In writing these words I wonder about the title I have chosen! For those of you out there who have chosen to read this if you are having difficulty with controlling your weight then you may be pleased to find that it can indeed be all due to your state of mind. When approached by clients on this matter I tell them all to go away and think about their goals!!!! This is because when it comes to weight control your goal has to be more ‘mouth watering’ than the food you think you want to put in your mouth!! By ‘mouth watering’ it may mean wanting to wear something that you perhaps have never been able to wear in your life, maybe imagining the shock on someone’s face when they see the ‘new’ you, or helping you fulfil a life changing desire that up until now has eluded you because you are overweight.
Many have difficulty in understanding the complexities, but really NEEDS that mouth-watering goal to keep you going. So when clients ask me how many sessions they will need generally I say about 3 to set you going and then just return if you need a boost or if you feel yourself going off track!! However it may be that some need more, and these are usually to help them identify with those states of mind that draw them to eat the wrong foods, maintain that protective ‘extra’ layer, ‘push’ that self-destruct button and even ‘fear’ the success that losing weight can bring! Something else to be aware of is the changing attitudes and perceptions of those around them......often many and varied, often surprising and sometimes disappointing.
However hypnosis is wonderful and many techniques can be applied to help with weight control,  some of these are very powerful.........so I won’t spoil the surprise, but just imagine taking the salt, sugar and fat out of any given ‘unhealthy’ food........would it still hold its appeal?? Would you still crave it? Would you want more of it? Would you dream about it? Probably not! Take the sugar and milk out of chocolate and leave the cocoa solid........does that sound mouth watering or does that fabulous figure skimming dress hold more appeal??? But following the theory of Anthony Robbins the American hypnotherapist who has a cameo appearance in the film ‘Shallow Hal’, people will only change when they are in a place of pain, somewhere they really don’t want to be anymore!!! Never was there a truer statement when it comes to losing weight! So no matter how you choose to lose your weight, and I will get you to decide a plan of action......hypnosis can boost your will to succeed if those goals are mouth watering enough!