Emotional issues present one of the most common blocks to weight loss. My e-book, “Training Your Brain For Weight Loss” covers many of these problems and how to deal with them, but in some cases, professional counseling may be necessary. For example, there have been cases where an individual initially gained weight, either
intentionally or unconsciously, as a means of deflecting sexual abuse as a child, and that person may be unconsciously trying to stay overweight to hold on to feelings of safety and security. In many cases, counseling
for these psychological issues can pave the way to not only resolving past emotional traumas, but also to permanent healthy weight loss.
Another common interfering factor in weight loss is food allergies, and many people have food allergies without even being aware of them. When you are allergic to the foods you are eating, usually there will be an inflammatory reaction in the digestive tract, and this results in extra fluid accumulating around the abdominal organs. This fluid accumulation not only produces water-weight gain, but also provides a sort of “insulation” to the fat layer in the abdomen, making it more difficult to burn fat in this area. Food allergies can be dealt with by avoidance (in other words, figuring out what you’re allergic to either by
actual allergy testing, or by simple observation of how you react and feel after eating certain foods and then not eating those foods that you have
a problem with), or you can get treatment to desensitize your body to
the allergic foods. Desensitization can be done by conventional means (allergy shots formulated for you by an allergist), by use of homeopathic remedies, or by means of “energy medicine” forms of allergy desensitization such as a technique called NAET (Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Technique). By handling the allergies, you get rid of
the inflammation in the digestive tract, and reduce your water-weight and make the abdominal fat layer easier to burn.
While we’re on the subject of “energy medicine”, in some cases there can be energetic blockages in the body that prevent the normal function of certain hormones. With regards to weight loss, the most common issues are with thyroid hormone, estrogen, the adrenal hormones, and the liver. Abnormal energy flow in the body can prevent your body weight regulation systems from functioning normally. In many cases, the function of the body can be restored or improved through acupuncture/acupressure, or by means of a method developed by the previously mentioned Dr. Eric Berg called
“Body Restoration Technique”. By correcting the energy flow in the body, the hormone systems can work more normally and are then more responsive to whatever weight loss measures you may be taking.
Another potential interfering factor for people trying to lose weight is mechanical obstruction of the intestinal tract. The most common source of this problem is scar tissue that develops after abdominal surgery (it’s particularly common following hysterectomy). In some cases, scar tissue may wrap around the intestines, preventing normal elimination. When this occurs, toxins build up in the intestines, and eventually in the blood stream, bile backs up in the gallbladder and then the liver, and as the level of toxicity in the system rises, the body retains water to dilute the toxins. The more water is retained, the more weight you’ll gain. In severe cases, scar tissue can create a complete bowel obstruction, meaning you cannot eliminate solid wastes at all. This is a serious situation that usually requires surgery to correct, which unfortunately often leads to more scar tissue formation and future problems. In less- severe cases, partial bowel obstruction can usually be treated through abdominal massage to release the scar tissue that is restricting the intestines. If you have had abdominal surgery and have chronic
difficulty with constipation, I recommend that you check around for a massage therapist or chiropractor who does abdominal massage / or
“visceral manipulation” (you can find a practitioner through the
International Association Of Healthcare Practitioners – Search By
Modality for Visceral Manipulation).
Partial bowel obstruction or diminished bowel function can also occur from chronic poor diet and exercise habits, and/or from musculoskeletal problems in the mid and low back (because the nerves from this part of the spine control the digestive tract). Here again, abdominal massage and/or visceral manipulation can be helpful, and in the case of back problems, chiropractic or osteopathic treatment can be a big help too.
Finally we come to medication side-effects. The list of medications that can potentially interfere with weight loss (or cause weight gain) is far too long to fully cover here. If you have noticed that you started having weight problems after starting a new medication, you may wish to discuss the possibility that the medication is to blame, as well as alternative treatments with a pharmacist (will all due respect to medical doctors, pharmacists as a group are far more knowledgeable about
side-effects and alternative medications than most medical doctors). The most common medications that are known to cause weight gain in
the majority of people who take them include steroid drugs like cortisone
and synthetic estrogen drugs such as those used in birth control and hormone replacement treatments.
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