A food fixation, characterised by an intense preoccupation with eating, can lead to a difficulty in achieving effective weight control. This heightened focus on food often triggers unhealthy eating behaviours, disrupts normal hunger cues, and leads to emotional eating, all contributing to an inability to sustain a healthy weight. Hypnotherapy in Brighton for support to lose weight is available at the Conway Practice, or during remote sessions with Jonathan Conway, by Zoom, Skype or telephone.* Therapeutic intervention with hypnosis assists in tracing the origins of your relationship with food and reframes any negative association and beliefs.*
Unhealthy Eating Patterns: When you are fixated on food, you are more likely to indulge in frequent, unplanned eating. This often results in consuming high-calorie, low-nutrient foods such as sugary snacks, fast food, and processed items, often associated with comfort. These foods are usually more accessible and appealing but contribute significantly to calorie intake without satisfying hunger, leading to overeating.
Disruption of Hunger Cues: A preoccupation with food can overshadow the body’s natural hunger and fullness signals. You may eat not because you are physically hungry, but because you are constantly thinking about food. This can lead to eating at times when the body isn’t lacking nourishment. Mindless eating while you are bored, or your focus is distracted during another activity, such as watching a movie, often results in over-consumption of food, without any conscious awareness.
Emotional Eating: Food fixation is often linked to emotional eating, and you may find that you use food as a way to cope with stress, boredom, sadness, or other negative feelings. This can create a cycle where subconscious triggers prompt you to eat, which in turn leads to weight gain and possibly further emotional distress, such as feelings of guilt or regret. Hypnotherapy will help you to recognise the difference between emotional and physical hunger.* New coping mechanisms can be introduced while you are deeply relaxed during hypnosis, together with distraction and relaxation techniques.*
Social and Environmental Influences: You may find that you are susceptible to social and environmental cues that encourage eating. For instance, you might eat larger portions while socialising at gatherings with friends and family, or engaging in food-related activities. These situations can reinforce compulsive eating, and are often a means of social bonding in order to feel accepted within the group. This is more prevalent if you have a low sense of self-esteem, and can be addressed with hypnotherapy by exploring any negative beliefs stored within your subconscious mind.*
Hypnosis for weight loss takes a holistic approach, taking all factors regarding your relationship with food into consideration, while introducing new strategies to achieve a healthy weight management regime.* Hypnotherapy is a safe and effective process to establish increased motivation and self-belief, enabling you to achieve a healthier life-style and well-being.*
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