Why Can’t You Lose Weight?

By CAT WILLIAMS

“If I lose weight I put it all straight back on again.”

“I can’t stop eating the wrong things when I’m emotional or tired.”

Does this sound familiar?

Our brains are complex. We actually have around 70,000 thoughts a day but 95% of these come from our subconscious mind which is using information that was programmed into us as youngsters. This is what often lies at the root cause of our emotions or poor eating habits.

The good news is help is at hand. I’m a Clinical Hypnotherapist specialising in Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT). Read on to learn three simple ways that RTT can change your thought patterns and help you to live a long-term healthier lifestyle.

Learn to “switch off” your interest in certain foods

A few weeks ago I had a client who said she was “addicted” to junk food. During the session we uncovered the root-cause of her habit and “updated” her neural programming so that she could re-install the healthy habits she’d had as a teenager. The client now can’t stand the thought of certain junk foods and happily hasn’t eaten them since!

Become motivated to exercise

As young children we are hard-wired to move and play and run around.

This instinct can dim over time, but it doesn’t need to! A recent client has returned to swimming, dancing and hoola hooping and she feels so much healthier, lighter and happier because she’s using her body to have fun again!

Uncover the root cause

Our subconscious mind only has one job, which is to keep us safe and alive, so it is always “acting in our best interests” even when we don’t feel like it is!

As children, food can be one of very few things we can “control” and so the rootcause of over-eating, sugar addiction, under-eating, bingeing, being secretive about food, craving or disliking certain foods etc is rooted in our childhood experiences. Especially if we experience a chaotic, sad or traumatic childhood in some way.

Once my clients have understood the relationship they formed with food and eating as a young child, they can set themselves free from old “out of date” habits that are just not relevant any more.

Cat Williams is our mental health contributor Speaker - Psychotherapist and Confidence Expert