Yes! – and – there’s no “one size fits all” answer to this. It depends on what’s preventing your weight loss or causing the weight gain. That said, the most important foundation for losing weight is a healthful approach to exercise, good quality sleep and a proper approach to food and eating. Your Oriental Medicine Practitioner can help you identify ways of eating that don’t support your unique body.
Obstacles to achieving weight loss
Some obstacles to achieving your weight loss goals are:
- Chronic injuries and pain.
- A lack of energy that prevents you from exercising
- Poor sleeping – not sleeping well lowers energy and causes us to hold on to weight, and
- Improper eating – due either to lack of knowledge or will.
The Oriental approach to achieving your ideal weight
Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine have a long history helping people recover from injury and chronic pain, improving sleep patterns and boosting energy levels. Kim Harris bases her weight loss programs on a combination of acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine and Oriental nutrition principles – to balance your energetic system and optimise your overall health.
Based on your individual TCM diagnosis, Kim will tailor your program to what most appropriately suits your body energetically. She will suggest foods appropriate to your energy patterns to balance your body’s physiology and energy so it functions more efficiently. This will allow you to feel more energised and within a short time you will notice you are shedding kilos as well.
Long term weight maintenance
The key to long term success is addressing the underlying obstacles and energy blocks – not counting calories or making rigid diet plans. The focus of Oriental nutrition is educating you on the energetic properties of food and how those complement you as an individual. When you ingest foods that suit your body, your body will respond better naturally.