By Fran Spelgatti

Chronic stress releases a powerful hormone that signals the body to relax and refuel. This important hormone, called Cortisol, is the body's way of slowing us down so that we don't burn out. The downside is that Cortisol's message to slow down makes us feel tired, sluggish and hungry. Therefore, while under the powerful influence of Cortisol, our tendency is to want to lie around, watch TV and snack.

Additionally, Cortisol triggers fat storage in the adipose tissue of the abdomen. When the majority of weight is in the abdomen it gives one an apple appearance. More importantly, it can lead to Cushing's syndrome, which involves storage of fat on the inside of the abdominal cavity. Cushing's syndrome can be dangerous and may lead to diabetes and heart disease.

DIETING Ranks 7th
Amongst top 10 stressors!

Dieting forces you to think and behave in a way that is completely contrary to what you've been trained since childhood to do. This is why dieters always fall into the mantra, "I was doing really well until…(an unusually stressful event)."

Therefore, if one eats out of stress, and then forces oneself into the seventh most stressful human event (dieting), then the yo-yo syndrome is not far behind. If you've failed at dieting more than once you've created a pattern for failure and will likely continue to fail until something in your mental strategy changes.

If you've tried diets, pills, surgery or exercise more than twice and you're still overweight, your body is not the problem.

Hypnosis helps to change the way you think, act and respond to your environment. At Positive Changes, the behaviors of a naturally thin person are mainlined into the subconscious. The natural side-effect of hypnosis is relief from stress, which makes it the logical choice for long term weight loss.

The CD process HH-006 - How Stress Affects Wellness will help you discover how to accelerate your ability to remove stress as a factor in your life and improve your overall health. The CD process HT-006 Building a Stress-Free Future helps the individual understand that benefits of health will only magnify as they learn new and creative ways to live their life without the need, want or desire for stress.