Overwhelmed by How Much Weight You Want to Lose?

Have you ever decided not to start something because it feels like too much work? This happens a lot with people who feel they need to lose weight I have noticed. Say you want to lose 3 stone, or at least you think this is how much you need to lose to become a healthy weight. How do you see this in your mind? Does it look like a big mountain to climb for example, can you not see yourself the weight you want to be, does it feel like something others can do but you can't?

Recently, I mentioned to a client that a healthy weight loss was about 2lbs per week which meant that she could be a good half a stone lighter in a month's time. This is something I say to most of my clients actually but for this client, this was very meaningful. It meant that the 'task' of losing weight had been broken down. She could align herself with this smaller chunk that meant she was on her way to her goal.

We did a variety of work within the hypnotherapy sessions to enable her to make the changes she wanted to make. She only had 4 sessions in fact. She felt galvanised by the idea of losing weight a step at a time and that she would be able to see some results in a relatively short space of time. As a result, even after we had finished working together, she updated me on her weight loss progress. She was delighted.

One step at a time and putting one foot in front of the other is a good way to think of it. Take one day at a time. You can probably think of many things you have done in your life where you have taken just this approach. It takes the pressure off. Treat it like a project that you value because your goal is as valuable to you as any other. Realise you have the resources within you to do this and hypnotherapy can help you access them and bring them to bear on your weight loss goals.

If you hit a snag, something that you feel is holding you back then you may have some kind of block that needs attention. This is where hypnotherapy comes into its own, helping you identify and release such inner obstacles.

The other thing to realise is that it is very difficult to work towards something unless we have a clear picture in our minds of what we are aiming at. Hypnotherapy helps with this too.