John Moonie, MNSPH, SQHP, GHR(Reg.).  (01738) 561889 or 07784 257776 (mobile)

Hypnosis Perth Scotland serving Dundee, Angus, Perthshire (Tayside), Fife & Kinross. Falkirk, Stirling, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow.   

Weight Loss, Dietary Control

 

Hypnotherapy for Weight Control

Like any habit, weight  loss will work best with hypnosis when the client is keen to change the situation and is willing to follow through a course of hypnotherapy along with a healthy diet. The problem of weight gain tends to be not so much one of diet but one of emotion, with food becoming a substitute for self-confidence or approval from others.    

With hypnotherapy and counselling for weight and dietary control you can -

 

• Stop compulsive overeating/bingeing on the ‘wrong foods’, quickly and safely
• Lose the guilt and secrecy associated with this problem, where it exists
• Adjust to a more balanced diet and gradual but effective weight reduction
• Discover the underlying causes of the weight gain and how to stop it
• Improve your confidence and self-esteem, fit into the clothes you like

 

Weight loss - case study

My client was female, age 35, married with 3 children. Binge eating on chocolate, cakes, crisps and bread with butter. She was making occasional secret trips to the fridge at 1.30am. The problem seeming to start at the age of 15 when she had self confidence problems and had started to relate her body image to how she felt. The problem became more severe by the age of 18, when she became bulimic for a while. Then abated, but following the birth of her first child she started bingeing again.

Her first session was suggestion therapy, following which she had stopped eating chocolate and any time she did look at chocolate felt queasy. The feeling of wanting something to eat all the time had gone. She was drinking more water and eating more fruit. She had become slightly more active in the exercise sense and had joined a local gym. The second session was a reinforcement of the first suggestion therapy session as an analytical therapy session was contra-indicated from an experience with another hypnotherapist earlier - she felt the habit was just that and didn’t have any source in a major incident earlier in life. In this session I also taught her how to do self-hypnosis to help in addition to the weight loss hypnotherapy CD given at the first session.

At her third session, she had lost 12lbs in 5 weeks since her first session and was feeling a great deal better. 6 months later she referred a friend to me and had maintained the good result since her final session. On a 1-10 scale where 1= “no problem” and 10= “very serious problem” she had come from 10 at the first session 1 to 5 at the second to 2 at the third.       

“Enjoyed Hypnosis experience very much. Feeling extremely positive about it and well on my way to reaching my ultimate goal, and confident of  its long term effects.”

Then more recently following a “top-up” session 15 months on, she was going to the gym regularly and:-

“Everything is going very well. I’ve stopped drinking diet cola completely, I drink mainly water now, with the occasional fruit juice, and my teeth feel 100% better. I haven’t had any cravings for starchy foods, I’ve stopped eating bread and butter between meals, and I’m eating more fruit. All in all I’d say it’s been very successful. I make a point of not weighing myself, but I do feel a little thinner, and more importantly I feel a lot more positive.”

 

Comments and conclusions

 

This lady’s case illustrates that sometimes simple suggestion therapy works very well, without the need for too much in the way of analysis. This is not always the case, especially if the problem persists despite best efforts. So analysis is sometimes needed to pin down an emotional cause (often from childhood), but not every time. Habits are sometimes just that - habits. Her own conscious attitude to weight loss was good and she was willing to change her diet and take some moderate exercise on a weekly basis.   

 

If this affects you, what do you do next?    

      

You may have tried all sorts of remedies from herbal products, to Atkins diet to going to slimming classes. Often the initial results can be good, but the very thing that locks in the problem - your subconscious attitude to food and eating is completely ignored. However, this part of the mind controls eating and other habits very powerfully, which is why hypnosis can be so successful when everything else has failed. Once you feel ready to start tackling the problem all you need to do is to call me on (01738) 561889  and discuss your own situation. If you want to ask more questions or make an appointment then I can do that.

 

You could also contact me using the email form and ask questions, which I’m quite happy to answer.  

 

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Synopsis:- Hypnotherapy for weight loss. Hypnosis for weight control. This article highlights how weight loss and dietary control can be helped through hypnotherapy and counselling as part of a calorie controlled diet and moderate exercise. The case study illustrates the practical application of hypnosis and the kind of results which can be achieved.