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Soul Therapy in Bristol and London offers weight loss and body shaping hypnosis for clients from London, Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Cardiff, Swindon and Reading. Soul Therapy deals with weight loss and body shaping issues in a single session, with optional follow-up sessions after 2 weeks. Click on the Book A Therapy Session button above to make an appointment with weight loss hypnotherapist and psychotherapist Stephen Shaw.
Here is a client testimonial: "Wow! is all I can say, plus thank you very much for your help. It is now 4 weeks since our session and I have lost 1 stone and 8.5% body fat."
Weight Loss Frequently Asked Questions
How important is exercise for weight loss?
Do you know that 80% of attaining your ideal body weight and body shape comes from intelligent eating ... and only 20% from exercise? In our exercise and gym-crazed culture people are often doing themselves more harm than good. Over-exercising is very common and results in catabolising your valuable muscle tissue and decreasing your motivation, and can even give you flu-like symptoms, making you feel quite unwell.
The secret is: always choose exercise you enjoy! If you do this you will feel motivated to exercise. If you dislike certain exercise, you will not keep at it for long. Remember, you are trying to create a LIFESTYLE not an on-off exercise routine.
Choose a variety of exercises. Boredom is a quick way to lose interest in exercise. Find at least 3 exercises you really enjoy and do whichever one you feel like on a particular day. Try to avoid boring routines and listen to the requirements of your body. Experiment with how often you really need to exercise to achieve your body-shape goals.
Always check with your doctor before starting a new exercise routine. If you prefer to exercise at home, the following dvd and handweights have had excellent reviews:
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How do I increase my metabolic rate to lose weight?
Basal metabolic rate (BMR), and the closely related resting metabolic rate (RMR), is the amount of energy expended while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment. BMR decreases with age and with the loss of lean body mass.
Here is another secret: increasing muscle mass increases BMR. No, you don't have to become a body-builder but you do need to be working with weights or engaging in resistance exercise to increase muscle strength and tone.
Cardiovascular exercise is essential for heart, lungs, fitness and general health and well being; however over-exercising, especially with cardiovascular exercise, may catabolise muscle tissue thus decreasing your BMR.
How does my setpoint affect weight loss?
Your body likes a feeling of security, so it sets a stable point of weight and fat. This is called a setpoint. If you try a radical diet and you lose a lot of weight, you will notice that you put the weight rapidly back on! This is because the body is holding on to its stable setpoint.
Your setpoint moves very gradually over time. As you slowly lose weight and fat, your setpoint shifts gradually downward. The body is very resistant to sudden and rapid change.
This is why yo-yo dieting is a waste of time. You need to slowly and gradually lose weight and your body will gradually lower its setpoint, giving you a new lighter setpoint.
Sometimes you lose a fair amount of weight gradually and safely, and then you seem to plateau. Nothing you do seems to lose any more weight. This occurs when the body is holding on to a new setpoint. The body is saying 'I have moved my setpoint enough for now'. Be patient! Weight loss occurs in leaps and plateaus; it is never a straight descent. If you are a woman, hormonal changes in the monthly cycle may also affect the process.
Do I have to go on another diet to lose weight?
Diets are bad news. Diets are unhealthy and a waste of time and should be avoided. You need to make some healthy choices and get committed to a new healthy lifestyle right now.
Soul Therapy in Bristol and London recommends a new EATING LIFESTYLE: a permanent move toward healthy foods and a healthy way of eating and living. Once you learn the secrets about green-light foods, you can clear out your fridge and cupboards and start over. Green-light shopping is crucial to your success. (Tip: never shop on an empty stomach!)
What is the glycaemic index (GI)?
This is the most important information you need to learn! Science has proven that low GI, slowly digested carbohydrates are the key to healthy and sustained weight loss. Buy a book that teaches you about the glycaemic index and buy a GI cookbook. Soul Therapy in Bristol and London recommends the Glycaemic Index books written by Rick Gallop:
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What about the cravings?
Your body is usually surprised when you start a new eating plan, and may give out hunger pangs and cravings. However, these only last a couple of weeks until your body settles.
Regular and repetitive cravings usually stem from poor nutrition. Modern food is calorie-rich (weight-gaining) and nutrient-poor (not nourishing). Your body is often desperately craving the vital nutrients that are missing in your body. Pollution and modern farming methods have decimated or stripped our food of essential health-giving nutrients.
You absolutely need to be taking a multivitamin-multimineral supplement with your main meal. I prefer Solgar VM-2000 as it supplies comprehensive and top-class supplements; however there are many other excellent vitamin and mineral suppliers.
Cravings are also minimised if you graze your food. This means eating small meals and snacks throughout the day instead of 2 or 3 big meals each day. Grazing stabilises your blood sugar and insulin levels, while minimising cravings, mood swings and fat production.
If you can afford it, it is reommended that you shop for and eat organic food. Organic food is usually healthier, tastier and more nutritious.
How do I measure my weight and fat loss?
In the beginning of a new eating plan, the body often sheds a lot of water. If you weigh yourself on a scale, it appears you are losing weight but you are not actually losing fat.
If you start a new exercise programme, you often gain some muscle. Muscle weighs quite a bit, so if you weigh yourself on a scale, you may think you gave gained weight. Indeed, you have gained muscle weight but how do you know if you have lost fat?
Another weight loss secret: stop weighing yourself! And therefore do not use your BMI to calculate your progress. Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women.
The best way to measure your progress is to measure your body fat percentage. Your body fat percentage is the weight of your fat divided by your total body weight. This purely measures your fat, ignoring muscle, water and other confusing variables.
You need to purchase a body fat analyser or a Salter scale that has an inbuilt body fat analyser. Salter scales are relatively inexpensive but worth the investment. These modern scales typically have electrodes hidden under the foot positions, and send a tiny harmless electrical signal through your body to measure your body fat percentage.
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What other weight loss secrets do you know?
Make a Soul Therapy weight loss appointment with Stephen Shaw, and you will learn all the vital secrets to healthy weight and fat loss. You will also experience rapid conscious and subconscious change through hypnotherapy and hypnosis. It's time to start your new healthy journey and it's time to unleash your gorgeous body!
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