Hypnotherapy

[Summer325]

Hi; Wondering if anyone has ever used hypnotherapy to help them lose weight?? I was advised to try Weight Loss Mind Power for Life - has anyone used it or anything like it? What about NLP? Thanks!

[Lydiapurple]

No I have not but I would be really interested to hear if anyone has used hynotherapy and if it worked at all for them. I have heard of it being beneficial for other issues, but wonder if it can work for losing weight too. Also what is NLP?

[jan]

I haven't tried hypnotherapy before, but I have a friend who tried a thing called "body talk", where a practitioner actually channeled the body's energies and essentially told it to lose weight, removing blockages of energy that were in her way. She lost more weight in the following 3 weeks than she had on her whole diet. Maybe there's something to those sorts of alternative techniques (as long as you keep up your end of the bargain with diet and exercise).

[char]

If you're referring to NLP as neurolinguistic programming, it has to do with a kind of self-talk so that you can make better eating and exercising (and other behavioral) decisions. I'm not exactly certain of how it works, but the way I understand it is that every time you reach for a treat, you ask yourself why you want it, and then when you answer that question, you ask another question about it, until you complete the discussion in your head and realize you really don't need the food and the benefits of it won't outweigh the drawbacks. I could be off the mark on that. I'd love to learn more, though!

[treehuggertodd]

I worked with a hypnotist to help with weight loss. It wasn't what I thought it would be. It wasn't that it somehow convinced me that I wouldn't feel hungry anymore or that I'm suddenly hooked on exercising. What I did find what that I could keep my motivation high and not feel overwhelmed. It was actually very calming.

[firebob]

oooooooou!!! its not normal to go to the hypnotist because of extra weight!! hypnosis destroys our inner state,in my opinion

[tara]

I think it probably works for some people and won't work for others. No one diet technique works for everyone!