet and exercise plan just by watching a self-hypnosis weight loss DVD or listening to a CD? Even better, a self-hypnosis weight loss program can ease your cravings too.

Hypnotism for weight loss works simply, but effectively, by leading you to a state of deep relaxation during which your unconscious can more easily receive post-hypnotic suggestions, like the ones that will keep you motivated to stick to your fitness track, even in the middle of winter.

It is a fact that if a person exercises, it will speed up his/her metabolism and amplify the rate that weight is dropped. Some of the most successful hypnotherapy for exercise motivation techniques comes from Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP. With NLP, the unconscious mind is programmed to use the very same thought processes that are causing a problem, to eliminate it. Said another way, the same thought processes that the unconscious mind utilizes to create oral compulsions and cravings could help to completely eliminate them! And similarly, the same processes can be used to increase your motivation to exercise.

Anchoring is an NLP practice that can be utilized to give you a “switch” for sparking feelings and behaviors. Creating a hypnotherapy for appetite suppression anchor works simply and effectively like this: A qualified hypnotherapy weight loss practitioner will safely direct you into a tranquil hypnotic state. Then the hypnotherapist will ask you to identify a time when you were excited and happy about anything in your life.

The goal of this exercise is to remember and re-experience as many sensations as you can from various times in your life when you felt eager and motivated to do anything you wanted to. Then, the weight loss hypnosis therapist will ask you to anchor those feelings by simply touching two fingers together.

Next, you will be asked to use your imagination to see yourself exercising and enjoying it. As you create this mental image, you will trigger your anchor by touching those two fingers together again. When you do that, your unconscious will connect the feeling of excitement and eagerness from the other memory to the thought of exercising.

From this point on, any time you need to feel motivated to exercise, you can simply trigger your anchor and re-experience those same affirmative feelings that will motivate you to workout. NLP and weight loss hypnosis can even be used to discourage behaviors, so you can easily beat cravings. That sounds much easier and encouraging than beating yourself up for missing a workout or giving into temptation, doesn’t it?

A successful weight loss hypnosis program will also deal with the root cause of weight gain for many people, namely a lack of self-esteem. In a relaxed state, you can be given post-hypnotic suggestions that will build your self-esteem as you lose more weight. A self-esteem deficiency is a big part of being overweight.

A lot of people wonder if, after trying every fad diet and buying every piece of exercise equipment on the market, something as straight forward as weight loss hypnosis can help them. The good news is that experts have found that all normal people are hypnotizable to a greater or lesser extent. However, it should be noted that people who have less than a 70 I.Q. or those who are in an active state of psychosis or with senility usually are not hypnotizable.

But for the rest of us, hypnotism for weight loss can actually make us look forward to exercising and eating healthily. That said, the main proponent for victory in any fitness program, whether it incorporates weight loss hypnosis or not, is wanting to reach your weight loss goals.

On a related note, that is precisely why you can not force someone to undergo weight loss hypnotism just by giving them suggestions. If someone is opposed to an idea, no amount of weight loss hypnosis they see or hear will take hold. Looking to the NLP explanation above, if someone does not posses a memory of feeling motivated or positive, they can still have success with hypnotherapy and NLP because they can imagine what it would feel like if they felt that way, and anchor those imagined feelings.

So, if you’re like many of us and find your enthusiasm dwindling as the temperatures drop and the days get darker, weight loss hypnosis can help regain (or maintain) your passion for carrying out and finally achieving your fitness aspirations.

Alan B. Densky, CH is a pioneer in the use of Video hypnosis weight loss. His Neuro-VISION technology was awarded a US Patent due to its effectiveness. He offers numerous powerful hypnotherapy for weight loss programs. Visit for free hypnotherapy resources & downloads.

- Alan B. Densky, CH