Hypnotize the Pounds Away: Weight Loss Motivation Through Hypnosis

Many individuals these days, male or female, young or old, are struggling with weight management. Concerns with rising cases obesity are no longer based upon a Hollywood conception of what is the appropriate body size. Instead of doctors wanting their patients to be "thinner", they want them to be healthier. The patients, however, are not necessarily discerning the difference.

What Has This Lead To?

Both women and men alike are becoming hooked on yo-yo diets. What is a yo-yo diet? Yo-yo dieting describes the process of going on a diet, losing a few pounds and then going off the diet. When the pounds come back, the dieter then begins another diet and the process continues. Repetitive weight loss and gain is hard on the body, especially the heart and of course, it is hard on the emotional state of the dieter as well.

In addition to this, many dieters are using unhealthy methods of losing weight. Many take dieting pills which are often just glorified caffeine pills claiming to be the miracle cure for obesity. Then, there are those who dive into the "fad diets". Whether it is the cabbage or grapefruit diets, many of these do not give individuals the nutrition they need to live healthily. In addition, low carb diets such as Atkins often create abnormally high levels of protein in the body for the liver to digest. After all, man cannot live on meat and cheese alone.

What To Do?

Sometimes, good old diet and exercise is just not enough. Maybe its the genes. Maybe it is behavioral choices that we make everyday without realizing how they are undermining our health. So how do we change these behaviors? One method is through weight loss motivation hypnosis. You may have visions of a creepy soul dangling a pocket watch in front of your face and your eyes beginning to spin. However, this is not what hypnosis is.

The goal of hypnosis is to access the subconscious mind. Under normal circumstances, you control your conscious level of thought while your subconscious takes care of the automatic stuff, like tying your shoes or starting the dishwasher, things that do not require conscious thought. Still, your subconscious is like the driving force that works with our conscious brain to control our actions. Sleeping is the time when consciousness is put on the back burner and the subconscious mind can take control.

Dieting Motivation Through Hypnosis

Hypnotism works on relaxing the conscious level of the mind. Although your conscious mind is subdued and the subconscious mind is allowed the front seat, you are still knowledgeable about what is going on. You and your hypnotist will work to "reprogram" the subconscious side of you. If chocolate, for example, is your weakness, your hypnotist may associate chocolate with nausea so that thinking of chocolate makes you feel nauseous.

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People experience the corresponding manifestations of their predominant thoughts

Individuality - Your Key to Greatness

For the better part of my first 32 years on this planet, I struggled to find something that I could do that would make me successful. All I knew for most of that time was that I wanted to be rich, I wanted to be known, and I wanted people to like me. Respect would have been a good thing too, but at that point, I was willing to sacrifice it, if necessary, to get the other three.

I tried many different good jobs , hobbies, businesses, and projects trying to find my thing. It seems like I had a different business card every month. It became a game to see if I could actually deplete my 250 count of cards before I was on to something else. I didnt have a clue. I had no idea what I wanted to do when I grew up.

One Friday morning, while I was on vacation and having breakfast with my wife, at a restaurant called Spoodles in Disneys Boardwalk Resort, I had an epiphany. Bam! There it was, out of nowhere. My life finally made since! I dont know what it is about that place (Disneyworld) but it always seems to get my dream wheel spinning. Faster than you could say Jimmie Cricket, all of the pieces of the puzzle came together.

It became crystal clear to me that I was never going to find my dream job. I was going to have to create it. And all of the ingredients that I would ever need to put this wonderful career together were already in place. Now it was just a matter of bringing them together in time, and with careful planning. You see, at this point in my life, I had already had three defining moments in my life: when I started playing the saxophone, when I saw a motivational speaker for the first time, and when I caught the entrepreneurial spirit back in college. Now I was having the fourth defining moment, and it was telling me that my vocation would be built on a unique mix of all three.

I finally understood how all of my talents, gifts, and interests fit into my life. They would eventually work together to allow me to touch the lives of people through the spoken word and musical expression, propelled by an entrepreneurial zeal.

It wasnt until I finally started to explore my own individuality, that I was able to see the unlimited potential for my life. Now, not only could I change my world, I could change the world if I dared to dream big enough. So what about you? Who are you? Do you even know? What could you do with your life if you just dared to be unique and embraced your individuality?

I leave you with the following questions, dare you to find the answers, and challenge you to live out the greatness within you. Be Great at Something! TM

Life Changing, Individuality Discovering Questions

1. What do you do well naturally?
2. What do other people spend money, taking lessons to learn, that you already do effortlessly?
3. What do you consider fun that other people consider work?
4. What kinds of movies, books, activities, social groups, organizations, and hobbies do you generally gravitate towards?
5. What could you spend hours doing and loose all track of time?
6. What have been some of your life defining moments?
7. What are your natural gifts, talents, and abilities?
8. What would you do, if you knew that you could not fail?

R. Duane Huff is a professional speaker and the president of R. Duane Huff Presentations. To learn more about Duane and his new audio program, Be Great at Something: Find Your Passion. Design Your Life., logon to http://www.rduanehuff.com Duane can be reached by phone at (225 )772-3264, or by email at duane@rduanehuff.com

Success

Change Your Focus and Change Your Results!

Often Ive heard people talk about feeling sad, stressed or depressed. They feel hurt, angry, in a rut among other things. The reason in most cases is usually because of something thats happened to them. Maybe they crashed their car, cant afford to pay a bill that is looming, need a job or someone didnt keep their promise. The stories are endless.

But have you ever noticed how effortless it is to get things done when you are feeling good? You find that you handle setbacks better, you can think of the future much more clearly, people are happy to be around you and you seem to attract everything you want. You give the right answers to the questions asked. Your children want a cuddle and so does your partner. Good problem to have right?

So why do people wallow in their problems, blame the environment, circumstances and let situations take over?

Why I hear you ask?

This is because most people have not learned to focus on what they are really thinking about.

In my life I have never met one person who can congruently say that they enjoy feeling any of those negative emotions. Have you?

They never think of how they want to feel instead.

Give yourself choice! Avoid talking about problems most of the time and thinking about what might or might not happen, what has been and cannot be changed.

I mean scream if you want to or even cry and then, do the right thing, let it go.

But if you ever find yourself feeling any of those emotions you might find it useful to do the following:

1. Be solution oriented Lets face it what has happened has already happened, you cannot change it. Start thinking about what you can do to resolve whatever it is you are dealing with. Adopt the How can I solve this attitude; from your how? will come all the ideas to resolve your challenges.

2. Decide how you want to feel - Realise that there is nothing to gain from allowing a negative issue take over your mind, for hours and days. They only incapacitate you. The power to solve issues comes when you are feeling good, ecstatic, joyous irrespective of the problems you face.

3. Focus on what you could be happy about Of all the unexpected things that can happen in your life right now, there are things in place that already make you happy. Think of your accomplishments, how about those things you did that people said couldnt be done, who loves you and who have you had the privilege of loving. The blessings are there if youll only look and focus on them.

4. Be a victor not a victim No matter what youre going through, somebody else has been through it and come out the other side. Even better, is the fact that there are people in worse situations than you. Know, believe and decide that you are capable of handling your problems, after all, you wouldnt have that problem unless you can solve it.

One of my mentors, Paul Elliott, often uses a phrase which I adopt at every opportunity and that is that State Dictates. The state of mind you are in is going to decide whether you do what you want to do or not. Whether you see the answers you want or not. Whether you can even think yourself into an opportunity or out of challenges. That is a discussion for another day.

The message is you dont become happy because things are going well, you need to be happy for things to get and be well.

Decide to be bigger than your challenges. Act in the moment, YES! The moment, the present; After all yesterday is gone! Stop living in the past.

Stay outstanding!

Chris Banjo The Unstoppable is a Motivational Speaker, Trainer, Master of Ceremonies and Peak Performance Consultant. His justification for existence and for doing what he does is the fervent belief that we are bigger than our circumstances and limitations and he helps organisations and individuals transform challenges into stepping stones for success by showing them how they can Step out, stick out and shine. Get his free monthly Successful Steps ezine by sending a blank email to successfulsteps.com">chris@successfulsteps.com or visit his website at successfulsteps.com">http://www.successfulsteps.com

John Ortberg

Is One Ready To Be A Millionaire?

Everyone wants to be a millionaire but the big question is: Are they ready? Of course one may ask: What do you mean if they are ready? Anyone would be ready to be a millionaire! We all tend to think in that manner that we are a millionaire when we have that the million dollars but the true and sad fact is that if one does not have the millionaire mindset, he or she will lose all the money eventually. Have you seen someone who has strike a lottery and in the end turn out to be even more broke before he strike the lottery? Have you seen any of the celebrities that were rich once and are now broke?

People may wonder why is this post appearing on an internet marketing blog? It was a moderator in a forum was suggesting to me to set up 2 different blogs talking about internet marketing and personal development separately. The initial drawback of having 2 blogs was a lazy attitude. But, personal development and internet marketing is in a way very much inter related. The purpose of most people that are reading this article is to learn how to be better, make some extra money or even for some, aiming to be a millionaire! If the personal development has not reached to a certain stage to preserve the money, he or she will blow it all away eventually.

Why are we behaving in a manner where we wants to blow all our money away? Could it be that it has something to do with our childhood programming? In the young days, when we were asked to save money, it will mean no candy for us. Since we were programmed that saving means no candy for us, we bring that state of mind into adulthood and in turn saving means sacrifice. Now, if we do not engage in personal development to tweak our state of mind and start learning how to save, we will never achieve the millionaire status ultimately. George Clasons book The Richest Man in Babylon says: A part of what I earn is mine to keep and that is actually teaching people to start paying themselves first or saving first.

I clearly remember what Jim Rohn says as well: Set to be a millionaire not for just the money but what you will become in the process of becoming a millionaire. I will be attending T. Harv Ekers Millionaire Mind Intensive seminar in November to change my financial blueprint with the aim to be a Millionaire.

Lets all go do it and aim to be a MILLIONAIRE!

I Believe In You! I Know You Can Do It Too!

Yours Believingly

Eugene Goh

Eugene Goh has been engaging in personal development since 2002. His first self help book was Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki and since then, has been engaging in personal development through reading numberous books and listening to various audio programs. Just to name a few of his favourite books are The Success Principles by Jack Canfield; Your Roadmap to Success by John Maxwell; Great Trilogy by Og Mandino and Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker. He has numerous audio programs from the greats of Jim Rohn, Denis Waitley, Brian Tracy and is in a constant state of learning to learn from everyone who is willing to coach and in turn coach those who is willing to learn. To find out more about Eugene Goh, go to the following website to read his regularly updated blog.

http://www.eugenegoh.com/

To understand others is to have knowledge

Significant People Who Shape Your Life

Almost everyone has memories of a person who has had an impact on their life. Their words in that moment altered something deep inside of you and changed who you are. The person who influenced you could have been the parent of a friend, someone you saw on a regular basis at the grocery store, a neighbor or a beloved teacher. It could be something as simple as a conversation or how they conducted themselves in the world.

We all can have such an influence on others. Whether you believe it or not, your actions, attitude and how you conduct your life does get noticed and has an influence on others. Think of how you conduct yourself in your profession, at school or even while just out shopping. How we conduct our life teaches people and influences them. Thats a pretty heavy thought. If you wake up each morning knowing that today you will teach someone, that can absolutely have an impact on your attitude and how you feel about yourself and the world.

As we go through the day, we can try to be open to lessons to be learned from difficult people and situations. Every time someones remarks challenge us, its an opportunity to look inside and see what sensitive nerve was hit. Being human and preferring to be liked, its natural to want teachers who are considerate of our feelings. Consider this, however. When things are always lovely and sweet, what do you learn from it? Blunt or even unkind remarks could be what we need to spur a change. The important thing is to keep an open mind. Even things said that are obviously out of jealousy could contain a grain of truth. That grain of truth could be something to think upon in spite of someone elses perception. Study the words to see if there might be something to it. If not, then let it go.

So, what lessons do you think you have learned from someone else? I dont know about others, but I have learned life lessons from books and powerful television shows. The most powerful lessons Ive learned have been from people I know. I have a friend who could be considered severely handicapped. To me, she is the most positive person Ive ever met in my life. Her attitude in the face of horrendous adversity is something I have tried to emulate.

Review each situation to try to find the gem in the lesson that person unknowingly is teaching you. The best lessons are ones right there in front of you.

Robin Skeen

www.robinskeen.com

Robin lives in the lovely state of Ohio, USA. She is a freelance writer and Internet marketer. Her website writings are her personal views on self improvement and development, Law of Attraction, Internet Marketing, work at home goals and life in general. Check the website for freebies to be added on a regular basis.

Ray Kroc

The Blessing of Life

Making Your Dreams Reality Book Series

Counting Our Blessings

Each day, as we begin to count our blessings, the world transforms into the reality for which our heart has been searching. The heart becomes the eyes, ears, and voice for the miracles of bountifulness, both Spiritual and physical, waiting to greet us each moment of the day. Gods love graces the ground all life and we walk upon.

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How Gratitude Sweetens the Journey

Count your blessings, not your crosses.
Count your gains, not your losses.
Count your joys instead of your woes.
Count your friends instead of your foes.
Count your health, not your wealth.
Old Proverb

Through the process of burning off karma, we learn more about gratitude being one of the most powerful tools we have been given in AGUB (Accepting Gods Unlimited Bountifulness).

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A Squirrels Daily Visits of Gratitude

My office overlooks a beautiful golf course from two large bay windows. The office area is surrounded by wonderful huge oak trees whose branches reach to the window and tower over the building. Each day, as I am working on my books at the computer, I get completely lost in what I am doing. I absolutely love and have such a passion for writing that I often forget to stop to eat breakfast, take breaks, or eat lunch. I am having so much fun it overtakes my physical needs.

Therefore, AGUB (Accepting Gods Unlimited Bountifulness) brings unexpected gifts into my life to help stay balanced.

I absolutely love animals! I am blessed by having all kinds of wild animals around me each day. One day, as I was sitting at the computer writing, I looked up to see a branch of a large oak tree bouncing up and down in front of the bay window of my office. I looked around to see if the wind was blowing, but it was as calm as it could be outside.

Curiosity dragged me from my writing and I wandered over to the window to see my squirrel friend bouncing up and down on the branch trying to get my attention.

It was adorable!

His big eyes were staring at me knowing fully well that I would come and pay my daily visit to him. He was training me to be alert and accepting of divine love.

He looked down and began to chatter. It was as though he were scolding me for ignoring him.

I began to laugh. He ran down to the banister to get closer. I was telling him how beautiful he was and he listened intently to everything I was saying, understanding every word of our conversation. Before I left the window, I waved at him and told him how much I appreciated his visits each day. I told him that I was sorry I had been a little late that morning to greet him.

The next day, on his visit, he jumped on the oak tree branch again. I didnt respond as quickly as I should have because important information was flowing in for my books. I couldnt stop or I would lose it. He then jumped on the window with all four feet. I was sure he had injured himself. I ran to the window. He was looking up as if nothing at all had happened.

We had our usual talk, his chattering and my words of gratitude to him. As I was getting ready to turn, he waved his left paw.

What a shock to see an animal use a human form of communication!

I waved back and he again waved as if he were a person. We did this back and forth a few times then he was off to play in the tree.

I would have never believed this if I hadnt seen it with my own eyes.

Divine Love comes to us throughout our day but how often do we release our attention from all the business to accept these tokens of divine love?

Each day, this dear friend comes to visit. Moreover, he always knows exactly where I am in the office, wherever that might be. He begins his sweet soft chatter, so filled with divine love that it brings joy and laughter to my heart for all of Gods many blessings. An interesting thing is that he has never accepted food when I offer it to him. He just wants to give and receive divine love in the moments we share together.

These blessings are AGUB (Accepting Gods Unlimited Bountifulness) and help me produce a better life, speaking engagements, books, and brings bountifulness in every aspect of my life.

Celebration is the key to bountifulness.

Life is an attitude of gratitude as we count our blessings each second of everyday.

Sandy Paris, author of the Making Your Dreams Reality Book Series, keynote speaker of 36 years, publisher, syndicated magazine columnist and Cambridge Whos Who. Sandy Paris has been classified as a Spirituality expert with the likes of the Dalai Lama, Wayne Dyer, and Deepak Chopra. She is also a co-author with internationally acclaimed best-selling authors Jack Canfield, Bob Proctor, Alan Cohen, Richard Carlson, and John Gray. Her books, and products reflect the infinite potential in all of us as unlimited beings. Visit her website for FREE GIFTS http://www.sandyparis.com

Contact Sandy at: sandyparis@mac.com for speaking engagements. Copyright 2007 Sandy Paris.

Carpet Books

This Aerobic Exercise Program Could Change Your Life

It was about 100 years ago that I was first introduced to my first aerobic exercise program.

Coach Miller would "suggest" that we jog around the track for a while, suddenly break into a sprint for about 40 yards, and then slow down to a walk as our lungs cried out "Please dont do that again." In the beginning we looked upon this activity as an extreme form of punishment but we later learned that these alternating intensity workouts dramatically improved our energy and performance.

Of the three key exercise variable--how often you exercise, how hard you work and how long you last, intensity has the most powerful effect.

Your body responds to short bursts of intensity by releasing a cascade of fat-mobilizing hormones and anti-aging growth hormones that supercharge your metabolism and burn extra calories for 24 hours or longer.

Here's a good example of the powerful effect of exercise intensity on heart health. A new study by British researchers tracked 1,975 healthy men over ten years.

The men who exercised the hardest had a 47% percent lower risk of death from all causes and a whopping 62% lower risk of death from heart disease, compared with those who reported very little or no intense exercise.

The best part however is that the benefits of this aerobic exercise program were achieved with as little as nine minutes per day of vigorous activity.

I'm Gene Millen. Fifteen years ago a heart surgeon, sawed open my chest and stitched in bypasses to six of my favorite heart arteries. It wasn't as much fun as you might think...and started me on a journey to helping others avoid my mistakes.

My experience in aerobic exercise programs includes working with hundreds of people in the Vital Life Center, a health and wellness club for the "over 50 crowd.

I thought I knew all the right aerobic exercise programs, but after trying Dr. Sears' new PACE program, it was soon apparent that there was more to learn.

This program is extremely effective and takes far less time than the "conventional" programs which coax you into spending hours in the gym to achieve your goals.

Dr. Sears new patented aerobic exercise program builds on the principle that long-duration exercise isn't natural.

Our ancient ancestors didn't run for mile after mile without rest or recovery. Their exercise was primarily hunting, or on some occasions being hunted. Their daily exercise "routine" consisted of short bursts of exertion, followed by periods of very welcome rest.

By using this system you recreate exactly what your body needs for optimum health.

The unique feature of PACE -- progressively changing your routine over time -- ensures maximum fat loss with a "bulletproof" heart and "super-sized" lung power.

By boosting your heart's "reserve capacity," Dr. Sears reveals that you can nearly eliminate your risk of heart attack.

One of Dr. Sears' insights into how the human heart functions is the fact that it doesn't need "endurance training." Your heart was designed to keep beating far into old age.

Heart attacks don't happen because your heart lacks endurance. They happen during times of stress, when your heart needs more energy and pumping capacity, but doesn't have it.

By building reserve capacity -- which the PACE exercise weight loss program does quickly and easily -- you create a "reserve account" your heart can draw upon during times of emergency.

PACE is the best fat burner I've ever seen. It works just as well for the novice exerciser (I've used it on people with congestive heart failure) as it does for the extremely fit.

According to Dr. Sears, the big mistake with aerobic exercise and jogging is that it causes our bodies to store fat. Once you pass the 15 to 20 minute mark, you start burning fat during exercise.

But this tells your body you need fat to burn as fuel during exercise. As a result, your body will make and store more fat to prepare for your next run or aerobic workout -- a never-ending cycle making it impossible to get rid of that stubborn fat that never seems to go away.

PACE exercise weight loss routines are never more than 10 to 20 minutes.

That means your body burns carbs during exercise, not fat. After you finish the routine, your body starts burning fat to replace the carbs it just burned.

In fact, your body will burn fat for up to 24 hours after your PACE routine. It even burns fat while you are sleeping! After a few weeks, your body gets the message that it doesn't need to store excess body fat at all.

The extra lung power the PACE exercise weight loss program gives you is more important than you may realize. Dr. Sears tells us that lung volume is your number one indicator for risk of death.

The bigger your lung volume, the longer you'll live. It's critical for preventing disease and boosting your immune system. Not to mention that big lungs transport fresh oxygen to every cell in your body.

The PACE aerobic exercise program starts improving your heart health and supercharging your metabolism in a matter of days.

Dr. Sears has a very law of successful medical practice in Florida and a remarkable track record. He produces results for thousands of people from around the world.

The cardiologist grimly stated, "You are a walking time bomb." Two days later Gene Millen had a six-way heart bypass and now explains how Ten Minutes Exercise and a low glycemic diet can send them packing! Go to http://www.heart-health-for-life.com

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