The Mediterranean Diet and Self Hypnosis can Kill Cravings So You Lose Weight Naturally!
If you dream of the body of a Greek god or goddess, you do not have to battle one-eyed monsters or hurl thunderbolts - simply eating like the ancient idols could help you get a body that members of the opposite gender will worship.
The Mediterranean way of eating, which is a diet meal plan featuring plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits, olive oil, fish, whole grains and red wine, can help you arrive at the best figure. The Mediterranean diet has also been linked to a healthier heart and a longer life span. Fatty dairy products, red meat, and foods with refined sugar are rarely consumed, if ever.
Thousands of years after the powerful gods shook things up, the Mediterranean style of eating still makes great sense as a weight loss meal plan because you get full on a generous amount of high-fiber, low fat foods that leave you feeling sated for much longer. The vegetables and fruits eaten as part of the Mediterranean diet plan are naturally low in calories, and are chock full of antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids, elements your body requires to create new and healthy cells.
The Mediterranean diet plan lets you have a higher fat intake than most weight loss diet plans, but it is healthy fat that comes from olive oil and nuts, which are rich in beneficial monounsaturated fats, and low in unhealthy saturated fats, like those found in beef, ice-cream or cheese.
Just bear in mind that for higher calorie items, like the whole grains, olive oil and red wine, you still must focus on serving sizes and overall calorie intake. The secret to any successful weight loss meal plan is consuming fewer calories while still feeling satisfied.
When you feel sated, it makes it a little easier to conquer cravings that most people who are trying to follow a weight loss diet go through. What good is a diet if you can’t stick to it because your appetite is out of control? Before you start any weight loss diet, you will need to find a safe, effective way to eliminate your urges, cravings and appetite to overeat. Weight loss hypnosis is a wonderful tool to help you curb your cravings.
The average person feels cravings and an urge to eat for two key reasons:
A. When you combine eating with any other behavior, the other behavior will trigger cravings and a compulsion to eat.
B. When you feel anxious, you feel compelled to put something into your mouth for pleasure and relaxation.
Let’s look at Part “A” first. Over 70% of the population learns much more quickly and easily by seeing, rather then by hearing. Think about it: If you have an urge to eat while watching TV, it is because your mind recorded the video image of food in your hand, and then associated that image with the image of the TV. From that point, every time you watch TV, your unconscious mind flashes the image of the food in your hand, and you get an urge.
You have actually “programmed” your unconscious mind to make you feel cravings and urges as a “conditioned response” to watching TV. The same thing happens when you eat in your car or while on the telephone, etc.
Weight loss hypnosis will extinguish the conditioned responses simply by reprogramming your mind to have it trigger unconscious images of you watching the TV without eating, and that will eliminate the urge to eat. It will also give you an urge to reject food in that scenario!
But what about Part “B”? Our feelings of anxiousness are generated by our thoughts. If you think upsetting thoughts, you feel tense and upset. If you think happy thoughts, you feel calm and relaxed.
If you think an upsetting thought while you are sitting at your computer, your mind will connect that thought with the computer. Thereafter, when you sit at your computer, you have a conditioned response; your mind flashes to that upsetting thought and you will feel stress. Self hypnosis techniques can help you overcome these patterns almost immediately.
The techniques used in the most effective self-hypnosis programs are based on Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). This technology works based on the utilization of a person’s existing thought processes instead of post-hypnotic suggestion.
Video weight loss hypnosis can program your unconscious mind to use stressful thoughts as a trigger for comforting thoughts. So if you begin to think of something that is upsetting, your unconscious mind will automatically change to a relaxing thought in a millisecond. You become peaceful, so there are no feelings of tension to produce your cravings. And without an appetite to overeat, it is much easier to lose weight and keep it off permanently.
Adhering to a sensible weight loss meal plan, like the Mediterranean style, along with self hypnosis means you can finally overcome your cravings to achieve the body of a Greek god or goddess.
Alan B. Densky, CH pioneered the use of video hypnotherapy weight loss and received a U.S. Patent on the technology. His hypnosis site offers several different weight loss self-hypnosis CDs designed to fit every personality. Visit for Free hypnosis articles, videos, and newsletters.
- Alan B. Densky, CH
