28/01/2010
Trial in England see's 99 per cent weightloss by hypnotherapy success
by Tanisha Sakhawat
Obesity lies in the mind, not the stomach, according to a report by the Daily Express. A Yorkshire based hypnotherapist has taken on the new hypnotic craze of the virtual gastric band as part of weightloss hypnotherapy and put it to the test. Sheila Granger conducted a trial including 21 people, four men and 17 women aged between 24 and 65.
The 'guinea pigs' all had varied lifestyles and weights - indeed all had a history of dieting and struggling with managing their weight. Each person had a different weight goal to lose, one woman weighed 10 stone and wanted to lose a few pounds, while another was 21 stone and wanted to lose two stone in the first five weeks. During the trial, all together the group lost a total of 14 stone, an average of 8.8 inches off their waistlines with the most successful loss being 18.5 inches and the smallest 1.9 inches on one person.
Ms Granger runs a hypnotherapy practice and said she expected to see a 50 to 60 per cent success rate, she said: "I am very excited to find that we have had a 99 per cent positive result." Regarding the inches lost, she said: “The key is to focus on inches lost rather than weight, but one inch lost equates to 1lb so we estimate a group loss of approximately 190 inches and 14 stone.”
Sheila 'fitted' the testers with a virtual gastric band under hypnotherapy, with the idea that the subconscious mind will not let the body to over eat. Successful candidate Amanda Brown said: "It has changed the way I approach food. I no longer constantly think about it like I used to, I feel in control.”
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