| You really can lose weight without endless yo yo | | | | become literally addicted to this stuff - if you |
| diets and if you are clinically obese - BMI over 30 | | | | have ever seen "Supersize me" you know how |
| - there is hope with a virtual gastric band fitted | | | | dangerous it can be especially if the balance of |
| under hypnosis - yes Hypnotherapy may be the | | | | eating is skewed towards junk food. |
| best all round option for losing weight. | | | | Another important weapon is the food diary - |
| I have been running two successful weight loss | | | | noting all that you eat but also when and why you |
| programs in tandem and so have had great | | | | eat certain foods? |
| experience of helping many people with their | | | | If obesity gets to the level of a BMI of over 30 |
| weight problems - both programs have at their | | | | then for some the choice is stark: they will have |
| core the same philosophies. Most people on a diet | | | | terrible health problems if they don't lose weight - |
| crave the things they should not be eating or | | | | they will have tried all the diets and pills and found |
| after dieting and losing weight they go back to | | | | them to fail because they haven't addressed all |
| their old habits. Some of their diets may exclude | | | | the underlying issues for overeating. They are |
| certain foods - leaving an unbalanced diet that | | | | sometimes left with the only choice of a Gastric |
| puts strain on their liver and kidneys - potentially | | | | Band - the operation can cost between £3,000 - |
| quite dangerous. | | | | £7,000 - in some cases the operation can be |
| I believe it is important to get people in touch with | | | | dangerous - I recently had a client who had had |
| the pleasure of eating great food and persuade | | | | multiple strokes and two of them serious - for |
| them of the cost effectiveness of eating less of | | | | her the risks are too high. |
| great quality food instead of cheaper fat sugar | | | | Combining good nutritional advice with learning to |
| and salt saturated food - good nutrition really | | | | enjoy food properly and dealing with underlying |
| offers better bang for buck in value terms and | | | | psychological issues can lead to permanent weight |
| after all you would not put paraffin in your petrol | | | | loss. In addition fitting the Virtual Gastric band |
| tank would you? To take that metaphor further | | | | under hypnosis, using something like the |
| for comfort eaters you wouldn't put fuel in the | | | | HypnoGastricBand system, makes weight loss |
| car if the oil light comes on would you? Yet the oil | | | | much more likely. The system works for most |
| light is a warning something is amiss and to put | | | | people and clients have reported that they can |
| chocolate in your mouth does not resolve the | | | | not only see and experience the operation without |
| problems. Comfort eating resolves nothing but | | | | pain but that they can feel it when it is fitted. The |
| causes obesity. | | | | discomfort passes rapidly and people find that |
| Many of these problems are associated with | | | | they do start to eat smaller portions and, like my |
| anxiety stress or lack of self confidence or past | | | | other weight loss clients, they eat less and |
| habits embedded by poor nutritional practices | | | | exercise more and begin to enjoy food again. |
| when they were growing up: "you must clear | | | | The gastric band operation is talked through under |
| your plate" - for instance. I say better pounds in | | | | hypnosis and as it is keyhole surgery it is |
| the waste bin than pounds on the waist! | | | | relatively simple - tying a band around the higher |
| These problems can be addressed with | | | | part of the stomach - the band can be made |
| Hypnotherapy - giving strategies for dealing with | | | | tighter or loosened and the golf ball sized part of |
| anxiety and stress and lack of confidence and | | | | the stomach made by the band means that the |
| using such techniques as regression to deal with | | | | hypothalmus, the governer of appetite, tells you |
| psychological issues that may have lead to an | | | | that you are full - the food then passes through |
| abusive relationship with food. One lady of 21 | | | | normally. The hypnotic gastric band fitted under |
| stones came to me and once we had dealt with | | | | hypnosis acts the same way as a real gastric |
| her bullying issues and given her nutritional advice | | | | band. If you have a BMI under 30 there are also |
| she began to lose weight rapidly - something she | | | | weight loss programs which do the same but omit |
| had never been able to do! | | | | fitting the gastric band. |
| In addition the American Health Authority now | | | | So consider hypnotherapy if you have tried the |
| blames much obesity on junk food - which you | | | | rest and it has failed. My experience is that for |
| may as well call "junkie" food - the food has | | | | most people it is a realistic alternative. |
| added fat sugar and salt and the taste buds | | | | |