#40) Hypnosis-Wt Loss-Success!

Interesting morning, I had a new slim down client begin a 10 week program. In 10 weeks I told her   she could lose 40lbs and that she could do this without starving and without hunger or uncontrollable cravings.   She weighs in at 236 and has 100+lbs. to lose to achieve her ideal weight.  She is 28 years old and a professional women with a great career but she had some apprehension I could tell, when I asked her if she thought she could achieve weight loss for life.

With that question asked she fought back tears as she told me she had lost a lot of weight several years ago, only to gain it all back.  She said that no sooner had she lost all her weight then her older sister sat her down and told her she was just going to gain it all back again and that she will always be fat because family genetics dictate this fact.

Now I am a clinical hypnotherapist and I have created the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process for the release/erase of negatively charged emotions.  I asked her if she would like to have these strong feelings and fears erased, the anger at sister, the sadness and guilt of having gained the weight back and the false belief underneath it all that she is genetically destined to be fat?  With the tears flowing she told me she would like to be free of these feelings that have held her back from weight loss success.  In a matter of minutes, with several applications of the  DEEP Release process, she was smiling and now confident she could achieve weight loss for life.  She was no longer sad nor angry  at her sister who she felt had under minded her.  She could not find the belief she had had just minutes earlier that she was destined to be fat for the rest of her life.

She had been totally confident in her ability to lose this weight but had had a strong fear of failure as it related to weight loss for life.  I am confident  she will easily  lose this weight with the 30/10 solution  and do so at 4 to 5 lbs. per week.  It made her feel very good to know that this time, when she reaches her ideal weight, that we will not abandon her.  I let her know that I will want her to come in for frequent periodic weigh-ins for the rest of her life at no charge.  Should she experience a weight gain (which we all do, it is normal and natural for us to fluctuate up and down in weight) then we will catch it early on with a weigh-in and we will coach her on how to "error correct" the gain herself with regular foods.  The secret here is to catch any weight gain early on when 6 or 9 lbs. can be easily dropped all by herself in a matter of 2 to 3 weeks.  Imagine, over time,  the confidence, skill  and the certainty it will give her to know, from experience,  that she can easily lose any weight gained-3lbs a week, on her own.  I want my slim down patients who reach their ideal weight to become empowered and to be in total control of their desired weight for the rest of their life, that is what we define as  "weight loss for life."

50% of weight gain is diet,  the other 50% is mental/emotional/habit and both must be addressed to achieve weight loss for life.  I find hypnosis to be the missing link, any resistance to your success in either losing the weight or keeping it off must be erased.  If you are fearful and anxious you cannot lose the weight then the process will be difficult for you and destined for failure.  If you believe you can lose the weight but believe you will gain it all back then you probably will.  These fears and false beliefs must be changed so that your beliefs and emotions support your desired state of being.  Until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle