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How Stress Reduction Can Achieve Permanent Weight Loss

By: Christine Sutherland
 

Experts agree that there are 17 lifestyle factors which people need to investigate and attend to in order to achieve permanent weight loss. At the top of the list is our stress levels.

The big lie about weight loss, which diet companies try to suck people into believing, is that weight loss requires dieting. In fact the opposite is true. Dieting ends up adding 6 lbs per year per dieter, and dieting fails for nearly 100% of people. No, dieting is not the answer, but lifestyle factors, including stress reduction, are in most cases the only answer you'll need.

Why am I picking on stress? Well stress produces cortisol, an important hormone which has all kinds of benefits. But too much stress leads to too much cortisol, and then we start seeing damage to the whole body, including to our metabolism. If we want permanet weight reduction, we must ensure that our cortisol levels aren't out of whack due to too much stress.

If you are a stressful person, due to circumstances or due to your nature, especially if you have an actual anxiety disorder, then it's highly likely that your metabolic rate has been compromised, and highly likely that you have other health problems as well. It's vital to get help quickly.

Never self-diagnose anxiety because you could end up not discovering an important underlying illness such as a thyroid problem. Thyroid disorders are notorious for causing the whole array of symptoms of anxiety, so of course you'll want to see your doctor before starting any program to help your stress levels!

The bad news is that most of the treatments you'll be recommended to nowadays are way out of date. These include CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy) and medication, simply because they take so long to have any effect (and often have no benefit at all).

It's also quite common for people to use alcohol or other drugs to try to soothe their stress or anxiety, even when they know this isn't good for them. An effective therapist will ask questions about drug use and help you to put in place strategies that work a whole lot better!

When you're seeking an effective therapist or an effective program, realise that you won't see client testimonials very often, if at all. An ethical therapist will not generally ask clients for testimonials, and will not generally use them. Instead, they will be able to point you to actual scientific research.

Where "therapies" or "treatments" are offered by unqualified people, particularly over the internet, it's quite common to see testimonials, and you should keep in mind not only that there is no proof that these testimonials are real, but that 1000 testimonials from happy clients often hide many thousands more disappointed stories from clients who got no such result.

You need to be aware that the placebo effect can be responsible for the improvement of a few people even when the majority are unhelped by a particular treatment. The beauty of ignoring testimonials and using only those treatments backed by validated research is that at least you know the placebo effect has been calculated out of the results!

The most modern and effective treatment for anxiety today is called Brief, Multi-Sensory Activation (BMSA). The reason it's so effective is that it "de-links" the stress response from whatever thought or situation used to cause it.

For example, you might have a fear of going outside, and feel incredibly stressed or panicky each time you think of going out the front door, or getting into the car. With BMSA you'd deliberately hold a mildly-stressful thought in your mind at the same time as you applied the technique. You'd very quickly discover that you were unable to bring up the stressful feeling, even though you might try very hard to do so.

There are huge advantages to resolving the stress in your life once and for all. Reduced stress levels improve your metabolism, but they also improve mood and sleep function, both of which in turn also improve metabolic rate. It's an exponential impact on weight loss!

Why not start enjoying those benefits right now, and make a decision to identify and resolve all of the unwanted stress and anxiety in your life!

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