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    Who is a good candidate for this program?
    The role of your subconscious
    When, Why and How you Eat
    Develop New Models

    Program Structure
    Fees

    Hypnosis May Be the Way to Lose Weight

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    Important Notice



    Who is a good candidate for this program?


    This hypnotic program is designed for those people whose excess weight is a result of overeating. This program does not address those whose excess of weight is the result of physiological causes. If you fall into the category of overweight overeaters, your problem is not in your metabolic rate; it is, most likely, in your mind, your subconscious mind. You may have lost weight with lots of conscious effort. Your conscious mind served as a military force to keep your hunger habits from invading. But, as soon as you reached your goal and stopped dieting, your subconscious took over again. This is because the subconscious is a great deal stronger than the conscious mind, and you did what you were most strongly directed to do: You ate more than your body physically needed. This program is designed for those who want to improve their appearance, losing weight without medication or dieting.


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    Your Subconscious



    The reason you overeat may not be at all clear to you. That is, you may not recognize the culprit if it walks right up and sits down at the dinner table with you. And why is this so? Any motive that is capable of making you operate in a way that causes you long-term physical, emotional, social, or mental discomfort is a motive that has, most likely, been well buried in order to avoid recognition. Excavating the reason will not be as difficult as you may suppose, because there are only a few major causes. These are the most common reasons people overeat.

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    Determine When, Where and Why you eat:

    Do you eat to reward or entertain yourself?


    If the answer is yes, continue to read. Remember the early childhood experiences, when you were rewarded for your accomplishments with a cookie, or candy. As a grown-up you celebrate with your friends and family by going out to a restaurant to eat. In the movies, you eat popcorn, and candy, and a soda, despite the age. Sitting in front of the TV, do you crunch on a cookie or a snack? On the job, you take prospective clients out to lunch and dinner and eat with them. Does any of this sound familiar?

    Do you eat when you need attention?


    Try "I eat when I need attention." The more you think about this one, the more it may hurt - Try remembering again. As a baby cries, he gets his bottle, or is picked up to be held by mommy. You make a candlelight dinner for a loved one to please him, to have him smile at you and be nice to you. When you are upset, you give yourself a treat - cake, or a cookie. The trouble is that this behavior creates a viscous cycle: The larger you are physically,  the more you feel the social pressure to be thin and lovable from a social point of view. Unfortunately, our society rewards thin and scorns fat, which leads us to the next major cause.

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    Do you eat because you are scared?



    Scared? Sexuality, attraction, consequences, problems, decisions, relationships..... Situations that demand your attention and responsibility may be emotional and involved. But, if your present situation demands nothing of you because your attractive self is literally safe hiding inside the overweight body, and you may be thinking that there are talented, interesting, and overweight people who still have sexual appeal, and, of course, this is true. But the general rule is that you are not enticing, nor do you seem receptive.

    Insecure people encourage their partners to eat more and get more overweight, so they will be unattractive to their competition. Thus securing the partner all to themselves.

    Some cultures believe that it is unhealthy to be thin and therefore undesirable. If you have extra ferw pounds on you, you are less open to diseases and therefore healthier.


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    Three-Step Procedure


    Understanding of your eating patterns is the first and most important step toward the new self image.  The next step is to create a new self image - visualize yourself being attractive physically, having peace emotionally. To achieve this vizualization one needs to develop a concrete understanding of the reasons they need to lose weight, and imagine their image in detail as if in a future mirror. Then you need to create a plan including the new habits and patterns of your food intake and follow this plan. For example, when you need a break at work, when you watch TV, you get up and walk, rather then grabbing a snack, drink a glass of water or tea, replacing the old habit with a new pattern. Reprogramming yourself for the new positive change. Instead of eating and snacking create an activity, take up a hobby, exercise, walk, call a friend, knit, listen to you hypnosis tape, relax, and take control over your life.

    Your Worksheet:

    UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT MODELS OF YOUR BEHAVIOR - When, Where, and Why You Eat


    The following exercise will help you to further analyze your eating pattern. To identify when you are most likely to eat, where you eat, and why you eat, indicate yes or no next to each item in the list below.

    Circle appropriate words:
    Circle the reasons WHEN -- I eat when I am:
    frustrated stressed nervous bored angry hungry happy lonely anxious
    other:____________________________________

    Circle the places WHERE -- I eat:
    watching TV with company while reading at breaks at lunch with friends/clients traveling between work/home at sports events in bed
    other:____________________________________

    Circle the reasons WHY -- I eat when I need:
    attention entertainment love reward companionship to occupy myself to think about something else when I need a change in my activity to relax to compensate for something unpleasant to feel more important to feel secure for sexual attention
    other: _______________________________________

    After you have checked the times, locations, and reasons you overeat, you can begin to change your behavior model. Look back at the WHEN category. Which ones are checked for yes?

    Below, expand upon what you've circled. Under the WHEN heading, write, "I eat whenever I am (nervous, bored, and so on)." Follow the same procedure for the WHERE and WHY categories. Now you have three or more statements that are true just for you.

    CREATE NEW MODELS:

    Now, give yourself time to think of alternative activities. Make sure that these activities genuinely appeal to you. They are ones that you will commit yourself to during hypnosis. Below are just examples of substitute activities (new options for old habits) to stimulate your thinking.

    EXAMPLES:

    WHEN
    Old: I eat when I am bored.
    New: When I am bored, I read a book, I call a friend, or go for a walk, exercise, work on my hobby, I use my positive hypnotic suggestion, I do self hypnosis, I listen to my weight loss tape.

    Old: I eat when I am anxious.
    New: When I am anxious I take a few moments to close my eyes and relax with my deep breathing exercises. I exercise, or work on my favorite project or hobby, I take a bath, etc. I use my positive hypnotic suggestion for feelings of well being, I do self hypnosis, I listen to my weight reduction tape.

    Old: I eat when I am lonely.
    New: When I am lonely I work on my social schedule, I call a friend, write a letter, or entry in my personal journal, run an errand for someone who needs assistance, or interact with a neighbor who needs company, I join a social club, attend a meeting, I use my post hypnotic suggestion for feelings of well being, I do self hypnosis, I listen to my weight reduction tape.

    WHERE
    Old: I eat too much or snack between work and my home.
    New: On my way home from work I walk part of the way, go for a drive to a scenic spot, take a walk,  I read, I call a friend, I use my post hypnotic suggestion for feelings of well being.

    Old: I eat in bed
    New: When I am in bed I do my relaxation exercises, review my accomplishments and good qualities before going to sleep. I read, or make a schedule for the next day, I use my post hypnotic suggestion for feelings of well being, I do self hypnosis, I listen to my weight reduction tape.

    WHY
    Old: I eat whenever I need a change in activity.
    New: If I am engaged in a sedentary activity such as sitting at my desk, I change to one which is mobile, such as doing sit-ups. If I am engaged in an activity which is mobile, I change to one which is calming, such as reading, I use my post hypnotic suggestion for feelings of well being, I do self hypnosis, I listen to my weight reduction tape.



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    Your New Objectives


    Now you need to look at your overall objectives. These are the same for everyone:

      1. To experience weight loss
      2. To maintain weight loss
      3. To incorporate new habits into your life

    The third objective is really the key to numbers 1 and 2. As you already know, the amount you eat and the way in which you use food is a pattern that has been established in your subconscious. In order to change your negative eating pattern, a new pattern must be created. You need to reprogram your subconscious. This is accomplished through hypnosis and self-hypnosis reinforcement and audio taped hypnotic reinforcement.

    The Program is designed to help you think, feel, and act in certain ways. The hypnotic suggestions assists your personal reprogramming of  your subconscious by instilling positive suggestions that you have designed.

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    What To Expect:

    After you begin listening to the tape, you'll begin to accept a slimmer self and to desire healthier foods that contain fewer calories. In addition, you'll have begun to establish new habits for when, where, and why you eat. Though your behavior should change immediately, your actual weight loss, of course, will be gradual.
     

    What will happen:

    1. Disconnect to the food as a source for all good.
    2. Creating a new image of self as a slimmer self.
    3. Increasing the intake of healthy foods, water, eating less food in general.
    4. Blending the new eating behavior model into real life.

    5. Incorporate more physical activity, create hobbies in place of eating.

    6. Strengthening your self confidence.

     

    Program Structure:

    The first session is 90 minutes and each consecutive session is a 55 minute-session. Sessions through  4- and 6-session programs are conducted once a week. Chose the program that suits you depending on the depth of your problem and your weight. All sessions on individual programs are individually tailored specifically for you. Everyone's bodies and needs are different  - this is why we recommend gradual weight loss, to make it permanent, and you will be able to lose weight working with issues that may cause your weight  problems to begin with.

    In the four- to six-session program  you will also learn three steps of self-hypnosis, the tool you will be able to use for any other problem in your life. You will be given homework to practice and practice under the supervision of your hypnotherapist. You will experience deep hypnosis and discover the deeper causes for your weight accumulation. You will be able to uncover the relations between the weight and some of the other questions in your life and be able to easier deal with the other aspects of your life. Four to six sessions proved to be optimal for the permanent weight loss in established period of time. In general, the program is designed to reprogram your behavior in the first session and reinforce with consecutive sessions.
     

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    Fees:

    $150 individual sessions

    $450 for 4 sessions

    $600 for 6 sessions

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    IMPORTANT NOTICE:

    • IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 21 and you are overweight

    You must be accompanied by a legal guardian and they must sign the forms for you at the hypnotherapy appointment.

    • IF YOU NEED TO LOSE MORE THAN 35 POUNDS of excess weight

    You must bring a written referral from your doctor, stating that there are no medical objections for you to see a hypnotherapist  for such weight loss.

    Hypnosis May Be the Way to Lose Weight

    How many of us tried to lose 10-20-30 lbs of excess weight? And how many of you succeeded? For how long?

    In The Psychology of Persuasion you discovered the Law of Consistency. Generally speaking this law states that people will behave in a way that they believe is consistent with their past statements about an issue, and, their past behaviors about an issue. This is backed up by numerous studies in social psychology.

    Even more interesting is that research shows (Tykocinski & Pittman, 1998) that once people pass up on an "opportunity" once, they will almost certainly pass up on that same opportunity in the future. So, in the case of the lottery ticket holder, their behavior sets a precedent. Once someone passes up an opportunity, no matter how positive, they tend to decide that way in the future as well.

    In general, people will avoid doing something that could be in their best interest simply because they have done so in the past.

    Hypnosis may be one of the final solutions to weight loss. Strategies to control stress may just be the best tools to reduce weight for the long term. Stress appears to be a major cause of weight gain and reducing stress levels seems to have a cause/effect relationship on people's weight.

    UCSF researchers have identified a biochemical feedback system in rats that could explain why some people crave comfort foods - such as chocolate chip cookies and greasy cheeseburgers - when they are chronically stressed, and why such people are apt to gain weight in the abdomen.

    "If, after the near-miss on the freeway, you get into work and almost lose your job during an argument with your boss, and have a fight at home that night - and these types of events are relentless -- you're going to have chronically elevated adrenal hormones [ie., chronic stress]," he says. There has to be a brake on the system, and, for some, it's chocolate.

    Importantly, there are other ways to treat chronic stress: exercise, yoga, meditation, sex and baths all stimulate neurochemicals that activate regions of the brain that stimulate pleasure. Relaxation techniques may work by reducing the psychological drives on stress output, which can be the root causes of stress. (Drugs and alcohol do not provide sufficient metabolic feedback, and may even stimulate further stress, and its attendant compulsions for pleasure.)

    As for the use of food, there are serious health consequences of a diet high in fat and sugars -- abdominal obesity (which can lead to cardiovascular disease, Type II diabetes and stroke), and cardiovascular disease itself.

    "In the short term, if you're chronically stressed it might be worth eating and sleeping a little more to calm down, perhaps at the expense of gaining a few pounds," says Pecoraro. "But seeking a long-term solution in comfort foods - rather than fixing the source of the stress or your relationship to the source of the stress -- is going to be bad for you."

    Even if you've never been able to lose weight before you are more than likely to now. You already know that weight loss is an elusive goal. Now find out what you can do to lose 20 pounds and three inches in approximately 9 weeks.

    Goals, will power, a fad diet and a positive mental attitude are not enough to take inches off.

    This program will take you through the process of re-programming your mind so you can create new stimulus responses to food, hunger urges, locations and unconscious reasons you eat. The program addresses the CORE REASONS that weight is staying on the body and it will not change until the TWO key mental programs start running differently..

    Now you can begin to feel better as you realize that your weight will begin to fade away...giving yourself a new sense of pride and a slimmer look.  Now it's your turn.

     


    Determine your weight loss goal with consideration for your age and your bodily structure, and
    Allow yourself to lose weight gradually. Be patient and have realistic expectations.


    In rare cases, a person's weight gain is not caused by overeating. Instead, there is a physiological cause other than caloric intake. It can be caused by an abnormal retention of water, low thyroid function, or the use of a drug that disturbs the body chemistry. If this is the case for you, you will recognize symptoms such as puffiness (as a result of water retention) or general lack of energy (as a result of low thyroid function). Your reason for being overweight is best determined by a medical examination.

    Hypnotherapy assists you to discover and access your creative, unlimited potential, thereby allowing for the release of negative or limiting habits and associated ideas. We all experience doubts or setbacks. Resolving problems related to self-esteem, confidence or motivation is one of the most important and valuable capabilities of hypnotherapy.

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