Subscribe to RSS FeedWeight Loss Miracle - Self-Hypnosis Plus The Cabbage Soup Diet
Losing weight and keeping it off is often a hard process; subsequently, most overweight people are always searching for easy ways to lose weight. The Cabbage Soup weight loss plan is known to many dieters as a popular “fad diet” that offers a rapid way to lose excess weight, but does it actually work? The diet is examined here, along with the keys to success for permanent weight loss.
The Cabbage Soup diet calls for, as the name suggests, eating cabbage soup for a seven day period. During this seven day period, dieters only consume low calorie cabbage soup and a few other specific foods for weight loss. The diet is not a life plan like some other well-known diet plans, and requires no long-term lifestyle changes beyond the seven days of the diet regimen.
There are several versions of the recipe for cabbage soup. Most contain spices, cabbage and other vegetables, such as onions, celery, bell peppers, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Some dieters enjoy adding spicy flavorings to liven up the soup. Other dieters monitoring their sodium intake try to prepare a low-sodium version of the recipe. Many popular versions of the diet incorporate sources of protein to make the eating program more satisfying.
Besides the soup, there are highly specific guidelines for which additional foods are permitted on each day of the plan. As a general guide, dieters may eat cabbage soup every day, along with fruit on the first day, vegetables on the second day, fruit and vegetables on day three, skim milk and bananas on the fourth day, tomatoes and beef on the fifth day, beef and vegetables on day six, and vegetables, brown rice, and fruit juice on the seventh, final day. Dieters then revert to normal eating habits, hopefully now weighing a few pounds less.
Does the Cabbage Soup diet truly work? Although no official scientific study has studied the diet conclusively, people who have used the weight loss diet report varying results. For several dieters, the plan resulted in weight loss (up to ten pounds), but only for a short while, as the pounds gradually came back as the person returned to normal meal plans. Some dieters complain of light-headedness, weakness, and lack of focus while on the diet. Other dieters experienced no effects at all, experiencing no illness, but no weight loss either.
The Cabbage Soup diet program is only one of countless “fad diets” that dieters can use. Unfortunately, because this diet may not be effective for everyone, for many overweight people it just adds to the difficulty of being unable to lose weight. A better method of dieting does not depend on fad diets or temporary dieting techniques. It takes dedicated work and long-term health commitments to maintain a healthy permanent weight. This means eating right and getting plenty of exercise.
Unfortunately, many people struggle to keep up the habits needed to shed pounds. Countless dieters cannot seem to lose weight because of their strong food cravings, out-of-control appetites or eating habits, or a lack of motivation. Hypnotism for weight loss is perfect for working through these issues and supplying the motivation necessary for natural weight loss.
Among the reasons weight loss hypnosis is perfect as a weight loss aid is because weight loss hypnosis can be used for appetite regulation. Many people have uncontrollable appetites because of problems with “emotional eating” which gives them an unconscious impulse to eat and eat even when they aren’t hungry. Hypnosis helps re-train the unconscious mind to end the urge to eat, resulting in appetite control without the use of pills or drugs.
Another way hypnosis works to make you take weight off is by removing the anxious thoughts that make you want to overeat and sap your motivation to go exercise. The moment you begin to have negative thoughts, hypnosis taps into your unconscious mind to automatically think positively, which reduces tension and stress.
Your motivation to exercise can be greatly increased through hypnosis therapy and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming). First, you identify what the most significant aspects of your life are. Then you use NLP techniques to guide you into believing that the things that mean the most to you will become enhanced if you exercise, or placed at risk if you don’t. Thus, it becomes easy to stay motivated to exercise and stay in shape.
Everyone can be able to learn NLP and weight loss hypnosis techniques from a good weight loss hypnosis CD program. The techniques in hypnosis diet CDs use the power of unconscious thoughts to help dieters stop their cravings. By eliminating cravings and urges, the appetite is suppressed or eliminated. Weight loss hypnosis programs also help get you motivated to exercise to lose weight.
By reprogramming your unconscious thoughts, hypnosis therapy makes losing weight easy. It is a superb tool to make you feel motivated and naturally committed healthy habits. So before embarking on another fad diet, consider a healthier approach to losing weight through physical activity, eating right, keeping a positive attitude, and using self-taught hypnosis to achieve your goals.
Alan B. Densky, CH is an NGH Certified Hypnotist. Visit the hypnotism website for Free hypnotherapy videos, newsletters, and downloads. He offers several ways to lose weight, including video hypnotism for weight loss DVDs and weight loss hypnotherapy CDs.
- Alan B. Densky, CH