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With bitter, winter days ahead for most of us, the prospect of braving the weather to get to the gym or go for a jog does not sound very attractive. Finding the motivation to adhere to your weight loss goals when the rest of the world wants to hibernate is easy with self-hypnosis for weight loss.

Many people who are working to lose weight agree that motivation is especially difficult when the weather changes, so what if you could stay dedicated to your diet and exercise plan just by viewing a self-hypnosis weight loss DVD or listening to a CD? Better yet, a self-hypnosis weight loss program can diminish your compulsions too.

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

It is a known fact that if a person exercises, it will speed up his/her metabolism and boost the rate that weight is lost. Some of the most successful hypnosis exercise motivation techniques comes from Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP. With NLP, the unconscious is programmed to use the same thought processes that are initiating a problem, to do away with it. In other words, the same thought processes that the unconscious utilizes to create oral compulsions and cravings could help to completely stop them! And similarly, the same processes can be used to increase your motivation to exercise.

Anchoring is an NLP method that can be used to give you a “switch” for sparking behaviors and feelings. Creating a hypnosis for weight loss anchor works simply and effectively like this: A qualified hypnotherapy weight loss professional will safely guide 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 purpose of this exercise is to remember and re-experience as many sensations as you are able to from different times in your life when you felt eager and motivated to do anything at all. Then, the hypnotherapist will ask you to anchor those feelings by simply touching two fingers together.

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

From that point on, any time you wish to feel motivated to exercise, you can simply trigger your anchor and re-experience those same positive feelings that will motivate you to workout. NLP and weight loss hypnosis can even be used to deter 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 of us, namely a lack of self-esteem. In a relaxed state, you can be given post-hypnotic suggestions that will develop your self-esteem as you lose more weight. A self-esteem deficiency is a big reason for being overweight.

Many people wonder if, after trying every new 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 research shows 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 typically are not hypnotizable.

But for the rest of us, hypnotism for weight loss can actually make us look forward to working out and eating healthily. That said, the biggest proponent for success in any fitness program, whether it includes weight loss hypnosis or not, is wanting to achieve 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 resistant to an idea, no amount of weight loss hypnosis they hear or see will take hold. Referring to the NLP explanation above, if someone does not have a memory of feeling positive or motivated, they can still be successful with NLP and hypnotherapy because they can imagine what it would feel like if they felt that way, and anchor the imagined feelings.

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

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

- Alan B. Densky, CH