The study investigates 602 individuals who have taken the weight loss program organized by the Centre one to five years before the survey. It was found that the percentage of weight bounced back increases with the time lapsed after taken the program. For those who have taken the program one year before, the percentage is 18 per cent. But if it is five years before, the percentage increases to 61 per cent.

Of 602 cases under studies, only 12 per cent did not have their weight rebounded, 49 per cent regained 1 to 25 per cent of their original weight loss while 39 per cent with weight rebounded 26 per cent or more which is beyond the acceptable range.

For those with weight rebounded within the acceptable range (i.e. 25 per cent or less of their original weight loss), the study found that:

* 82% regularly checked their weight

* 79% sought professional advice regularly

* 75% stuck to the assigned food quota

* 73% kept on doing moderate exercise after shedding fat

* 63% kept diary on daily food intake

In addition, they did not eat dinner late and they had not switched their job nature during the period. More noticeably, they did not lose weight too quickly. Only 2% had their weight regained within the acceptable range had they lost eight pounds or more in a month. A healthy weight loss should be one pound per week.

On the other hand, of those with ‘rebound weight’ more than 50 per cent of their lost weight, less than 30 per cent of them followed the food quota, kept the daily record of their food intake or kept on doing exercise. And more than 80 per cent of them did not seek professional support from time to time.

In fact, shedding fat is the easier part of the battle against obesity, avoiding ‘rebound weight’ is the most difficult part. This requires persistent healthy eating habits such as eating wholesome foods as well as taking a good amount of moderate exercise regularly.

Persistent healthy eating habits require the will of mind. This is where hypnosis comes in for help as the most powerful tool available for sustainable weight loss is from our subconscious mind.

Under the hypnotic state, the suggestions go directly to our subconscious mind. As our subconscious mind is more powerful than our conscious mind, if the suggestions related to our eating habits go straightly to our subconscious level, the change would take place more effectively and permanently.

In addition, we have to be congruent about the outcome we want and having the belief that it is possible for us to make the change. Our belief strongly influences our behavior. We need to have a belief that we can actually do something before we are likely to succeed. In this regard, hypnosis can help remove any deeply rooted belief that limits our success in losing weight permanently.

When the weather is remotely conducive to playing golf I find it really difficult to stay indoors. My golf clubs flash at me in my mind like beacons and I itch to get out of the door and off up the road to the golf course. I like to live on a daylight hours schedule; if its daylight, I prefer to be outside. I can catch up on work when it’s dark or too cold, windy or wet to play golf.

One day last week I played with someone who asked me if I knew how many calories you burn by playing a round of golf. She, like me, walks the course. Part of what I enjoy about golf is the walking; to feel your body moving and stretching as an incidental to this game is a great plus. When I’m not as energetic and agile I will take a cart and I hope I’m still playing golf when I’m in my eighties and nineties. That’s another great advantage of this game. You can play golf no matter what you fitness level is, within reason.

Reverting to the question of losing weight by playing golf, I’m not sure how many calories are expended and this is of course a matter of relativity. What I do know is that I get to walk around out of doors, in the fresh air, in beautiful surroundings, with good company for four hours at a time. I play Palo Alto Hills when I’m in California and Mount Murray when home on the Isle of Man…and every other course I can get to play between times! Both of these courses are a little hilly, as the names imply, and I’m sure I burn lots of calories as I skip between shots.

I’m sure that playing golf keeps me fit because of the way in which I play. I walk, I don’t tend to eat hamburgers as a “light snack” on the way round (although I did have to sample one of those at the Olympic Club in San Francisco the other day – they are renowned for their intriguingly shaped and delicious examples), and I don’t sit still for very long. I know that I can eat a lot more without putting on weight when I play golf regularly. I also have more energy and feel a whole lot more relaxed to boot.

The key to losing weight is to eat healthily and exercise naturally. When I was asked about how many calories you burn playing golf, it made me realize that I don’t often think about the exercise or calorie burning benefits of playing golf; I just enjoy golf, and keep slim and fit as a side effect – it’s a free bonus! Now, if someone said to me that I must walk so many thousand steps every day, or had to walk for a couple of hours every day just to stay fit, that wouldn’t motivate me at all.

The moral of the story is that if exercise happens as a by-product of doing something you enjoy it becomes easy to do; you won’t need an exercise motivation mp3 to get you going!

Roseanna Leaton, specialist in hypnosis mp3 downloads for health and well-being.
With a degree in psychology and qualifications in hypnotherapy and NLP, Roseanna Leaton is one of the leading practitioners of self-improvement. You can get a free hypnosis mp3 from http://www.RoseannaLeaton.com and find out how to lose weight with hypnosis and get exercise motivation.