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Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Hypnotherapy: The Virtual Gastric Band
A woman has shed a whopping six stone after she was hypnotised into believe she'd had a gastric band fitted.
Lorraine Robb, 39, tipped the scales at 21st 7lb after years of gorging on burgers, chips and massive portions of fatty foods.
But after being hypnotised into thinking her stomach had shrunk to the size of a tennis ball, the mother-of-three, from Doncaster, has managed to slim down to just 15st.
Now Lorraine, who said she was on the brink of going under the knife, struggles to even finish a single meal.
Throughout school Lorraine was taunted about her weight by cruel bullies who called her the Honey Monster.
Trapped in a vicious eating cycle after years of emotional abuse her eating habits began to spiral out of control and she began regularly binging on crisps and biscuits between meals.
Desperate to lose weight the supermarket assistant claims she spent more than £1,000 on dieting shakes and even resorted to taking Orlistat, a prescribed slimming pill.
But despite her efforts to lose weight, by the time she reached her thirties she was wearing size 24 clothes.
Ashamed of the way she looked, Lorraine considered having gastric band surgery - which can cost up to £6,000 - but instead, turned to a weight loss hypnotherapist for help at the last minute.
After just one 25 minute treatment session with hypnotherapist Bev Davies, she began to see drastic results as her weight began to plummet.
The therapist tricked Lorraine's mind into believing she can only eat tiny portions of food, which involved speaking to her subconscious to make her think her stomach had shrunk. And Lorraine says that her desire to eat diminished almost instantly.
At just £25 for the 'virtual gastric band' treatment she said she could feel her stomach tighten immediately, allowing her to curb her eating habits with ease.
She said: 'I have always been a big girl, I used to get bullied at school because of my size and looking back I think food was my only friend.
'Kids can be so cruel - the names they called me, things like 'fat-so' and 'Honey Monster' were so awful, I think that's always stayed with me and always will.
'For years I tried all sorts of different diets, from milkshakes to slimming pills, but nothing seemed to work for me, I felt hopeless.
'The extent of my weight problem really hit home when I saw a couple of pictures of myself on a night out, I was wearing a red dress, I just looked massive compared to my friends.
'It was when I realised the prescription weight loss pills weren't working that my doctor recommended I had a consultation for gastric band surgery - which I was really opposed to.
'But at the last moment, I saw an advertisement for weight loss hypnosis on Facebook and thought I may as well try it, I had nothing to lose.'
From that point, Lorraine attended just two group weight loss therapy sessions in which her mind was trained to believe she'd had a gastric band fitted.
Since her first session in March 2014, she says her eating habits have changed irrevocably, completely cutting out snacks from her diet.
To her disbelief, Lorraine has now lost 6st and dropped a huge10 dress sizes.
Lorraine said: 'Before the treatment, my weight would see-saw and there was no real way to control it.
'I probably spent thousands on all sorts of different dieting regimes; the milkshakes alone would have cost me an absolute bomb - it's not worth thinking about.
'But for the sake of £25, I've avoided having potentially dangerous surgery, surgery which I was very worried about.
'Now I can only eat a very small amount of food, anymore then I feel too full, which is great.
'Nowadays I mostly eat fruit, salad, meat and fresh veg which suits me perfectly.
'People say I look like a different person which makes me feel amazing.
'I don't think about those bullies half as much as I used to, the hypnotherapy has changed my life and the way I think about food.'
Bev Davies, 48, a qualified hypnotherapist for 21 years, said: 'Lots of people with weight problems feel they are on their own, but when they come to a group hypnotherapy session they realise that their problems aren't unique.
'I'm not surprised Lorraine has lost weight so quickly as this is a regular result.
'People have deeply rooted psychological habits that cannot be altered by the insertion of a physical gastric band, so people should think twice about having surgery.
'Hypnotherapy is much cheaper, it's non-invasive and it helps to change someone's mind-set permanently without the risks associated with such drastic surgical procedures.
'I've dealt with hundreds of people who have had actual surgery but they've regained their weight due to deeply rooted problems that need addressing through specialised therapy such as this.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2793820/the-virtual-gastric-band-supermarket-worker-loses-six-stone-25-hypnosis-believe-stomach-shrunk.html#ixzz3GWVlsOJ6
Lorraine Robb, 39, tipped the scales at 21st 7lb after years of gorging on burgers, chips and massive portions of fatty foods.
But after being hypnotised into thinking her stomach had shrunk to the size of a tennis ball, the mother-of-three, from Doncaster, has managed to slim down to just 15st.
Now Lorraine, who said she was on the brink of going under the knife, struggles to even finish a single meal.
Throughout school Lorraine was taunted about her weight by cruel bullies who called her the Honey Monster.
Trapped in a vicious eating cycle after years of emotional abuse her eating habits began to spiral out of control and she began regularly binging on crisps and biscuits between meals.
Desperate to lose weight the supermarket assistant claims she spent more than £1,000 on dieting shakes and even resorted to taking Orlistat, a prescribed slimming pill.
But despite her efforts to lose weight, by the time she reached her thirties she was wearing size 24 clothes.
Ashamed of the way she looked, Lorraine considered having gastric band surgery - which can cost up to £6,000 - but instead, turned to a weight loss hypnotherapist for help at the last minute.
After just one 25 minute treatment session with hypnotherapist Bev Davies, she began to see drastic results as her weight began to plummet.
The therapist tricked Lorraine's mind into believing she can only eat tiny portions of food, which involved speaking to her subconscious to make her think her stomach had shrunk. And Lorraine says that her desire to eat diminished almost instantly.
At just £25 for the 'virtual gastric band' treatment she said she could feel her stomach tighten immediately, allowing her to curb her eating habits with ease.
She said: 'I have always been a big girl, I used to get bullied at school because of my size and looking back I think food was my only friend.
'Kids can be so cruel - the names they called me, things like 'fat-so' and 'Honey Monster' were so awful, I think that's always stayed with me and always will.
'For years I tried all sorts of different diets, from milkshakes to slimming pills, but nothing seemed to work for me, I felt hopeless.
'The extent of my weight problem really hit home when I saw a couple of pictures of myself on a night out, I was wearing a red dress, I just looked massive compared to my friends.
'It was when I realised the prescription weight loss pills weren't working that my doctor recommended I had a consultation for gastric band surgery - which I was really opposed to.
'But at the last moment, I saw an advertisement for weight loss hypnosis on Facebook and thought I may as well try it, I had nothing to lose.'
From that point, Lorraine attended just two group weight loss therapy sessions in which her mind was trained to believe she'd had a gastric band fitted.
Since her first session in March 2014, she says her eating habits have changed irrevocably, completely cutting out snacks from her diet.
To her disbelief, Lorraine has now lost 6st and dropped a huge10 dress sizes.
Lorraine said: 'Before the treatment, my weight would see-saw and there was no real way to control it.
'I probably spent thousands on all sorts of different dieting regimes; the milkshakes alone would have cost me an absolute bomb - it's not worth thinking about.
'But for the sake of £25, I've avoided having potentially dangerous surgery, surgery which I was very worried about.
'Now I can only eat a very small amount of food, anymore then I feel too full, which is great.
'Nowadays I mostly eat fruit, salad, meat and fresh veg which suits me perfectly.
'People say I look like a different person which makes me feel amazing.
'I don't think about those bullies half as much as I used to, the hypnotherapy has changed my life and the way I think about food.'
Bev Davies, 48, a qualified hypnotherapist for 21 years, said: 'Lots of people with weight problems feel they are on their own, but when they come to a group hypnotherapy session they realise that their problems aren't unique.
'I'm not surprised Lorraine has lost weight so quickly as this is a regular result.
'People have deeply rooted psychological habits that cannot be altered by the insertion of a physical gastric band, so people should think twice about having surgery.
'Hypnotherapy is much cheaper, it's non-invasive and it helps to change someone's mind-set permanently without the risks associated with such drastic surgical procedures.
'I've dealt with hundreds of people who have had actual surgery but they've regained their weight due to deeply rooted problems that need addressing through specialised therapy such as this.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2793820/the-virtual-gastric-band-supermarket-worker-loses-six-stone-25-hypnosis-believe-stomach-shrunk.html#ixzz3GWVlsOJ6
Monday, 5 December 2011
Gastric Band Hypnosis: Could it Make You Slimmer?
Dieting can often depend on an element of mind over matter. For Marion Corns, it involved nothing else. The mother of three has lost four stone after allowing herself to be hypnotised - and told she had been fitted with a gastric band.
Believing her stomach has shrunk to the size of a golf ball under a surgeon's knife, the 35-year-old is now able to eat only tiny portions of food. And in the four months following the treatment, her weight has dropped to just over 11st 7lb (1st = 6.4kg), while her dress size has gone down from 22 to a 14 (losing 26kg)
Over five sessions of hypnotherapy, says Mrs Corns, her therapist talked her through every detailed step of the medical procedure as if she were actually inside an operating theatre.
Specialist equipment then filled the hypnotist's room with aromas designed to smell like a hospital, until eventually Mrs Corns began to feel a tightening sensation in her stomach.
Delighted Marion said: 'I have tried every other diet and exercise plan the world has to offer.
'I've tried tablets, WeightWatchers, Atkins, Slimfast, milkshakes and even a personal trainer, but none of them helped me.
'Now I am able to shed up to three pounds a week (1.4kg) because I believe I have had a band fitted into my stomach.
'Bizarrely, I can remember every part of the 'procedure' - including being wheeled into theatre, the clink of the surgeon's knife and even the smell of the anaesthetic.'
A real gastric band operation usually costs £7,000 and has the same level of risk related to any major operation including infection and DVT.
Married housewife Marion heard about the Elite Clinic in Marbella, Spain in August last year when a friend used it to give up smoking. Marion, who lived in the country at the time, discovered the clinic also carried out a revolutionary 'gastric mind band' therapy.
A week later she went back for a consultation session with therapist Marion Shirran, who runs the clinic with her husband Martin. After revealing how the birth of her three children left her with no time to exercise and admitting gorging on mid-morning bacon sandwiches, big lunches and giant-sized dinner portions, she booked herself in for five sessions with Marion.
Using a combination of hypnotherapy and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, she was taken on a 'virtual tour' through the 'operation'. Therapist Marion also used in-depth guided imagery and visualisation to fit an imaginary gastric band around the stomach, forming a pouch the size of a golf ball. During the procedure computer-driven equipment pumped a range of aromas into the room including everything from the hospital ward, the operating theatre and even the recovery room. After five sessions of the treatment - which is 100 per cent safe because it eliminates the risks of general anaesthetic, DVT and MRSA - Marion began to feel a tightening sensation in her stomach.
Marion added: 'Now if I try and eat a large portion I feel a pulling sensation in my tummy as if my stomach is stretching.
'I simply cannot eat large portions of food any more. I did manage to force down a KFC burger once but I felt really sick, as if it was stuck in my throat, and I had to lie down for three hours afterwards.
'I am thinner now than I ever have been and if I can lose another stone I will be exactly the weight I want to be.
'I feel like I fit in now. People don't stare at me anymore.'
Clinic owner Martin began working on perfecting the Gastric Mind Band after a client he helped quit smoking asked him whether it would be possible to convince him he had one fitted.
Martin said: 'This treatment is good for the client, for the NHS and is also ideal for the many overweight adults and teenagers who are sadly part of Obese Britain.
'Although this form of imagined surgery isn't in itself new, its application in the weight loss field is believed to be pioneering.
Martin, who himself has lost 50lbs (22.7kg) through a gastric mind band, said: 'The different therapies help patients rethink their whole attitude to food so they adopt a new lifestyle of healthy eating.
'It is not a temporary solution. It is a long term thing.
'We believe our therapy can be immensely beneficial for individuals who want to control their eating habits for self esteem or health reasons especially the growing number of people, young and old who are developing type 2 diabetes in ever increasing numbers.'
Jacqui Lowdon, dietician and spokeswoman for the British Dietary Association, said she could see why the treatment would be attractive to a lot of people. And she added:
'This is quite a novel idea and I've certainly never come across it before.
'Gastric bands are available on the NHS to those who have problems with their weight, but there are a lot of side effects.
'If this works and people can achieve the same kind of weight loss without surgery, it is important they are getting the correct dietary advice as well.
Written By ELEANOR GLOVER and LUKE SALKELD For The Dailly Mail Online
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