Take control of your sugar intake in the Fight Against Obesity

(and help to improve everyone’s health and wellbeing)

“It’s more about raising the awareness of the dangers of sugar and encouraging people to make small changes such as eating foods with naturally occurring sugar instead.

“When we’re born everything is neutral, neither good nor bad, but programming from the outside world changes this. When you eat chocolate, and it tastes good, your mind learns that chocolate ...is positive. But for many of us, when we eat broccoli we don’t like the taste so we learn that it’s negative.

“Using the language of the subconscious mind, I guide people to create their own meaningful new ‘programmes’ for letting sugar go and replacing it with other more positive ways and habits that they would like to create.

It’s incredibly powerful, and it works. It has been proven to be a very effective way to help you manage your sugar intake, whether your goal is just to cut back or to eliminate it from your diet completely.”

The NHS's recommended daily guidelines for added sugar are currently 70g (17.5 teaspoons) for men and 50g for women (12.5 teaspoons), depending on a person's size, age and activity levels. “Taking in too much sugar upsets your body's built-in automatic blood sugar regulation mechanism. You may feel panicky and anxious after a sugar hit, or tired and sluggish when the effect wears off, setting off a renewed craving.

“After the hypnotherapy sessions, people say they feel much calmer generally, and less haunted by worries about sugar and weight. They begin to apply sensible strategies to control what they eat in a sustainable way and have reported finding it much easier to resist the appeal of sweet things and make healthier choices.

“After just one session many people find that their palate has already started to change and low sugar foods start to taste really good. As your metabolism regains its natural equilibrium you start to feel so much better, changing your overall outlook on life.”

Contact Karen on 5223 2370 and make you appointment today.

 

Sadly in August this year the world lost a visionary, Dr. Wayne Dyer.

Affectionately called the “father of motivation” by his fans, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer was an internationally renowned author, speaker, and pioneer in the field of self-development.

“I was preparing to speak at an I Can Do It conference and I decided to bring an orange on stage with me as a prop for my lecture. I opened a conversation with a bright young fellow of about twelve who was sitting in the front row.

“If I were to squeeze this orange as hard as I could, what would come out?” I asked him.
He looked at me like I was a little crazy and said, “Juice, of course.”
“Do you think apple juice could come out of it?”
“No!” he laughed.
“What about grapefruit juice?”
“No!”
“What would come out of it?”
“Orange juice, of course.”
“Why? Why when you squeeze an orange does orange juice come out?”
He may have been getting a little exasperated with me at this point.
“Well, it’s an orange and that’s what’s inside.”

I nodded. “Let’s assume that this orange isn’t an orange, but it’s you. And someone squeezes you, puts pressure on you, says something you don’t like, offends you. And out of you comes anger, hatred, bitterness, fear. Why? The answer, as our young friend has told us, is because that’s what’s inside.”

It’s one of the great lessons of life. What comes out when life squeezes you? When someone hurts or offends you? If anger, pain and fear come out of you, it’s because that’s what’s inside. It doesn’t matter who does the squeezing—your mother, your brother, your children, your boss, the government. If someone says something about you that you don’t like, what comes out of you is what’s inside. And what’s inside is up to you, it’s your choice.

When someone puts the pressure on you and out of you comes anything other than love, it’s because that’s what you’ve allowed to be inside. Once you take away all those negative things you don’t want in your life and replace them with love, you’ll find yourself living a highly functioning life.

Thanks, my young friend, and here’s an orange for you!”

"How people treat you is their karma;
how you react is yours."

Wayne Dyer

 

Do you have an unhealthy relationship with food?

It doesn't have to be this way.

Hypnotherapy can help to break your emotional ties to foods that you use to sooth you.

Further information is available on our website: http://bodiandmind.com.au/our-services/clinical-hypnotherapy/the-food-sooth

To make an appointment to see Karen Holt please phone us on 5223 2370.

 

Sweet Potato Sheperd's Pie

(Gluten free)

PREP TIME      COOK TIME      TOTAL TIME
10 mins          60 mins            1 hour 10 mins

Serves: 6

INGREDIENTS

 

• 4 medium sweet potatoes, peeled & chopped into small pieces
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• ½ cup diced celery
• ½ cup diced onions
• 1 large garlic clove, minced
• ½ cup diced carrots
• 4½ cups cooked lentils
• 2 cups diced tomatoes
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp non-dairy milk (I used almond)
• Salt & pepper to taste paprika & fresh parsley, for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 175C.
2. Steam your sweet potatoes and set aside.
   While the sweet potatoes are cooking heat a large pan over medium heat.
3. Once warmed, add a tbsp or so of oil, then add in the diced celery, onion, garlic, tomatoes and carrots. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until softened.
4. Add the cooked lentils and soy sauce to the veggies, and heat until warmed through.
5. Once your sweet potatoes are finished steaming, mash with the non-dairy milk some salt & pepper.
6. Scoop the lentil & veggie mix to the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish, then spread the mashed sweet potatoes over top and spread in an even layer.
7. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until the top has browned lightly.
8. Sprinkle with a bit of paprika and fresh parsley, if desired. Serve warm.

 

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Vouchers are available for other GBM practitioners too so check out the range of services we offer @ http://bodiandmind.com.au/

 

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