The A - Z of Weight Management

Who are you? When you look in the mirror who do you see? Do you see the person you feel you are inside? Are you surprised? Is that really me, you may be asking yourself. Perhaps when you look in the mirror you see a body that is far bigger than you want, or feel you are really. So, what can you do about it? Every decision you make defines you in some way. So, do you define yourself as a person who is overweight, with eating habits that are out of control, and accept that this is it for the rest of your life? Probably not. If you did you would not be looking at this book. So, you know who you want to be, but it has always been a question of how to become that person. Now you can start to make choices to be the person you want to be. Life is about choices. You have made certain choices in the past. Are you now ready to make different choices, ones that will have different results? How many times have you tried to shed weight, only to find that you have regained it once you have come off the diet? You’ve put the pounds back on, usually gaining even more pounds. How many times have you been frustrated to find that you cannot eat what others around you are eating? How many times has that led to a feeling of deprivation? “Too many,” you may be saying. Like many people, you may be concerned about your health, you may feel self-conscious and you may struggle with the everyday acts of putting on your shoes, reaching behind your back and even bending down to pick up something from the floor. Every day an inconvenience hits you as you go about your daily life. Like many, you have perhaps looked outside yourself for the answers to your weight problem. You have gone on a diet, started going to a gym, only to find yourself unmotivated to continue. You then feel frustrated and powerless. There is an overwhelming sense of hopelessness. I see clients every day for weight reduction. When I ask “What is your commitment to getting rid of your unwanted weight on a level of 1 – 10?” and the answer is an 8 or 9, I ask “What does the other 1 or 2 represent?” And the most common reply is “Well, I’ve been on so many diets and I’ve failed so often, that there is a part of me that is afraid I will fail with this one too.” And my response is that they have not failed, they have merely tried something that hasn’t worked for them. Now they are looking for a new mind-set. What you will read about here is not about dieting; this is about a new mind-set, a new way of relating to food. People who come to me are trying something different, hypnosis, which is a whole new way of dealing with weight release. You will note that I use the words “release” or “shed”, not “lose”. Losing something is a negative and your subconscious will want to find it again, but releasing is positive and empowering. YOU have made the decision to let go of the weight that you no longer want and need. However, even with hypnosis one has, at times, to make conscious choices. That is “The Conscious Edge” and you will find suggestions in this A – Z of Weight Management to help you with your conscious choices.