28/01/2010
Celebrity hypnotherapist promotes new book
by Tanisha Sakhawat
British celebrity hypnotherapist Paul McKenna was a guest on Chris Moyles' Radio 1 breakfast show this morning, promoting his revamped 'I can make you thin' book, CD and DVD. He started off with a bit of weightloss hypnotherapy advice, and taught team member Rachel how to beat her chocolate cravings live on air. Firstly he asked her to focus on the food she was craving and keep it in mind, in this case it was chocolate.
He told her to take two fingers from either hand and tap 10 times above one of her eyebrows. She was asked to repeat this under the same eye, under the collarbone, under one armpit, on the side of her hand and between the knuckles of her ring and little finger. She then had to close her eyes for two seconds, then open them, rotate her eyes 360 degrees clockwise then 360 degrees anticlockwise.
After this she was asked to, weirdly, hum Happy Birthday out loud, then count to five and hum the tune again. This process should be repeated until the craving stops completely. Another method you can use is to associate your craved food with something you cannot stand. Rachel said this worked for her and didn't feel like chocolate at all after she had done this process.
Paul's golden rules for weight loss are: Eat when you’re hungry, if you starve yourself, your body stores fat and you subconsciously become tense around food. Eat what you want, within reason because if a food is forbidden it becomes more attractive and harder to resist. Eat consciously, chew every mouthful slowly and enjoy it, so your brain absorbs the fact you’re eating. Listen to what your stomach tells you, if you’re full, stop eating. Eating releases a chemical that can mask feelings of fullness, which can make you overeat, so the slower you eat, the more likely you are to realise when you’re full.
Paul is in England before flying back to America this week, he will be on Loose Women and The One Show tonight.
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