weight loss diet

If I were to ask you which foods temp you
most likely they wouldn’t be ones that are very healthy. I bet they would be ice cream
potato chips
pizza
or something along those lines. In fact
in your mind right now as you’re reading
you are probably thinking about a food that isn’t healthy. Well
aren’t you? Stop for a moment and think about it……………….. The point I’m going to make in this article is that you can change what you crave by changing how you think.

Every new client that comes to my office for weight-loss has a “craving problem.” But I don’t see it as a problem at all. I see it as a solution. Cravings are over-rated. They are hodge-podge and we don’t have to be controlled by them. We don’t have to feel temped by ice cream
cookies or 20-ounce prime ribs. Instead
we can be tempted by watermelon
pineapple
oranges or apples; foods like that. Think that sounds crazy? Well it isn’t and you’ll see why.

When I first sit down and talk with a client about their eating habits
I gather everything I need to know about exactly what they eat and how they eat. The culprit to their weight problem always boils down to snacking
picking
eating foods that are unhealthy or just plain over-eating. Then I’ll ask them what fruits and vegetables they like. I’m yet to come across someone who hates fruit or hates every vegetable under the sun. Finally I’ll ask them how often they eat fruits or vegetables and it’s always a lot less often than the unhealthy stuff.

After I’ve gathered my arsenal of information
we do our thing. I’ll have my clients lay back in my recliner and close their eyes. I’ll direct their mind to a peaceful place
and within minutes they’ll be relaxed like never before. Then I start talking about their favorite fruits and vegetables. I’ll ask them to imagine taking a bite of their favorite juicy
ripe fruit and to feel the juices tickling their taste buds. I’ll say to their mind
“from now on anytime you have a craving for food
you will think of a juicy
ripe piece of fruit. And bingo!!! Next thing you know these are exactly the kinds of foods they start desiring. Why? Because anytime you close your eyes and bring yourself to a calm
relaxed place
your subconscious mind emerges
and it is this part of the mind that controls what you crave. Change your thoughts and you’ll change what you crave. Simple.

Let’s look at this from another perspective. Let’s say pineapple is your favorite fruit. Now
if you were sitting with me right now and I gave you a juicy chunk of it
you would enjoy it thoroughly. And you’d want more
right? Of course. Now
let’s say I reached into my refrigerator
whipped-out a piece of chocolate cake and said
“choose one.” Most likely you would opt for the pineapple because you just had a teaser-piece
which would make your mind want more. The fact of the matter is this: you enjoy your favorite fruits just as much as you enjoy your favorite junk foods
you just believe otherwise.

Again
cravings are over-rated. The mere mention of that devilish word always seems to conjures-up images of high calorie
high fat foods only because these are the foods you are most exposed to in our media driven world. Your subconscious gets accustomed to this and just doesn’t know any better. Change your minds images and you’ll change your cravings. Here’s a quick 5 minute mental exercise you can begin doing now to help you start changing the way you crave food.

Step 1: Find a comfortable
quiet place where there are no distractions. Begin breathing deeply until you are quite relaxed. Next
count backwards from 10-1
slowly. With each count
imagine that your mind is drifting deeper and deeper.

Step 2: After you have finished counting
imagine that you are relaxing by yourself in your favorite place. A secluded beach or a log in the woods will do the trick. Imagine yourself feeling so very relaxed and peaceful.

Step 3: Next
imagine a basket full of your favorite fresh picked fruit sitting right next to you. See it clearly in your mind
the color
the feel
everything about that fruit. Imagine taking a bite of that juicy fruit and enjoying it like never before.

Step 4: Repeat the following suggestion to yourself 10 times: “From now on
anytime I think of eating
I immediately feel a craving for fruit.”

Step 5: Count from 1 to 5
slowly
and when you reach 5 open your eyes.