What could be better than losing weight by having a gastric bypass? Well, how about doing it just by turning your life round and becoming the person you really want to be - without the need for risky surgical procedures?
You might remember the story of Darin McCloud. A year ago, he got himself in the papers because he was so desperate to lose weight that he was prepared to eat more - deliberately - so that he could be fat enough to qualify for a gastric bypass on the NHS. He was fed-up with being fat, and being ridiculed for his weight and unable to do anything about it.
Twelve months on, Darin has lost six stone, no longer suffers from the symptoms of diabetes, and - amazingly - is in training for the London Marathon. Sounds miraculous? Not quite... it all started when a man called Trevor Silvester got in touch with him and offered to help. Trevor is the man who trained me in cognitive hypnotherapy, and the story of what happened next is told in the Daily Mirror today. Take a look...
http://www.mirror.co.uk/life-style/most-popular/2012/02/07/i-tried-to-binge-eat-to-get-a-gastric-bypass-but-have-now-lost-six-stone-through-diet-and-exercise-115875-23738940/
As Trevor wrote today: "Weight loss is a particularly potent and visible symbol of change, and I find with the great majority of people I work with that, for people who are greatly overweight, the fat represents something else at an emotional level, whether it’s protection, safety, or rebellion, or where food substitutes for company, or comfort or love.
"By changing this unconscious equivalence food becomes just another part of life, but that’s actually only the small part of the change.
"With Cognitive Hypnotherapy we don’t just sever the limiting equivalence, we recycle it into a positive one, so that losing weight begins to mean something meaningful to the client – and creates a transformation in their sense of self. Every pound of weight lost leads to a growth in their confidence and the possibility of what they could do with their life to make it more enjoyable."
If you want to find out more about how a Quest-trained cognitive hypnotherapist can help you, take a look at my website http://hypnotherapysoutheastlondon.co.uk - maybe I or one of my colleagues can help YOU to be the person you want to be.
