On vacation in Las Vegas, my wife and I were walking to our room when a large gentleman in the middle of the path slowed us. Three hundred and fifty pounds, sweating profusely, he appeared to be in pain.

At his side, his two grandchildren were tugging at him to hurry up.

I do not know why, but I felt for this man. I told him I was a hypnotist and could help him with his discomfort. I am not an ambulance chaser. Normally I don’t do this. He was courteous and appreciated my desire to help. Politely he decline. He needed to watch over his grandchildren. I gave him a card and said I was available.

To my surprise, he called the next day and booked an appointment.

His excessive weight had caused severe knee problems. No cushioning was left in his knees and he was wracked by constant pain. He had considered and discarded the notion of surgery.

Three Months at a Time

Every three months his doctor gives him a cortisone shot in each knee, relieving the pain for 60 days.
Since his knees were bone on bone, he required ongoing shots. Surgery was urgent, his doctor said, but he would not operate until my client dropped his weight below 300 pounds.

After our chance encounter, he had come to me not to control his pain, but to lose weight. Despite being so large, he was very active. He and his wife are the sole guardians for their young grandchildren, and he is an active volunteer with the Red Cross.

Weight loss can be easy. A simple rule: It is impossible to gain weight when you burn more calories than you eat. Or, as Dr Laura Schlessinger says, “Work out twice as much, eat half as much.”

Make sure you are consuming healthy calories.

Carbohydrates are the main culprits behind weight gain – pizza, bread, pastries and pasta, some alcohol and the biggie, sugar.

I explained to my client that too many carbohydrates can reduce the effectiveness of his immune system, raise his stress levels increase his chance of contracting diabetes.

Hypnosis will reduce the desire for fattening foods, change eating habits, increase exercise motivation and create a desire to eat healthy foods by eliminating the root cause, the conflicting desires and the night time snacking.

How to Fatten up

Boredom, stress, loneliness contribute to weight gain.

Hypnosis is perfect for re-educating your subconscious mind. It will diminish your cravings and food impulses while giving back to you your choice of healthy foods.
Permanent weight loss occurs with a change in lifestyle. Hypnosis helps make those changes.

Hypnosis changes the way you think about food. It stops the struggle, and helps you to enjoy exercise. Stop self- sabotage. Work out more.

On a diet, a person must be aware to control his or her appetite. Otherwise, they risk increasing swelling because of fats. The terms should not be used interchangeably, though. Hypnotherapy helps to control the appetite, not the hunger. The brain transmits hunger to the body when the body lacks the calories to maintain sufficient energy to meet needed tasks, thus stimulating hunger.
 
Though the body is not disabled when one is hungry, hunger can weaken a person. It will cause the body’s internal activities to slow down. As the body slows, weight loss is reduced. Starvation is absolutely not recommended. Weight loss is achieved with the right foods in moderate amounts underpinned by a solid exercise routine.

My client is highly motivated. He is determined to go from 350 pounds to 290 so he may under go knee surgery before the effects of the latest cortisone fade.

In the first six weeks, he has lost 18 pounds and has momentum. 

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me by telephone, 310.204.3321, or by email at nickpollak@hypnotherapy4you.net. See my website at www.hypnotherapy4you.net