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Diet Book Tap Self To Conquer Calories

“The Right Weigh: Six Steps to Permanent Weight Loss,” by Rena Greenberg

By Susan Hemingway

Anyone who has struggled to overcome the urge to eat a chocolate-chip cookie might wonder at the name of author Rena Greenberg’s Website: Easywillpower.com.

Willpower is easy?

“It’s easy when you don’t have to use it anymore,” said Greenberg, director of Wellness Seminars, her Sarasota-based company.

Through Wellness Seminars, Greenberg teaches self-hypnosis workshops at hospitals. The seminars focus on weight loss or smoking cessation.

Her book, “The Right Weigh,” expands on techniques she has taught since 1990.

“You don’t have to force yourself to eat right and exercise,” Greenberg said.

Her theory is to first change the mind and spirit through self-hypnosis, visualization exercises and prayer techniques.

“Changes in the body will naturally follow, including a more healthy shape,” she said.

The Right Weigh is organized around a 40-day plan, the amount of time it generally takes to change a habit,” Greenberg said.

Tools needed are a pack of index cards, a tape recorder and a dozen blank tapes to record exercises in the book that can be played back to learn self-hypnosis.

Greenberg recommended a time investment of about 30-minutes per day,

Her book also includes a section on what to eat and how to create a healthy meal plan.

The first step in the book is “Know Your Vision.” Greenberg instructs readers on how to create a personal vision for weight loss and to write it down in precise language.

Other exercises include creating visual cues to reinforce new beliefs, such as by writing “It feels great to move my body,” on sticky notes and placing them throughout the house.

Greenberg, 45, said she experimented with the techniques more than 20 years ago after a prolonged illness.

For her, the result was learning how to replace cravings for sugary foods such as muffins and ice cream with cravings for salads and vegetables.

“I’m really trying to explain that there is a deeper power inside ourselves, beyond what the conscious mind can fathom,” Greenberg said.
“We can tap into that inner motivation.”