Reflexology for weight loss is great at helping anyone reach their weight loss goals.

If someone is already looking at their diet and making changes, as well as finding active things to do to help lose weight, then regular reflexology sessions (do it yourself reflexology or from a Professional Reflexologist) will definitely help the process.

Since reflexology helps to restore balance among the bodies main systems, as well as regularly stimulating the glands including the thyroid, the digestive system and nervous system.. all the parts of the body! 

Reflexology does not cure anything and unfortunately cannot be used in a medical way or to lose weight simply through the act of reflexology. 

Nutritionists can be a lot of help too, a Nutritionists job is to help a person find out what the best and worst foods are for them Maybe also find a Fitness Coach? They can be anyone eg dance teacher, soccer coach, school sports teacher, a friend that already works out regularly etc.

Ways reflexology helps for weight loss

1) Reflexology may create a more balanced, motivated and energised individual who then feels able to focus on a healthy lifestyle of diet and exercise. Many people who are overweight can often become depressed and lethargic, and reflexology can often create a healthier mind, allowing you to focus on the physical. 

2) Reflexology can energize your key endocrine glands, which will promote balanced hormone secretion and appropriate appetite. Your endocrine glands are also responsible for your response to stress, so applying pressure to the reflex points for your thyroid, pituitary gland, and your adrenals will help balance your emotional and physiological stress. The less stress you have, the better chance you have to stay on your diet. 

3) By stimulating your stomach and pancreas reflex points could allow your body to absorb more nutrients from the food you eat, so even though you are eating less food, you are getting the maximum nutritional value possible from what you are eating. 

4) Reflexology can also work your gall bladder, and because your gall bladder stores bile, the digestive liquid continually secreted by your liver, the bile emulsifies fats in partly digested food, which is conducive to weight loss. 

5) For reflexology weight loss, a reflexologist should also concentrate on the pressure points that correspond to your spleen and digestive organs. Stimulation of the spleen reduces hunger. 

6) Metabolism is essentially the speed at which your body’s motor is running. To lose weight, you must try to increase your metabolism through exercise and diet. Reflexology can also boost the body’s metabolism - metabolism is the body’s process of converting food into energy (movement and heat). It takes place in your muscles and organs, as the result of what we commonly refer to as “burning calories”. If weight management is caused by physical imbalances, e.g. the thyroid, a reflexologist may work the endocrine system, specifically the thyroid gland to increase metabolism. 

7) Overweight individuals often have circulatory problems – reflexology aims to promote blood flow so this will aid poor circulation and energy levels. 

8) It would also be useful to stimulate the pineal gland to suppress an overactive appetite, the kidneys for proper elimination, and the liver, the colon, and the small intestine for detoxifying. Reflexology could also encourage you to drink more water which will also help with your detox and elimination. 

9) Lastly, and one of the most important uses of reflexology for weight loss, is that it will promote a sense of well-being, reduce tension and stress and create a more relaxed and energised, happier individual who is then more able to take on the challenge of weight loss.

Massage Technique to Stimulate Weight Loss

Belly fat is maligned for its way of tampering with any outfit that doesn't involve a muumuu, but really there's something way worse about the stuff: When white fat expands in your abdomen, nestling deep among your organs, it sets you up for some serious health trouble. We now know that this type of fat, called visceral fat, churns out stress hormones like cortisol and inflammatory substances called cytokines that affect the body's production of insulin. The result: It's worse than just being generally overweight; you're looking at increased risks of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

1. Take a walk before breakfast

Zero Belly Diet panelist Martha Chesler did just this as part of her Zero Belly program, and the results were astonishing. “I saw changes immediately,” she reports. In less than six weeks on the program, Martha dropped over 20 pounds and an astonishing 7 inches from her middle by combining the Zero Belly Foods with a pre-breakfast walk.

2. Eat more protein

Of course you know that protein's essential for a slimmer you—you couldn't have made it through the Paleo and South Beach crazes without hearing all about it. But here's why protein really needs to play a prime roll on your plate: "Your body starts to produce more insulin as you age, since your muscle and fat cells aren't responding to it properly," explains Louis Aronne, MD, Director of the Obesity Clinic at Cornell. And insulin promotes fat storage, especially around your belly (yippee!). A diet high in protein may protect you against insulin resistance, Aronne says. In one study, obese women who followed a diet for eight weeks that was roughly 30% protein, 40% carbs, and 30% fat lost significantly more fat—including visceral pudge—than women who stuck to a plan that was 16% protein, 55% carbs, and 26% fat.

3. Make sugar your enemy

Fighting belly fat is 80% healthy diet. Reduce calories by filling yourself up with protein, vegetables, whole grains, and replacing bad habit snacks with good ones. For example, if you have a sugar craving, replace your calorie laden latte with a Muscle Milk lite, one of my favorites, because it has zero sugar and a ton of protein that will satiate while also torching my sugar craving! Another great trick is a sprinkle of cinnamon in your morning coffee or oatmeal- the spice has been shown to help stabilize blood sugar. It also slows the rate at which food exits the stomach, which helps you feel fuller longer.

4. Eat healthy fatty acids

Yup, you heard me! It takes fat to burn fat. Like I said above, it’s sugar that gets you fat, not fat. Good fats include foods rich in Omega 3′s, like salmon, avocados & walnuts. These foods are full of nutrients that help keep you satiated throughout the day.

5. Get enough sleep

If you want to work late at night, think again. When your biorhythms are off, you end up eating more. When you’re tired you produce more ghrelin, which triggers cravings for sugar and other fat-building foods. Losing sleep can also alter your hormone production, affecting your cortisol levels that cause insulin sensitivity, prime reasons for belly fat! Getting about 7 hours of sleep a night is one of the best things you can do for your body shaping goals.

6. Consume Foods with fibers

As in, make sure you're eating a lot of it. In a 2011 trial, subjects who increased their soluble fiber intake by 10 grams a day (the equivalent of two small apples, one cup of green peas, and one half cup of pinto beans) reduced visceral fat by 3.7% after five years.

Detoxing with various liquids is a good way to give your body the kind of nutrients it needs, and can give your digestive system a break from having to break down and digest food. The liver is the most important detoxifying organ in the body, so it only makes sense to drink fruits and vegetables to help it function at its best. Here is a list of detox drink recipes that can also help you lose wait and get in shape fast.

1. Watercress and Carrot Juice

• 1 cup chopped watercress 
• 2-3 medium sized carrots 
• 2 Roma tomatoes diced 
• ½ cup spinach 
• ½ cup cilantro ​
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt

Wash, peel and dice the carrots into small pieces. Chop the other vegetables. Add all vegetables in a juicer jar and process at high speed so that they blend properly. Take a tall serving glass and pour the juice in it and decorate it with a spring of cilantro. You can drink this juice early in the morning.

2. Red And Green Festive Cocktail

• 4-6 large leaves kale, as you like (add more for more detox properties) 
• 1 cup (240 ml) pomegranate arils (from one large ripe pomegranate) 
• 1 cup (240 ml) fresh or frozen cranberries (if frozen, allow to thaw a bit before juicing) 
• 1 pear, cored 
• one knob (about 1 inch or 2.5 cm) fresh ginger, peeled 
• 6-12 leaves of fresh mint, optional 
• stevia, to taste

Any time you mix kale with pomegranate you are doing a huge service to your body and your well-being. The antioxidants in the pomegranate will help battle free radicals, and the kale provides fiber, protein, and phytochemicals. Additional antioxidants are found in cranberries, with a pear added for sweetness. The use of mint gives this a fresh taste, and they say you can add stevia, an all-natural sweetener until it tastes good to you.

3. Golden Detox Drink

• 2 cup hot water 
• 2 cups cold water 
• 1/2 tsp turmeric 
• 1/2 small tsp powdered ginger 
• 3 drops Stevia concentrate or 1 tsp raw honey 
• Pinch of cayenne 
• pinch freshly cracked black pepper 
• Juice from 1/2 small organic lemon

Turmeric is not only a metabolism boosting spice, it also contains detoxifying power, helping the liver break down toxic chemicals. Ginger also adds cleansing qualities, and organic lemon juice with cayenne pepper is reminiscent of the detox lemonade diet. The overall effect is you’re getting a powerful blend of spices with just enough sweetness added to make it taste good and keep you drinking it. The boiling makes sure that all of the ingredients get equally dispersed.

4. Celery and Beet Juice

• 4-5 celery stalks 
• 1 small beet, cubed 
• 1 cup coarsely chopped spinach 
• 1 bunch cilantro 
• 1 teaspoon sea salt

Take a juicer, add all the ingredients and blend it well. Pour the juice in a glass and add a little lemon juice to get a tangy taste. This juice will help your body get rid of toxins and wastes, thus acting as a great cleanser.

5. Yellow Pepper and Grapefruit Juice

1. 3 large carrots 
2. 1 yellow pepper 
3. 1 grapefruit 1 small kiwi 
4. ½ inch fresh ginger, peeled ​
5. 1 small beet 
6. 5-7 drops stevia

Cut the fruits and vegetables, and add them in your juicer jar. Blend for about 5-10 minutes to blend them properly. Add few drops of stevia to get a mild sweet taste, and enjoy this delicious weight loss juice.

6. Detox Blueberry Fruit Smoothie

• ½ cup frozen blueberries 
• ¼ cup unsweetened cranberry juice 
• 1-2 bananas

Blueberries do the heavy lifting on this detox smoothie, with all of their antioxidant power. Bananas lend their support, adding fiber and potassium to the mix, and there’s also cranberry juice which has a cleansing effect, and can even be used to treat a urinary tract infection. Overall this is a nice combination of flavors, as well as a mixture of three superfoods in their own right into one easy-to-drink smoothie. Good for a morning drink, or any time of the day if you’re trying to eat detoxifying foods.

7. Lemon and Watermelon Juice

• 1 lemon 
• 1 cup watermelon (with seeds) 
• 1 teaspoon mint leaves

Take your blender and add all the ingredients. Blend till you can see a red mass in the blender jar. Add a little crushed ice in a glass, pour the juice, and garnish it with mint leaves. Your weight loss nutritious drink is ready. Since watermelon is so rich in water content, it makes this drink a great source of water, if you do not drink enough of it through the day. 

8. Detox Beet and Carrot Smoothie

• 1 carrot, peeled, sliced 
• 1 beet, peeled, sliced 
• ½ cup red grapes 
• 1 clementine, peeled 
• 1 slice of ginger, peeled, about the size of a quarter 
• ½ cup green tea

The beets alone would have been enough to call this a detox drink, but they went and added a lot of other antioxidant-rich foods, including green tea. You’re also benefiting from the anti-aging and cancer-preventing properties of the carrot. The grapes also contain Vitamin C so you’ll be helping your immune system, making this a great drink for the cold winter months when everyone is getting the flu around you. They also contain resveratrol, an antioxidant that can help prevent heart disease.
9. Citrus Smoothies

• 2 navel oranges 
• 2 tangerines 
• 4 bananas (frozen and slightly thawed or fresh) 
• 1 meyer lemon 
• 1 meyer lime
•  1 sour lemon (e.g. Eureka lemon) 
• 1/4 cup milk 
• 28 large ice cubes

This is going to be a big boom of citrusy flavor, but that’s not all it contains. A banana is in there to insure that you’re getting potassium into the body, as well as fiber to keep things moving. Your two basic detoxifying organs are the liver and the colon and this seems to appeal to both of them at the same time. Lemons, limes, oranges, and tangerines all mix together to give you all the Vitamin C you could ask for, and to bombard your body with antioxidants as well.

Lemons are packed like a clown car with nutrients, including vitamin C, B-complex vitamins, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, and fiber. (Fun fact: they contain more potassium than apples or grapes!) Because of how hard lemon juice can be on the enamel of your teeth, it’s important to dilute it with water of any temperature (though lukewarm is recommended). Drink it first thing in the morning, and wait 15 to 30 minutes to have breakfast. This will help you fully receive the benefits of lemon water, which are listed below.

1. Aids digestion

Lemon juice not only encourages healthy digestion by loosening toxins in your digestive tract, it helps to relieve symptoms of indigestion such as heartburn, burping, and bloating.

2. Keeps your skin blemish-free

The antioxidants in lemon juice help to not only decrease blemishes, but wrinkles too! It can also be applied to scars and age spots to reduce their appearance, and because it’s detoxifying your blood, it will maintain your skin’s radiance.

3. A natural flush

The liver is extremely active during sleep since sleep is the body’s time to restore and regenerate. Drinking enough water, especially in the morning, helps make sure that the body can perform these jobs most effectively. There is even some evidence that lemon juice can help stimulate proper stomach acid production and bile production.

4. Helps with weight loss

There is evidence that drinking water, especially lemon water, first thing in the morning can help maintain a healthy weight. Researchers in Germany found that drinking enough water increased metabolism.

After drinking approximately 17 ounces of water, the subjects’ metabolic rates — or the rate at which calories are burned — increased by 30% for both men and women. The increases occurred within 10 minutes of water consumption and reached a maximum after about 30 to 40 minutes.

5. Freshens your breath

It also helps relieve toothaches and gingivitis (say wha?). Because the citric acid can erode tooth enamel, either hold off on brushing your teeth after drinking lemon water or brush your teeth before drinking it. 

6. Boosts the immune system

Lemons contain Vitamin C… not a spectacularly high amount, but 30-50 mg per lemon. They also contain potassium. Drinking lemon water first thing in the morning gives the body a chance to absorb these vitamins effectively and can provide a little immune boost. Vitamin C is also good for the adrenals and can potentially help reduce the affects of stress.

7. Reduces inflammation

If you drink lemon water on a regular basis, it will decrease the acidity in your body, which is where disease states occur. It removes uric acid in your joints, which is one of the main causes of inflammation.

Your body needs much more than simple calories to produce strong and stable energy. Vitamins, minerals, enzymes and various other nutrients all have a vital role to play in energy production and a deficiency in any number of them can have a serious impact on how you feel.

Fresh vegetables and fruits are some of the best sources of the nutrition you need to perform at your best. But how do we fit enough of them into our diet? That’s where juicing comes in. The unique nature of freshly made fruit and vegetable juices makes juicing especially effective, particularly for those that often find their energy levels low or fluctuating wildly due to the effects of sugar or caffeine.

1. Minted Fruit Cocktail Juice

• 1 apple, peeled, cored, and sliced 
• 1 orange, peeled and divided 
• 1/2 cup pineapple 
• 2 cups watermelon, cubed and seeded 
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice 
• A small sprig of fresh mint

Juice the apple and orange first, followed by the pineapple. Transfer juice to a blender, and add the watermelon, lemon juice, and mint. Puree until smooth.

2. The Power Veg

• 3 medium carrots. 
• 2 stalks of celery. 
• 1 large or 2 small beets. 
• Around an inch-long piece of ginger, a bit more if you like the fiery taste.

Clean all veggies then cut into 1 in chunks and juice all ingredients, stir and drink immediately.

3. Green Goddess Juice

• 1/2 a cucumber, peeled and sliced 
• 1 stalk of celery 
• 1 handful of kale 
• 1 apple, peeled and sliced 
• 1 pear, peeled and sliced 
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Juice all of the ingredients in order, ending with the lemon juice. If you find that the juice is too thick, pour a bit of water into your juicer to get the last bits of goodness out, and dilute the end product.

4. The Sweet Mint Finisher

• Half a large papaya. 
• A cup of strawberries. 
• A handful of fresh mint, including the stalks.
• Wash all produce thoroughly 
• Cut papaya into chunks, and slice the stems off the strawberries 
• Juice all ingredients and drink immediately

Mint has been used for thousands of years across the globe as a digestive tract relaxer. Its aroma alone activates digestive saliva and enzymes in the body that help break down food smoothly.

5. The Iron Maiden Juice

• 2 large beets, peeled and sliced 
• 2 carrots, trimmed 
• 1 small apple, peeled, cored, and sliced 
• a handful of spinach 
• 1/4 cup of water

Juice all of the ingredients in order, ending with a bit of water. This is an iron-rich, replenishing tonic that’s also a liver cleanser.