Obesity is an increasing and serious cause of early death and morbidity. In our Western World of Affluence, how do you feel when you realise that today's children are quite likely to die before their parents? And for a preventable reason: our apparent inability to control our weight!
In the UK, 63% of men are overweight - and 57% of women. Included in these figures are the 17% of all men who are obese - and a massive 25% of all women are obese.
What does "obese" mean?
The web definiton is "having an abnormally high or unhealthy amount of fat".
It predisposes us to various medical conditions, including diabetes mellitus, osteo-arthritis, certain kinds of cancer, sleep apnoe and, of course, cardio-vascular disease.
We can measure it by our BMI (Body Mass Index). We do this by measuring our height and our weight. then we simply divide our weight - in Kgm or pounds by the square root of our height in metres or inches.
So if your are 90 kgms in weight and 2 metres tall, (90 divided by 4) your BMI is 22.5 (normal)
Normal values are 18.5 - 24.9
Overweight 25.0 - 29.9
Obese 30.0 - 39.9
Morbidly obese 40.0 and up.
A simpler way to measure is the waist. Women should measure les than 88cms and men less that 102 cms.(34.5 ins and 40 ins)
The Solution?
Eat less
Excersise more
Simple isn't it? So why don't we all do it?There are hundreds of "diets" out there and scores of excercise plans - there are "magic pills", weight loss belts and hosiery, machines and corsets - and some of them are helpful and some of them just help you eat up your money. and hey - who are they kidding?
We know we should eat less and excercise more, we know we should avoid high fat and suger foods.......so why are over half of us fat?
Our modern life style is busy, busy. busy....but often static, static, static.....we no longer walk to work, we no longer have to hunt our food or spend hours picking fruit and berries, our water comes from taps, and our pies ready made from the shop. And we have lost touch with ur own bodies.
We ignore the signals they are trying to send us, and we feed them with chemicals and additives, preservatives and colourings - some necessary but by no means all. Have you ever carried on eating even after you feel you have had enough - perhaps because it tastes good - or for social reasons - or even because you have been so engrossed in your book or the television that you simply didn't notice?
I have!
And have you ever sat looking out of the window and wanted - even briefly, to go outside and walk in the fresh air - but stayed firmly glued to your seat?
I have!
Have you ever eaten because you were bored or stressed or sad?
I have!
So - What Can Hypnosis Do?
Hypnosis can put you back in touch with your body. If you are bored - it can motivate you, if you are stressed - it can relax you and if you are sad - it may not be able to make you happy - but it can help you to start getting on with your life instead of overeating and becoming sadder still.
What hypnosis can really do is to put you in touch with your inner consciousness, and with the messages your body is trying to send you - the "I've had enough" message and the "Stop eating" message, that until now you may have learnt to ignore. It can motivate you, clarify your goals and make it so much easier to eat less and exercise more.
For those who live near Cockermouth - I offer one to one sessions, which may follow an 8 session work through, or on a more ad hoc basis to suit your own particular circumstances.
I also do group sessions - these have the advantage that they are cheaper for you - and the group dynamics are often very supportive - other people are going through it all, too!
And for those who prefer to go it alone:
But, not everyone wants to spend the time and money on one to one hypnotherapy - effective though this can be. It is a big commitment. So - to try to make this more available to anyone, as it is an important health area, I have put together a guide (about 16 pages) with lots of simple and logical strategies for losing weight. These are well tested and tried methods -they do work. I have also made a hypnosis CD to go with them, just my voice - no gimmicks, no subliminal messages - what you hear is what is there. Simple but strangely effective.
What is in the pack?
We have the guide, a CD with an eight minute introduction to hypnosis, a second CD which is the weight control hypnosis - and a small bonus of a simple realxation CD, lasting about 10 minutes as a little extra.
The pack costs just £9 + £2.50 P&P. (Postage out of the UK will cost more - please check with me first at abbot97@uwclub.net)
