Hypnotherapy for Weight Loss in Slough. Why slimming clubs work. And then why they don’t!
It’s January, and as I pass the local community centre in Burnham on my way to my therapy rooms in the evening, I see the weekly weight loss slimming clubs signing up new recruits.
This is sort of good news for me, as I offer hypnotherapy for weight loss in Slough and Burnham areas. Why is it good that people are signing up for slimming clubs? Well, it shows people are wanting to lose weight, and eventually some of them will realise why slimming clubs work…and then why they sort of stop working. Then they will want to come and see someone like me.
I can share this secret with you…it’s all to do with human nature and groups. Groups of people behave in funny ways. Everyone starts off with good intentions, sticks to the plan, and yes they begin to lose weight. Some people will stay with the group even after they have achieved their weight loss, and they will be examples to others. These people tend to go on to run groups of their own.
However, not all members of the weight loss group keep losing weight. Usually most people hit the ‘brick wall’, where sticking to the diet becomes a real challenge. Two things may happen in the group at this point:
- People leave the group because it’s hard to go back every week when you are not losing weight ( you feel bad )
- People keep going to the group, but it becomes ‘ok’ not to lose weight.
People together tend to sympathise with each other, and weight loss groups can be really good for this. But sympathy is nice, and sometimes not really helpful!!
This is nothing to do with the organisation running the group, who often have good intentions; it’s all to do with human nature.
Now, I am a bit of an expert on human nature (read About Me here) and when I am helping people with hypnotherapy for weight loss I help people understand their own nature and how to work with it to lose weight.
Here is an example, and it’s a good tip for you. As we know, there is only one way to lose weight; eat sensibly and move about a bit more. A lady client came to see me because she was finding going to the gym a real pain. Just talking about the treadmill was boring her! What I helped her understand about herself is that she was naturally an extrovert. If she was going to do exercise she needed to do it with others. So to help her lose weight, I suggested she change her exercise habits and do exercise with other people – aqua fit, walking groups, that kind of thing. This would help her stay motivated.
Everyone is different, and your personality type could be the key to HOW you need to motivate yourself to stick to your weight loss goals. If you like to be with others, then choose exercise classes and that kind of thing. If you like your own company, then go walking or running, or swimming, on your own.
Hypnotherapy for weight loss isn’t a magic pill (sorry!). It is though a way of helping you understand yourself, what’s stopping you, and gives you practical help to succeed in your weight loss goals.
Every conversation I have is confidential, so if you’d like to know more, please do call me or email me sue@freedomfinders.co.uk, 07721 410813
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Sue Roberts Hypnotherapy for weight loss Slough Burnham and Maidenhead.