03/09/2010
Woman loses two stone with virtual gastric band
by Hannah McLaverty-Williamson
A woman has told how she lost two stone in six months, with the help of a virtual gastric band.
Helen Wood from Mirfield had a single hypnotherapy session which she credits as changing her attitude towards food and helping her drop a dress size since February.
After numerous diets and slimming clubs, Helen, a mother of two, sought the help of family friend John Richardson, a hypnotherapist specialising in weight loss hypnotherapy.
"It involves programming the mind to look at food as fuel rather than eating through emotional hunger. It's about re-setting your mind and body to eat when hungry and stop when full. As children we do this but then we become programmed to eat up everything on our plate and are told that we can't have our ice cream until we've eaten all our dinner," John told The Huddersfield Daily Examiner.
"The band is not just for the very overweight but also for people at a healthy weight who struggle to keep it. I have treated models who have struggled with their weight who now find it easy to keep at a natural healthy weight," he added.
During the hypnotherapy session Helen was told she had a gastric band fitted and she saw the results almost instantly. Helen weighed 13 stone when she had the hypnotherapy treatment, she now weighs 11 stone and is a size 14.
"I found I was no longer obsessing about food and was able to cut my portions down. I began eating when I was hungry and stopping when I was full. When I was constantly dieting I was always thinking about food and what I could have and what I couldn't," Helen said.
"It's taken a few months to lose the weight, but I have never found anything as easy," she added.
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