People tend to have mental blocks that keep them from achieving their ideal weight. Food addictions or using food as a coping mechanism for other struggles can cause people to eat for the wrong reasons—and often without thinking about it. Instead of eating food to satisfy their hunger or provide them with energy, their brains have been rewired to derive comfort and happiness primarily from food—either by what they eat or how much they eat. 

Unfortunately, this satisfaction is usually short-lived. More often than not, it leads to feelings of shame or disgust, either related to their self-control or how their bodies look. These feelings then trigger future episodes, creating a spiral that can be difficult to break. 

A lifetime of dieting can also create an unhealthy relationship with food. A good example of this is when you have an indulgent weekend in “preparation” for a new diet to start on Monday. This behavior generally leads to the same looping effect—restricting to an extreme, rebounding into a binge session, and then feeling bad about yourself all over again. It doesn’t have to be this way.

When you use hypnosis for weight loss, you learn to think about weight loss, your body, and food in the right way by training your brain properly with the help of a professional. The healthiest route is not to force yourself to diet and then berate yourself if you fail, but to find a balance that is both intentional and permissive at the same time.