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Stop Dieting Start Living

02/05/2011

Do you believe that being the PERFECT weight is the key to your happiness?????? Do you put off doing the things that are important to you until the day that you reach your target weight?? Have you tried again and again to lose weight?? Dieting, meal replacements, positive thinking, hours at the gym, running marathons, and maybe even liposuction?? Have you succeeded for a short time, only to find that you put the weight right back on again or maybe even put on more than you originally lost?? Then in spite of all your efforts felt even worse about yourself? Are you tired of beating yourself up about your body? Are you tired of making your life so much about weight loss?

 

If so, then we can help you to gain the life and weight that you want. Unlike all the other weight loss approaches out there, we have good scientific evidence to prove our techniques work. We can help you to put you, rather than your weight, in charge of your life. As you develop confidence we will help you to learn new skills to reach your life goals. Whereas every other weight loss program starts from the premise that if you can first lose weight, then your life will be better we use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) which starts from the opposite assumption: as you work on making your life richer, fuller and more meaningful, not only will you increase your happiness, confidence and wellbeing, but also you're far more likely to lose weight.

 

As Russ Harris the English Australian author of the Happiness Trap and presenter of the Weight Escape workshops in Australia, states 'many clients have already found there's a great paradox in the ACT approach to this issue. When you make your life all about weight loss, it's a recipe for frustration and misery. But ACT helps you take your weight out of the centre of your life, and instead focus on creating a rich, full and meaningful life, living fully in the present moment.'

 

We will teach you to eat mindfully, to be self-compassionate instead of self-critical, to identify your deepest hopes and dreams, to manage difficult emotions and cravings, and to develop more effective ways of using your strengths and achieving your goals. And the paradox? You are far more likely to lose weight and keep it off when you focus first and foremost on building a richer, happier life. Plus, as a great bonus, the very same motivational tools and psychological skills that you use to build such a life will also help you to lose weight.

 

The Scientific Evidence:

You will find details of numerous studies at: www.happinesstrap.com.

These studies evidence the effectiveness of using ACT to help you to live the life that you want and as a result of which you achieve the weight that you want.