Self-Hypnosis Aids

To lose weight and keep it off, your subconscious mind must be brought into agreement with what you consciously want. And that's what this tape does. In just 16 minutes a day of relaxed listening to this tape your subconscious mind is gently bombarded with weight-loss instructions that are ultimately irresistible.

The weight control suggestions on this tape are instructions to the subconscious part of your mind. (That is where the decisions are really made about what you eat or don't eat.) To describe it briefly, this tape remolds your subconscious beliefs, attitudes and values about eating and being overweight.

These instructions will eventually have you eating less, eating smarter, and enjoying life. They take effect because the subconscious cannot resist a message repeated often enough and long enough (and in the right way).

You will know this is happening when your attitudes toward food and eating – and about exercise, too – begin to change. You become less interested in food. Urges and compulsions to binge go away. So-called "weakness" foods like chocolate and pastries lose their magnetic appeal. (You'll eventually wonder why you ever thought they were so great.)

None of us should have to put up with the tyranny of fat. I can't tell you how many people have expressed that thought to me, over the years, in many different ways. Too many people live to eat, when what we should do is eat to live.

This approach with self-hypnosis does not make you "hate food." You will still enjoy food, but in a different way and in much smaller quantities. And you will eat less often. At the same time you'll find yourself paying more attention to the nutritional value of the foods you eat.

You won't feel deprived because we just don't miss what we don't want. You'll be able to eat all the junk food, sweets, and greasy fried foods you want. (The fact is, you'll stop wanting them!)

CAUTION: This tape makes it seem so easy that some people make the mistake of thinking that it was not the hypnosis but something else that caused the change in them. They quit practicing hypnosis too soon, and the weight comes back. Don't make this mistake! Continue the regular practice of hypnosis and suggestion for at least three months after you have achieved your ideal weight.

No special foods, fad diets, or expensive pre-prepared meals are required. The entire secret of weight loss and control is entirely between you (i.e., your conscious mind) and the subconscious part of your mind. Get those two parts of yourself working together and you will effortlessly lose weight and be the real you.

By the way, there is no version of this weight-loss induction that has subliminals. We're not sure why, but subliminals do not seem to add much if anything to the impact of the weight-loss suggestions.

Here's what hypnosis weight loss involves and can do for you:

• By listening once a day you get started changing your set-point for permanent weight loss.
• You'll find yourself wanting to eat less and being satisfied with less food and more nutritional food. It helps to pay attention to your diet, but that's not the important part
• No willpower required. In fact, it is best if you don't try to force yourself (if you've read my book you know that I make a strong case for willpower being little more than a myth).

Rate of Weight Loss

A standard (and perfectly logical) question is, How long does it take? Elsewhere I have presented precise mathematical formulas for how much weight you as an individual can lose and how long it will take. But frankly the math is a little difficult for lots of people, and it is not really all that important.

The short answer is that it is not uncommon to lose large amounts of weight in the first few weeks. But for the long haul it is not possible – and, for many reasons, not desirable – to lose more than approximately two pounds a week.

(Obese people can sometimes lose faster until their weight gets down to "merely overweight." It is a good idea to have medical advice about weight control.)

Weight problems (which are usually eating problems) can really mess up your head. So here's what you need to know and hold onto: Inside you there is a slender, attractive person just aching to get out. This tape – and the self-hypnosis skills it will help you develop – will free you to be the person you know you really are.