Have you ever thought about why you can’t resist chocolate layer cake or your favorite candy bar? Even when you aren’t hungry, are there foods that seem to find their way into your mouth? Your attitude toward food is determined by your early programming. We draw positive or negative associations with smells, tastes, feelings and food, and this is how our relationship with food is formed.
For instance, if you were rewarded with ice cream for bringing home A’s on your report card, you may reward yourself with ice cream when you are feeling lonely, because it reminds you of those happy days when you received positive attention from a parent or loved one. In this case, your relationship to ice cream reflects a need to feel loved and rewarded.
On the other hand, if you grew up in a home where there was too little food to satisfy your hunger, you may feel compelled to overeat, even when you are not hungry, because of the childhood experience of deprivation. In this case, your relationship with food is driven by a fear of not having enough of it, even though the pantry, refrigerator and your stomach may be full.
This emotional eating can wreak havoc with your self-esteem and lead to obesity and illness. Fortunately, these unhealthy eating patterns can be broken and replaced with healthy ones by accessing the area of the mind where these compulsions reside.
The subconscious mind holds the key to our behaviors, attitudes and deepest desires. By accessing this part of the mind, it is possible to reprogram the way you think and feel about food, eliminating unhealthy behavioral patterns and replacing them with healthy ones. Imagine how that change would dramatically improve your life.
In as few as four sessions, using a combination of methods, some of which require no hypnosis, a skilled hypnotherapist can help you set boundaries, stop the self-sabotage of unconscious eating, overcome your cravings, control portions and increase metabolism and self-esteem.
If you are a victim of food and unhealthy eating habits, take the first step today by equipping yourself with tools that deliver powerful, life-changing results. Your waistline will love you for it.
For more information visit www.motivationalhypnosis.com or call 661-362-0787. Linda Clements-Urick holds a weight loss specialist certification from the International Association of Therapists and Counselors.