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The Zone diet is a weight loss program that pays close attention to calories and physical exercise to deliver weight loss. It is a lifestyle-changing program to get people to lose pounds and become physically fit. The main part of this diet plan is the set of eating guidelines developed by the doctor Barry Sears. The scientific reasoning behind the diet focuses on the influence of carbohydrates on the body's insulin levels. Eating too many carbohydrates causes blood sugar levels to rise sharply, which causes the body to secrete insulin, a hormone that reduces blood sugar levels by causing the sugar to be stored as fat. It is thought that by eating the right foods, blood sugar levels can be controlled to keep insulin levels in "the zone," a range where the body burns more fat and stops storing excessive fat. The diet program balances carbohydrate and protein consumption in a 3:4 ratio, meaning 30% of your calories will come from protein and 40% from carbohydrates (another 30% typically comes from fat). It is important to count calories on the Zone plan, with most meals under five hundred calories each and snacks around one hundred calories each. Under the diet plan, you eat five times a day (three meals and two snacks), never letting more than five hours pass without eating. If you sleep eight hours every night, this means eating breakfast within one hour of getting up, having lunch within five hours of breakfast, a snack within five hours of lunch, dinner within two or three hours of your snack, and a late night snack just before going to sleep. The majority of foods consumed on the Zone plan include low fat meats, such as fish or chicken and other healthy sources of protein, lots of fruits and vegetables, and a small amount of carbohydrates. Breads, sugar, cereals, potatoes, and rice are the kinds of carbohydrate rich foods that dieters are to avoid eating, but can enjoy once in awhile. Dieters must also stop eating pre-packaged foods and food with a high sodium content. Exercise is another fundamental part of the Zone diet. The plan suggests moderate intensity physical exercise for thirty minutes each day, six days a week. Exercise is supposed to increase the effectiveness of the Zone plan. Other things that are supposed to increase the effectiveness of the diet include taking vitamins and nutritional supplements. The Zone plan is effective for many people, but it takes a big commitment. The reason why this diet and most other diets do not seem to work is because many dieters quit before they are able to see improvement. Many people struggle to stick with any type of diet program because of cravings, out-of-control appetites or eating habits, or a lack the motivation to lose weight. Hypnosis is perfect for overcoming these issues and providing the motivation to stick to a diet such as the Zone diet plan. Hypnosis is routinely used along with dieting because it does many things to increase the effectiveness and success rate of diets. One thing that hypnosis programs do is help promote positive thinking, especially to counter negative thoughts. Hypnosis is a powerful stress reducing tool as well, helping us cope with our stressful emotions and relieve tension. As a stress reducing tool, it calms the mind, helps you come up with strategies to cope with stress, and increases your self-confidence to motivate you to lose weight. Weight loss hypnotherapy can also be used to directly treat the mental obstacles that keep people from successfully dieting. Take for example those who cannot curb their cravings and appetite because they have a problem with "emotional eating." People who are emotional eaters compulsively consume food in response to their emotions, such as when they are sad or depressed. A good hypnosis CD program can break the bonds in our unconscious minds between eating and our emotions. This way, people are freed of their compulsive eating habits and able to stick to complex diets such as the Zone diet program. Motivational hypnotherapy has become an extremely popular and effective technique to use with weight loss programs because motivation is the key to success for most people. Hypnosis taps into the power of the unconscious mind to naturally train our thoughts on maintaining a healthy lifestyle. These programs help people explore their reasons for wanting to lose weight and exercise so dieters naturally feel motivated to stick with their diet. Hypnosis is an effective motivational tool that will help you "stay in the zone," exercise, and experience natural appetite suppression without drugs. Through hypnosis, we can think more positively and focus on having better health.
By: Alan B. Densky, CH
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