Our NYC Hypnotist team at the New York Hypnosis Center
put their tranced-out heads together .. and came up with
this list to help you get your hypnosis weight loss
program .. This is how New Yorker's lose weight.
Get YOUR BUTT in GEAR
The tough part with
exercise, of course, is getting out there and doing
it. Here's how the
successful get going:
1. Prioritize. The beds
might not get made, but Behina Washington, 39, still makes
time for exercise. That's
how she's kept off more than 127 pounds for 14 years.
"I have to schedule it
in and let go of other things -- like a perfectly clean
house," she says.
*** New York Hypnosis Weight Lost Tip - Make being at your right
and proper weight, your number 1 priority.
2. Find a burning passion that will motivate you to the heavens.
"I
have a gymnastics background and when I found Pilates, I said, 'Thank God.' If
somebody told me I had to go out and jog 6 days a
week, I'd still weigh 243 pounds," says Amina LaPhet, 46, who lost 64 pounds and has kept it off for 9 years.
**** Our NEW YORK HYPNOTIST's reveal, their secret motivating passion is their underlying purpose to help others live the life they themselves struggled to achieve.
3. Keep an exercise journel. It
makes you more accountable.
Norma from Dallas, TX,
who hangs hers on the refrigerator,
checks off six workouts a
week dutifully. "If I miss one
day, I make that my day off
for the week."
**** New York City Hypnosis tip: Make a committment .. even if it means
only walking ONE ADDITIONAL BLOCK a day.
4. Set a goal. Sign up for
some fun runs and try to
improve your times. "I
went from a 5-K to a 4-miler,
then a 5-miler, then a 10-K.
As I was building miles
and speed, I was getting
fitter and losing more
weight," says Therese
Revitt, 42, who lost 80 pounds
and recently ran a marathon.
5. Get pumped. "It
wasn't until I put on more
muscle through resistance
training that I was able to
keep the weight off --
almost effortlessly," says
Verona Mucci-Hurlburt, 37,
who went from a size 18
to an 8. The reason? Muscle
burns more calories
around the clock.
Eat Like a THIN PERSON
6. Make changes for the
long haul. "I learned
how to
eat and live with it for the
rest of my life," says
Barbara Miltenberger, 42,
who lost more than 40
pounds and hasn't seen any
come back in three years.
7. Stop phony, unworkable dieting. "The
best thing I did was quit
dieting," says Reed.
"I'd always find ways to cheat.
So instead, I stopped
forbidding myself certain foods
and just started eating less
of them."
8. Give your inner liar a kick in the butt.
|"When I started keeping a
food diary, I discovered
that I was eating somewhere
between 3,000 and 4,000
calories a day," says
Rebecca, 46, who found the
number shocking.
9. Eat smaller meals. Having
smaller, more frequent meals
can prevent you from getting
ravenously hungry and
overeating. On average,
weight loss winners eat five
times a day.
10. USE YOUR EYES like an albino elephant who never
forgets. "If you watch what you eat 90% of the
time, the other
10% is not a problem," says
Mucci-Hurlburt, who learned this tip
from a fitness professional.
11. Drag your butt from behind the tv and eat at the dinner table
only. If you eat in front of the TV, then every
time you nestle in with
the remote control, it's a
cue to eat. Instead,
designate an eating spot for
all meals and snacks.
"Even when I want
potato chips, I set the table just
like I was going to sit down
for a full course meal,"
says Kathy Wilson, 47, who
took off more than 100
pounds. "I put a
handful of chips on the plate, put the
bag away, and then sit down
to eat. I never just stand
at the counter and eat
now."
12. Think before you bite.
Creating rituals -- like
Wilson did or the old standby of waiting 10 minutes
before giving into a craving
-- can stop you from
eating when you really
aren't hungry. "Nine chances
out of 10 the chips go back
in the cupboard, and I just
walk away," says Wilson.
13. Drink water like a slobbering guppy.
"Drinking
lots of water keeps me from
snacking when I'm not
hungry, and it gives me more
energy," says Revitt.
"It also stopped what I thought
were hunger headaches, which
were probably due to
dehydration. "
Set Yourself Up for Powerful Success !!
14. Do it for yourself.
"My
doctor told me for years
that I had
to take the weight off. But
you've
got to want it yourself,"
says
Wilson. "As long as somebody else
is pushing you, no matter
what you
do or what you try, it'll
never
work," adds Victoria
Bennett, 39,
who shed 60 pounds and has
kept
them off for five years.
15. Take it slowly ... like the Galapagos Tortois.
We all
want to lose it yesterday,
but slow is the way to go if
you don't want to see
those pounds again. "It
took me a year to lose 100
pounds this time," says
Rebecca, who's kept it off for
eight years. "I had
lost 100 pounds twice before, in
less than six months each
time, but I didn't maintain
it."
16. Make your approach UNIQUE .. FOR YOU !!!.
What worked for your best friend may not
work for you. And what
works for you today may not
work six months from
now. You need to decide what
you need.
Mucci-Hurlburt joined a
structured program for
accountability. "I
needed to know that I was going to
get weighed each week,"
she says. But for others
that's exactly what they
don't need.
17. Learn from the past dieting mistakes.
Everyone we talked to had
tried to lose weight before.
Part of their success this
time
was that they learned from
past failures. "Before,
the
more I focused on weighing,
measuring, and preparing
food,
the more I ate," says
Wilson, who finally succeeded
with a program that offered
prepackaged foods.
18. Set small goals, don't try to shimmy off the weight
overnight..
"My first goal was to lose only
10 pounds," says
Rebecca. "I had very high blood
pressure, and my doctor said
if I would just lose 10
pounds, he believed that I
could get off the pills.
Every other doctor before
said I had to lose 100
pounds, and I thought 'I
can't do that.' But 10 pounds,
I thought 'maybe I can do
that.' Doing it one bite at a
time made it more achievable
for me."
19. Make changes you can
live with. "Before I'd
go to bed I'd ask myself,
'Is what I did today
something I could do for the
rest of my life?' If I felt
deprived, I'd do it
differently tomorrow. If I thought,
'Yeah, I could do this
tomorrow,' then I was on the
right track," says
Revitt.
Control those BEHEMOTH Portions
20. Go back to school.
Joining a weight loss class
or working with a dietitian
can help you learn proper
portions, even without
weighing and measuring. "If
you get a half cup of
cottage cheese, it should look
like a tennis ball, a
quarter cup should look like a
Ping-Pong ball," says Wilson. "Now, I know
what
appropriate portions look
like."
21. Don't toss those
measuring cups, though.
"I
usually misjudge portions of
salad dressing, mayonnaise,
and ice cream," says
Revitt.
"They're really high in
fat and
calories and cause the most
damage if overdone. So I
still
measure them."
22. Cook realistically for the people
who are eating ...,
not an army.
|Even for low-fat foods like grilled
chicken,
Bennett stopped
overfeeding her family of
four. "I stopped making six
or seven breasts, thinking
that everybody had to have
two or three," she
says. "Now I make just one for
each person."
Learn to Cook ...it's fun !
23. Plan ahead. An empty
fridge after a stressful day
begs for pizza. The
now-slender crew doesn't
leave meals to chance.
Many of them plan their
menus a week or more in
advance. Others even cook
ahead, freezing meals for
the week in individual
containers.
24. A little dab will do it.
If you just can't pass on
some high-fat favorites,
stick to the most flavorful
ones. "A single slice
of bacon is enough to flavor
eggs or a potato," says
Helen Fitzgerald, 61, who lost
about 51 pounds. Her husband's
lost more than 150
pounds.
25. Fake fry.
Try"frying" with
calorie-free cooking sprays
instead of oil. Spray sliced
potatoes and roast them in
the
oven for french fries that
taste
fried without the fat,
suggests
Miltenberger.
26. Stock frozen veggies.
With pasta or stir-fry
sauces, they are diet
saviors. "I've been known to eat
a whole bag of vegetables --
and with only a quarter
cup of sauce, it's only
about 3 grams of fat," says
Mucci-Hurlburt. "It's
saved my butt many times when
I was really hungry and had
to eat now."
27. Flavor up. Rice, beans,
and other cooked grains
are the staples of many
successful dieters. For
variety, Fitzgerald cooks
them in different liquids --
tomato juice, apple juice,
beef or chicken stock. "Rice
done in pineapple juice is
especially good for rice
puddings and Chinese
dishes," she says.
Don't be a Lonely Lilly ... and try to do It Alone
28. Find the right support
person. A nag won't do.
Neither will a partner in
crime. Look for someone
who can empathize and
support you in a positive
way.
When Reed finally succeeded
in losing weight, her fiance
was a big help. "We
didn't
focus all our socializing
around food. We went bike
riding a lot and played
tennis
instead of going for
pizza."
29. Join a support group.
"Hearing someone say
she lost
50 pounds would be real
motivating," says
Revitt. "I'd
think, 'She's just a normal
person like me. If she can
lose
50 then I can do it
too.'"
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