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Hypnosis for Weight Loss

By: Andrea Florczak

“I lost 100 pounds—without dieting or working out!”

Ever had trouble sticking to a diet? Deanna Dotterer did. Then, she found a safe, easy way to lose 100 pounds without diets, gyms, surgery or pills!

Wouldn’t it be great if you could wish yourself thin? If losing weight could be easy? For 33-year-old Ferndale, Michigan, teacher Deanna Dotterer, it was!

Born into a family where folks always cleaned their plates, Deanna was never skinny. But at 5’10” she could carry weight better than most.

Even in college, where she turned to food when stressed or lonely, the pounds didn’t show much.

But overeating had become a habit. So as Deanna lived her dream teaching, the pounds began piling on.

She dieted and joined a gym. But unable to resist doughnuts==and chips while grading papers—her weight ballooned to 250 pounds!

As she squeezed into size 20s, she tried not to look in the mirror. She felt so bad about herself, she ate even more—until she was 283 pounds!

Then another teacher told her hypnosis had helped her lose weight.

“I feel so relaxed . . .”

At a hospital wellness program, the co-worker said, a hypnotist had placed a room of people in a deep state of relaxation, then made suggestions that the subconscious accepts as “orders.”

I’ve got nothing to lose—except 100 pounds, Deanna figured, signing up.

“Lie back in your seat and relax,” counselor Rena Greenberg (www.easywillpower.com) told Deanna and 100 other dieters.

I feel so relaxed, Deanna signed. It was like drifting off to sleep.

But she wasn’t asleep. Just calm, as Rena made healthy suggestions, like “push away the bad foods,” “Drink plenty of water,” “eat only when you’re hungry,” “picture yourself slim . . .”

After, Deanna felt refreshed, but no different.

Then a week later, she bought a sandwich and couldn’t finish it. Soda was too sweet, small helpings were enough and she could pass McDonald’s without craving fries.

And 10 months later, without dieting or gym workouts, she’d dropped 100 pounds!

“I feel so much better about myself,” says Deanna. “Hypnosis helped me change my life! Hypnosis retrained my brain and undid my unhealthy eating patterns!”

10 weight-loss affirmations that really work!

Sit quietly repeating these as you imagine yourself at your ideal weight, says certified hypnotist Rena Greenberg.

1. Small portions satisfy me.
2. I reach for water throughout the day. I love its cool, clean taste.
3. It’s okay to leave food on my plate.
4. I am becoming healthier every day.
5. I see myself thin and happy.
6. I desire only nutritious, wholesome foods.
7. It feels so good to be in control of my life and my eating habits.
8. I eat only when my body is physically hungry.
9. I shed pounds effortlessly.
10. I avoid comparing myself with others. I love and care for myself.