Can Self Hypnosis Help Me Reach My Goals And Break Bad Habits?
January 30, 2010 by Todd Schuyler
Filed under Weight Loss
Is self hypnosis really effective? Do you have goals you want achieve? Are you interested in self improvement? Can I really break those bad habits? To the answers to these and other self hynosis questions read further.
Self hypnosis is usually thought of as a person listening to some type of mass-produced media, intended to induce a willingness to absorb suggestions centered around a specific topic such as weight loss, stop smoking, etc. Unfortunately, this kind of hypnosis is generally taught by someone who has never met the person being self hypnotized.
For example, if you sunburn easily, that last thing you want to hear about is a slow walk on a sunny beach. In this case, the “self” in self hypnosis simply means that you listen to it by yourself. How do you incorporate self improvement to hypnosis? To be able to go about self improvement, there are certain aspects in you that should be addressed. Using hypnosis, the negative aspects that are serving as hindrances to improvement must be eliminated.
To be really effective self hypnosis should necessarily be designed and created by the very person who will ultimately use and benefit from it. Unlike the mass-produced hypnosis, this self hypnosis is made for the exact purpose the person desires, including the exact words and phrases that mean the most to that particular person.
The true self hypnosis is thus crafted by the person to suit his or her own needs. The benefits derived could only be accomplished with such a personal, one-of-a-kind hypnosis. In this case, the “self” in self hypnosis really means what it says.
Below is a brief view of the self hypnotic process. Though lots of variations of this method have been used, these are the basic steps you have to go through in order to hypnotize yourself to accomplish your self improvement goals.
1. Position your goals from the most important goal to the less important in that order. If all possible, your goals should be measurable.
2. For each goal, you should formulate fitting suggestions which means you have to convert your goals into specific instructions to your subconscious mind on how to achieve each goal.
3. Relax yourself. Use the first few minutes of your self hypnotic session to get as relaxed as possible. Try to forget all your problems.
4. Start your hypnotic initiation phase by saying and repeating out loud the hypnotic words you have chosen, thinking of these words or listening to a hypnotic tape or CD customized for your hypnotic needs.
Before you begin your self hypnotic exercises you should make a time schedule for it. Do your hypnosis sessions every day for five minutes. Repeat your suggestions as often as possible during the day. Measure your progress. Are you closer to reaching your goals now than you were before you started?
If you answer negative to these questions, you must rethink and reorganize your train of thoughts. This is the only way you can find out if this method is really helping you in achieving your self improvement goals. If you want more help. There are good sites out there. You might want to tryamazing hypnosis resources. Self improvement is now within your reach.
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Can You Lose Weight With The Three Days Diet?
February 27, 2009 by Slim Slater
Filed under Weight Loss
In 1985 the famed three day diet first came on the scene. It boasted creation of a specific metabolic reaction to cause quick weight loss and the system to be cleansed. This reaction has never been validated or even attempted to be explained.
The diet is to be followed for only 3 days, with an off period of generally 5 days in between diet times. All the versions of this diet share in common nebulous steps that must be followed and foods that must be eaten in order for the diet to work. What better way to blame the dieter when it doesn’t work than you botched the formula.
Breakfast on the first day begins with coffee (no sugar), one half a grapefruit, and a piece of toast with 1 Tbsp peanut butter. Lunch is a can of tuna, a piece of toast, and black coffee. Dinner consists of 3 ounces of chicken or lean meat, a cup of green beans, one cup of carrots, one apple, and one cup of regular vanilla ice cream. The other two days of the diet are pretty similar in meal quantity, though the specifics change, for example Day 2 recommends two beef franks for dinner in place of three ounces of lean meat. Supposedly it’s possible to lose as much as 10 pounds in only three days.
Hogwash is the answer. The question is what is a specific reaction to that claim? As stated the metabolic reaction has never been examined much less proven. Any weight loss would be mostly water loss due to a lack of carbs which help the body retain water. That could lead to dehydration.
Once the three days end the weight will return, primarily because it’s mostly water. But also because any weight lost from the skipped calories will be regained when the starving diet victim returns to normal, or in this case heavier than normal, eating. Deprive the body of water for three day cycles enough times and a person could develop kidney damage, dehydration, or a host of other dangerous conditions.
If something sounds too good to be true it is. The 3 day diet sounds too good to be true.



