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Hypnosis, because of TV shows, the very word conjures up the likeness of a beady-eyed hypnotherapist swinging a pendulum and chanting, “You are getting sleepy.”

Use any search engine and you will find thousands of web pages devoted to the topic. Unfortunately, many websites that sell hypnosis CDs make crazy, unsubstantiated claims. I’ve been in the business since 1978. So I think that I’m more than expert enough to set the record straight on weight loss hypnosis.

First of all, post-hypnotic suggestion is a tool, just like a scalpel is a tool. Just as all surgeons have diversified levels of skill in the use of a scalpel, different hypnotherapists have varying levels of skill in the use of post-hypnotic suggestion. And to complicate the matter, there are many different forms and types of post-hypnotic suggestion.

Listen to a few of the ridiculous assertions about weight loss hypnosis that I’ve seen on websites on the Internet, along with the facts of reality:

”Hypnotic suggestion will speed up your metabolism.” The truth is that post-hypnotic suggestion can’t directly speed up your metabolism. But it can be very adequate at helping to re-program your subconsious mind with increased motivation to exercise. And exercise can greatly speed up your metabolic rate. Similarly, post-hypnotic suggestion to speed up the metabolism for quick weight loss can be effected by programming the subconsious mind to motivate the intake of increased amounts of protein, because that intake will step up your metabolic rate.

”Hypnotic suggestion will make you become slimmer.” This is false. But post-hypnotic suggestion can be used to help clean out your appetite, so that you eat less. And eating less can help you to become slimmer. The average person’s appetite and urges for food and compulsion to eat are caused by two subconscious programs:

A. When you pair eating with any other behavior, the other behavior will trigger cravings for food and a strong desire to eat. This is called a conditioned response. For example, if you eat when you drive your car, you will get an urge to eat each time you drive your car.

B. When you feel stressed, you feel a strong desire to put something into your mouth for relaxation and pleasure. This is the result of programming that you received as an infant. When you got crabby, your mom put a bottle in your mouth. You got distracted, relaxed, and probably fell asleep. Now when you get cranky (anxious or tense), you feel compelled to put something into your mouth for relaxation and pleasure.

C. There is a third unconscious program that is present for some people. It’s called emotional eating. Emotional eating takes place when an individual is motivated to make him or herself fat, because by being fat they will protect themselves in some way. For example, if an individual gets their heart broken in a relationship, their subconsious mind can usually motivate them into a behavior that would prevent them from getting their heart broken again. Example: They are motivated to become overweight to keep them out of another relationship, because that will eliminate the possibility of another broken heart.

So just how can self-hypnosis for losing weight remedy the above problems? Click here to read the conclusion of this weight loss hypnosis article.

I have written several articles on this complex topic that available on my website. These articles outline some powerful techniques for using hypnotherapy for emotional eating.

Alan B. Densky, CH is the developer of the Neuro-VISION Appetite Suppression Video Hypnosis Technology, which was granted a US Patent. He also offers Ericksonian Hypnosis & NLP CDs for appetite elimination. Visit the Neuro-VISION Weight Loss Hypnosis website and download a FREE Hypnotic Power Relaxation Program, or subscribe to one or more of the world-class hypnosis newsletters.

- Alan B. Densky, CH