Neuro-Linguistic Programming or NLP is a physiological technique that uses language to affect the workings of our brain and nervous system. All of us self-communicate, influencing the outcome of our actions via our philosophy, values and expectations. This condition can be described as self fulfilling prophecy; if you are telling yourself you are a pig, you’ll most probably continue to eat as much as you can. NLP involves specific visualization that can help people “re-program” their brains and the way they think about things. Once they learn to do that, their behaviour can be changed and bad habits can be cured. NLP hypnosis is employed via a technique called “modelling” in which if anybody could accomplish a certain goal, then other people may also accomplish the same goal with the same guidance. They just have to follow the same basic action and that includes the patterns of thought of the person they were modelling.
What is The Role of NLP in Weight Management
NLP hypnosis can be used to interrupt patterned behaviour and is particularly useful in weight management. More importantly, this type of hypnosis is used to keep off the lost weight. In other words, the person’s new, lower weight is maintained and not gained back at all. Losing weight through NLP hypnosis is assisted by NLP practitioners. They help to explore the issues facing the troubled overeater who have failed to achieve their desired weight despite following every available diet and exercise plan. These skilled communicators manage to help clients in identifying their fundamental motivations, internal conflicts, limiting belief patterns and etc.
Diet Plan for NLP Hypnosis Practitioners
There are many types of overeaters; some overeat emotionally, some make bad choices as to what to eat, some need to exercise, some picked up bad eating habits from childhood, some have body image problems and many more. The NLP practitioner would most likely have their client keep a food diary where they keep track of what they eat, when they eat it and how they feel as they make the decision to eat. With a week’s worth of diary entry, eating patterns can be easily uncovered. Any particular feeling that tends to drive unnecessary eating can be dealt with using NLP hypnosis.
Health Benefits of NLP Hypnosis
By interrupting negative patterned behavior and thoughts on food and eating, people can learn how to create and obtain the results they want in weight loss. Once these methods are learnt through NLP hypnosis, they can continue using them in the rest of their life and alter their own limiting beliefs, subsequently accomplishing the desired result which is losing weight and maintaining a healthy body. Having a healthy and well-understood perception of the realistic condition of the body can be achieved through consistent use of NLP hypnosis. It has been proven to increase weight loss and its effectiveness post treatment is long term. According to the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, the effect may grow stronger over time.
Losing and maintaining a desired weight involves so much more to it for the overeater than simply “the eat less, move more” type of dieting. For many people stuck in the painful cycle of overeating for so many years, things can begin to feel quite hope and depressing, when in actual fact, in the hands of a skilled therapist, effective help can be found and living once again be made easy.
