Physical Hunger

The image above helps demonstrate the differences between to the two forms of hunger and by listening to our bodies we will be able to tell the two apart.

Physical Hunger

• Comes on gradually & can be postponed
• Can be satisfied with any type of food
• Once you're full you can stop eating
• Causes satisfaction, doesn't cause guilt

Emotional Hunger

• Comes on suddenly & feels urgent
• Causes specific craving, Pizza, chocolate, ice-cream etc
• Eat more than you normally would. Feel uncomfortably full
• Leaves you feeling guilty & cross with yourself

These are fantastic signs to look out for to help you clarify which type of hunger you are responding to. A really great tip is to only eat when we are physically hungry and register our self on the hunger scale between 3 and 7. Learn more about the hunger scale.

Paul McKenna in his book 'Hypnotic Gastric Band' has developed an visualisation exercise to help you re-tune you mind to recognise physical hunger:

1. Think of a time when you were really, really hungry - so hungry you felt faint and even a crust of stale bread would have tasted delicious. Remember that.
2. Now think of a time when you were absolutely stuffed - when you'd feasted and eaten so much you were in pain, even nauseous. remmember that.
3. Do this several times so you emphasize the difference between starving and stuffed.
4. OK, now relax. Those two feelings are the extremes. You never have to feel either of those awful feeling again. you never have o be hungry and you never need to feel that full.

A brilliant mindfulness exercise there from Paul McKenna, if you liked it I can only recommend you purchase his books 'Hypnotic Gastric Band' and 'I Can Make You Thin' because they are full of useful techniques and philosophies that will help you lose weight.

Kind regards
Mindful Mark

Celebrities Who Use Hypnosis to Lose Weight

 
Hypnotherapy is a great way to help anyone lose weight, and although the rich and famous use it, hypnosis is easily accessible to everyone. Celebrities who use Hypnosis to Lose Weight vary quite alot but they all seem to get great results and a new healthy mind set with their food.

The most famous people thought to have used Hypnotherapy for weight loss are:

• The Duchess of York - Sarah Ferguson used it to help control eating patterns
• Geri Halliwell -  The Ex Spice Girl had struggled with eating pattern prior to using hypnosis
• Courtney Love - Courtney states "I lost weight last year the old fashioned way by dieting but it is hard to stay disciplined" So she now see Paul McKenna to help her keep the weight off.
• Sophie Dahl - The model used hypnotherapy to help her go from a size 16 to size 10, again with the help of hypnotherapist Paul McKenna.
• Orlando Bloom -  As a child he used hypnotherapy to lose weight, get in shape and overcome his addiction to chocolate.
• Lilly Allen - The singer learnt to develop a healthy relationship with food and lost weight. Susan Hepburn Lilly's Hypnotherapist says "I can't stand diets. They don't work. They mess you up. What I do isn't a diet. It's just a way of putting thoughts in a person's mind. If you want to exercise and or make healthy choices, I sinply put that into your subconscious mind. I make you believe you can do it."

If you would like to use hypnotherapy to help you lose weight you can look to either find a hypnotherapist in your area, use a book, DVD or use this product called - Weight Loss Hypnosis Pro.

Hypnotic Gastric Band

The Hypnotic Gastric Band is a process where a person chooses to be hypnotized in to believing they have had an actual Gastric Band fitted. The people who created this have stated that this is upto 75% successful and are in the process of sourcing academic research to confirm, deny or even enhance their claims. This said hypnosis is known to be extremely successful:

Analysis of 18 studies comparing a cognitive behavioral therapy such as relaxation training, guided imagery, self monitoring, or goal setting with the same therapy supplemented by hypnosis.
Those who received the hypnosis lost more weight than 90 percent of those not receiving hypnosis and maintained the weight loss two years after the treatment ended.
Source weightlosshypnosispro.com

What is the Hypnotic Gastric Band

The Hypnotic Gastric Band is where you have hypnotherapy sessions which enable you to believe you have had a Gastric Band Fitted in an operation, like a virtual operation.

The operation itself is where a small piece of plastic is attached to the top of the stomach to make it small enabling the person to become fuller quickly.

Paul Mckenna explains it like this:

"Your body also communicates with your brain through the nervous system. When your stomach fills, its wall is stretched and nerves react and send signals to the brain.

These systems get thrown out of balance by overeating. The body starts to believe there must be an important reason why its signals are being ignored, and assumes the overeating is a deliberate preparation for a famine. So all the extra food is converted to fat, which is basically stored energy.

When your hypnotic gastric band is fitted, it stops that overeating, and as you move towards a healthy weight your normal responses to your hormonal and nervous signals are restored"
Source -  thesun.co.uk

Success Stories with the Hypno Gastric Band

Daughter lose 6 stone in weight when her Hypnotherapist Mum fits a Hypnotic Gastric Band

Louise turn to Hypnosis as a last hope after attempting many diets. The Hypnotic Gastric Band helped her lose nearly 2 and half stone.

Lauren, a busy full time mum lost 2 stone 10lb using the Hypnotic Gastric Band, even though she had a passion for fast food dinners and snacks. She stated "I used to get really peckish between meals and snack on crisps and chocolate and drink lots of sugary, fizzy drinks – but I just don’t get those same urges any more. My portions have got a lot smaller and I’ve stopped craving fatty meals"

How you can get a Hypnotic Gastric Band

There are a variety of ways you can do this:

• Find a hypnotherapist in your area to see if they have this service. 
• Visit Hypnoband.com,
• Google Hypno gastric band
• Get the book - Hypnotic Gastric Band by Paul McKenna

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