Has anyone ever tried this?

[experiment626mom]

Has anyone ever been hypnotized to lose weight or to stop smoking? Dh was talking to a woman last May about it and she swears that it works. Well, we never could find a seminar around us so we forgot about it. Anyway, last night I'm looking through the local paper and there's the ad for it. It's a two hour seminar. The first hour explains how it's done and if it works, the next half hour is for people who want to lose weight and the last half hour is for people who want to quit smoking. We've tried everything else, and are thinking about giving this a go. Just wondering if anyone has any experience with this.

 

[Mishetta]

My cousin & I both went to a weight loss hypnotist (she also does a smoking one too). It wasn't that expensive & it was held at a nearby hospital. Anyway, I got so relaxed that I fell asleep! My cousin also says she 'went under'. Anyway, she just keeps reciting over & over how your body only craves healthy foods, your body rejects anything fattening, fried, etc... After the seminar, we also got a CD of the session & it's basically the same thing & the instructions were to listen to it everyday . Well, I did for the first week or so & so did my cousin. I lost weight if I listened to the CD (because I really did only crave healthy foods, fresh veggies, etc....& if I looked at a bowl of chips or a hamburger, it just didn't look good at all (but that stuff always looks good to me!)

So my point is....if you stick with listening to the message every single day, it will prove some benefit (& I only say this because it worked for me & my cousin & her husband who just listened to the CD, but didn't attend the seminar.) Of course, you know how it is, life just gets in the way & some days I couldn't find nearly 1 hour to listen to it, or my toddler didn't nap & he'd be running around making noise & I couldn't concentrate, yada, yada, yada.....life happens. If it's something you want to try, go for it. It can't hurt you at all.

Lots of luck & let us know if you do go & what you thought.

 

[kilee]

My parents didn't do hypnosis but a laser treatment to stop smoking. That was 2 yrs ago and they both stopped.

 

[experiment626mom]

Now I have to ask, what's laser treatment?? That sounds dangerous.

 

[MandM3]

Try Pual McKenna's `I Can Make You Thin´. It's a book and a CD and it's fantastic! I can't post links, won't let me, I'm too new. But check out the UK amazon for reviews - it's got 4 1/2 * and I know somewhere that does worldwide free delivery. PM me if you'd like the link