One of the most difficult times for many people when on weight loss programmes is how to manage when on holiday. Many people associate holidays with a sense of being able to throw off regular restraints and a time for being indulgent. This approach is part of the problem for those who suffer with weight problems especially if you associate it with a feeling of deprivation at not being able to eat excessively, and somehow feel that you are missing out on the pleasures.
So here are 7 Weight Loss Tips Simple but effect to keep you on track during your Holidays
- Keep your overall objective firmly implanted in your mind. Your long term goal is more important than immediate gratification. It is more effective to have a clothing size in mind than a weight, so if your aim is to be 2 dress sizes smaller than you are now keep a mental note of it and repeat the size silently to your self whenever you are tempted to eat something that is not going to help you achieve your goal.
- Whenever you come to eat either a meal or a snack, do a quick body check and see if you truly are hungry. If you are not then foregoing a snack or even a meal will fill you with a greater sense of satisfaction.
- When choosing foods in restraurants or hotels aim for foods that you enjoy but also nutritious foods that will help you achieve that goal…..keep your desired dress size always in your mind.
- Fasting can help, after all you fast all night from tea until breakfast. Learning to over come the hunger pangs by using mindfulness is very effective. Each time you feel hungry you can say to yourself that you have eaten plenty in the past and now your body is using up some of that excess food.
- Whenever you eat your meal or snack or ice cream then do so mindfully, placing your full attention upon it, so that you truly enjoy what you are eating.
- Create and image of yourself the size and shape you desire to be. Make this image really strong, vivid and keep creating it. If you struggle with visualisation then feel yourself the size and shape you desire to be, think of yourself as slimmer, thinner and fitter.
- Remember it is not about will power but it is about persistence, having an intention and a deep desire to be the body shape and size that is correct for you when you are at your healthiest weight, size and shape.
Good luck and have a fabulous holiday
Using mindfulness to manage food cravings has proved very popular with my weight loss clients. Those coming for weight loss hypnosis have found that practising mindfulness has been particularly empowering and when combined with traditional hypnotherapy approaches for weight management has meant that cravings and snack eating has diminished significantly and in many cases stopped completely by the third session. Although there is now good evidence to support the use of mindfulness stretegies to manage food cravings it is not completely clear which aspect of mindfulness is responsible for the effect.
There are two techniques most commonly used to help people change the way they think, the first one is often used with CBT which identifies the thought as inaccurate and then replaces it with a more accurate one. For example ” I need crisps” vs ” I don’t need crisps, I want crisps but I can have something else instead….. a piece of fruit , a glass of water, or do something else instead go for a walk, talk to someone” etc. This actually requires quite a lot of effort on your part and the desire or thought often keeps popping back into your head.
More success is often found by the second one which simply helps people to better understand how they think accepting the thought ” I want Crisps” and recognising that this is just a thought and nothing else and simply observing it as such. Having learnt and been practising mindfulness meditations you are then better able to ride the wave of any craving that accompanies the thought.
It appears to me from working this way, that being able to aknowledge, accept then detaching yourself from your thoughts about food is the best way of managing and ultimately preventing cravings. Do not try to suppress the craving or ignore it or give yourself a critical running commentary on it….this will not help. Take a deeper slower more intentional breath in and remind yourself that this feeling of craving is being fuelled by just a thought that you can dispell quite easily, any uncomfortable feelings in your body will also begin to subside. The more you practice the easier it gets!
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