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Speed Up Your Metabolism For Rapid Weight Loss With NLP CDs

Written by Alan B. Densky, CH

Saturday, 08 December 2007

We've all heard it or even said it one time or another: "I'm not able to lose weight because of my metabolism." It is easy to blame our unwanted weight on an abstract idea like metabolism, but let's learn about the real importance of metabolism - and better yet, how you can get the most "burn" for your buck by recharging your metabolism.

In the most fundamental sense, metabolism means each of the chemical and physical changes that take place inside the body's cells. Most often, though, metabolism refers to the manner in which the body obtains and uses energy from food, so it really does play an important part in weight loss and gain.

Not everyone is given the same metabolism, and our rates actually change throughout our lives, so someone who blames their metabolism isn't necessarily making excuses. Age affects metabolism, which will slow about 5% every 10 years after we turn 40, and by sex, as males have a tendency to burn more calories at rest than females, and by the amount of muscle mass you have (more muscle generally means a higher metabolic rate). Family history also affects metabolism, not to mention pregnancy, as well as whether a woman chooses to breast-feed.

Despite all of the wild cards, the simple fact is that when your calorie intake surpasses your metabolism, surplus energy will get stored in the body as fat. Though many of the issues affecting metabolic rate cannot be altered, thankfully, there are ways to rev up the metabolism you are born with.

The first rule is to take in the correct foods in the correct amounts. When you miss a meal, your body goes into starvation mode, which slows metabolism to conserve calories, because it does not know when it will be fed again. And when the metabolism slows down, so does your weight loss.

When you finally do eat after having skipped a meal, instead of burning the calories in the food you've just had, your body converts them to body fat to keep for the next "fast." To keep your metabolism efficient, eat 4 - 6 small meals spread evenly throughout the day and try to eat close to the same times every day. Most importantly, never skip a meal.

You can also step up your metabolic rate with exercise, including both aerobic routines and strength training. Aerobic activities, such as running, biking and dancing, burn more calories in the short term, while strength training will build more muscle, which improves metabolism and burns more calories in the long term - even when you are sitting still, muscle uses more calories to function than fat.

In fact, every pound of muscle burns 35 calories per day, while every pound of fat burns just 2 calories per day. Despite this, you may be surprised that the more weight you posses, the faster your metabolism is likely to run. Simply put, the extra weight forces your body work more to maintain its processes.

This is partly why it is almost always easiest to lose weight when you start dieting, and becomes more difficult as you continue because, if you are significantly overweight, your metabolism is already at an elevated rate, so that even a minor decrease in calories will yield an immediate weight loss.

But what happens after that immediate loss, when a plateau occurs and motivation seems to go by the "weigh" side? Old compulsions and cravings can quickly return, and when they do, don't overlook a valuable resource - weight loss hypnosis. Hypnotherapy can actually retrain your unconscious so that, in essence, you can get rid of food cravings. When we examine why we snack, identifying why weight loss hypnosis works so well becomes clear.

For many of people, snacking has become a habit - perhaps you do it mindlessly when you are watching TV or driving or when you're under stress. Hypnosis can actually reprogram your thoughts to stop those associations, leaving you to watch TV or drive without having the need to eat.

One of the most successful lose weight hypnosis techniques for stopping the snacking cycle is Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP, which relies on working with the unconscious mind and getting it to use the same thought processes that are creating your appetite, to eliminate your appetite. NLP entails many years of study and practical experience for a hypnotherapist to learn and master, but positive results can come very quickly and seem almost magical to someone who has always struggled with cravings.

NLP can be just as vital as exercise and motivation because, as you learned above, it can help make sure that you eat the proper kinds of foods at the right times, and this is a main part of turbo-charging your metabolism. If you aim to keep your metabolism at full speed and make sure that all of your exercise and hard work are not going to waste by giving in to your food temptations, weight loss hypnosis and NLP can be a secret weapon to eliminate your cravings altogether.

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About The Author:

Alan B. Densky, CH has been helping clients with weight loss and appetite suppression since 1978. Visit his NLP & hypnosis website to view his Free hypnotherapy videos, or learn about his effective lose weight hypnosis CDs or his powerful video lose weight through hypnosis DVDs.

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