Three Counties Advanced Hypnotherapy Centres

November 3, 2009

The difference between Physicial and Emotional Hunger

Filed under: General Hypnotherapy, Weight Loss — Tags: , , , , , , — Howard the Hypnotherapist @ 12:21 am

Have you ever wondered the difference between the two? If you are looking to lose weight or shed those extra pounds then this will be helpful. if you have constant cravings then this is a must read.

According to US research, there are five main differences between emotional and physical hunger:

1). Emotional hunger is a sudden feeling whereas physical hunger comes on gradually.

2). Physical hunger is felt in the stomach – emotional hunger is felt in the head e.g. a sudden craving for a particular type of food like chocolate or something sweet or sugar dense etc.

3). When you feel desperate to eat a particular type of food, it is an emotional need. If you are really hungry, then you are open to a wider choice of food options.

4). Emotional hunger wants to be satisfied immediately whereas physical hunger can wait.

5). Emotional hunger leaves you feeling guilty – physical hunger leaves you pleasantly full

Does this ring any bells for you?

Let me know if you would like more  information about tacking this issue or something else on your mind.

Howard the Hypnotherapist

November 1, 2009

Weight Loss Hypnotherapy Studies

Filed under: General Hypnotherapy, Weight Loss — Tags: , , , , , , , — Howard the Hypnotherapist @ 12:00 am

Here’s some interesting studies that have been carried out on the success of Hypnotherapy as appossed to normal weight loss systems diets etc.

they are from the USA and if anyone has any more recent independant research from teh US or UK i would be gretful if you could let me know.

One of the things that you will ntice is the dates in the research and i am glad to say that things have improved dramatically in terms of process, tools and success rates.

Bolocofsky, David N.; Spinler, Dwayne; Coulthard-Morris, Linda (1985).

Effectiveness of hypnosis as an adjunct to behavioral weight management.

Journal of Clinical Psychology, 41 (1), 35-41

109 17-67 year olds completed a behavioral treatment for weight management either with or without the addition of hypnosis. Results show that, at the end of the 9-week program, both interventions resulted in significant weight reduction. However, at 8-month and 2-year follow-ups, the hypnosis subjects showed significant additional weight loss, while those in the behavioral-treatment-only group exhibited little further change. More subjects who used hypnosis also achieved and maintained their personal weight goals.

Cochrane, Gordon; Friesen, J., (1986) Hypnotherapy in weight loss treatment

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Volume: 54 489-492

Investigated the effects of hypnosis in weight loss for 60 females, at least 20% overweight and not involved in other treatment….hypnosis was more effective than a control group (17 vs. .5 pounds on follow-up).

Kirsch, Irving (1996).

Hypnotic enhancement of cognitive-behavioral weight loss treatments–Another meta-reanalysis.

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64 (3), 517-519.

Averaged across post treatment and follow-up assessment periods, the mean weight loss was 6.00 lbs. (2.72 kg) without hypnosis and 11.83 lbs. (5.37 kg) with hypnosis….At the last assessment period, the mean weight loss was 6.03 lbs. (2.74 kg) without hypnosis and 14.88 lbs. (6.75 kg) with hypnosis… Correlational analyses indicated that the benefits of hypnosis increased substantially over time

Should you have any comments of questions please feel free to let me know.

Thanks and keep well

Howard the Hypnotherapist

October 30, 2009

Hypnotherapy For Easy Weight Loss

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , — Howard the Hypnotherapist @ 12:54 am

People often ask me Why is the  Easy Weight Loss System so successful?

The simple answer is because it is completely unique to each individual client.

You know people are different even identical twins have some differences. so if this is the case how can a standard system work on everyone?

We use a fully flexible and unique methodology that combines Hypnotherapy and NLP among a number of other tools to make every session suit the person.

Different people have different weight problems, and equally those weight problems have various causes we treat everyone as an individual.

Some overeat emotionally, some make bad choices as to what to eat, some need to exercise, some picked up bad eating habits from childhood or the diet industry, some have body image problems…

We work with you and your issues.

on the basis you agree with that then let look at some common reasons why we are successful at what we do.

1) We will not try and sell you supplements and diet products.

The diet industry is continually looking to sell you product after product with new improved this and less fat, calories etc. We fundamentally disagree with this principle. Slim people don’t use those products so why should you.

2) We work out the main themes as to why you are overweight.

When you make an appointment we send you a questionnaire that starts to details your relationship with food, and the potential causes of you being over weight.  Over the years we have honed this to be really insightful and accurate. it tells us how you respond to differing situations.

This questionnaire gives us clues as to what we will be dealing with when we meet for the first and probably only time. Yes it’s all done in one session.

3) Is it a Emotional vs physiological eating pattern

Some people have never discovered he subtle difference between an emotional urge or need to eat and a physiological reason.  i have covered this element in more detail elsewhere in this blog, if you need anymore information feel free to contact me.
4) Specific advice based on your questionnaire and our discussion.

We ensure that together you and i come up with the strategies and hypnosis suggestions that are going to work for you. So for instance you have an urge to eat chocolate every evening we deal with that. if you find that you have to eat everything on your plate so that it’s clean then that’s what we deal with. and if you eat because you are bored or unhappy then we deal with that to.

5) we have to challenge our natural instincts

years ago food was scarce and only available in season. our ancestors didn’t know where the next meal was coming from and had to eat everything in  front of them as there was no certainity where or when the next meal would be available.

Today that’s just not the case. as i write this from my office in Central Milton Keynes i have within a 5 minute walk at least 15 food outlets and that’s counting all the vending machines. The supermarkets around me are open 24/7 and we can buy strawberries in January to December.

Today we don’t have to deal with the potential unavailability of food it’s quite the opposite. Lets not even get into the calorie rich foods that get churned out of the international corporations with the fancy packaging etc.

Anyway you get the picture everyone has their own reasons why they are overweight and i believe has to be treated in an individual way, in a nutshell that’s why we are successful at what we do.

Hope that helps answer some of your questions

Let em know if you need more information

Thanks

Howard the Hypnotherapist

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