Weight Loss Motivation - What You Haven't Been Told

To say we live in fast-paced times is a vast understatement. Modern communication and transportation technology have for better or worse made us impatient creatures. And a lack of patience may be the major stumbling block in your weight reduction efforts.

Hypnosis has become popular as a self-help tool in part because the results are often rapid when compared to other forms of assistance that may take months or even years before tangible results are noticed.

Let's pretend that Uncle Tony goes to the Certified Hypnotist in his community to help him end the smoking habit that he started 30 years ago when he was in the Navy. Highly motivated and very responsive to hypnosis, Uncle Tony finds it amazingly easy to end his cigarette habit. He has his desired outcome in a very short period of time. He walks out of the office as a non-smoker!

Now Aunt Polly has come in for weight management. Her goal is to shed the excess 70 pounds of which she is tired of carrying around. She too is highly motivated and responsive to hypnosis. During the course of 4 weeks she cuts back dramatically on unnecessary eating and has begun daily walks as well. The end result: during the first month she has dropped 7 pounds. Although many would say that was excellent progress, Aunt Polly is unimpressed. All that effort and she is still 63 pounds overweight! Unlike Uncle Tony, who got his results in a seeming blink of an eye, she doesn't even feel like she's close.

And here is the dilemma for anyone who is looking to drop a significant amount of weight instantly: you can't Yes, you can change attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and behaviors in a rapid fashion, however the body is subject to the laws and limitations of the physical world.

Best evidence states that a motivated individual complying with a well-designed weight reduction program can expect to reduce his or body mass by 9-15% in the course of a year. Getting back to Aunt Polly, who is starting out at 230 pounds and hopes to reach 160, it can be predicted that if she does her part she will reduce by anywhere between 20-35 pounds in one year, bringing her about half way to where she wants to be.

You can fully appreciate her frustration, however success in any regard usually goes to the person who deals with things as they really are, not how they want them to be.

So does this mean Aunt Polly is a lost cause? No, she does have a fighting chance if an addition to accepting suggestions about improved eating and exercise behaviors, she also takes on the mindset that she is in this for the long haul.

A mental trick she can also use is translating her progress from pounds to percentages. Those 7 pounds she shed in the first month signify that she has achieved the first 10% of her stated outcome. Sounds a little better when put that way.

James Malone is a Certified Hypnotist from Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey. He publishes the popular monthly Creative Calm Online Newsletter where you get incredible free bonuses when you subscribe. To learn more visit the New Jersey Hypnosis Web Site to learn more!