Having read an article recently about a family who had undergone gastric band surgery to the tune of £40,000 on the NHS, I felt inspired to put pen to paper, or rather fingers to keys, to write!
Whilst the family of 4 (mother, father and 2 daughters) have had success after the surgery, shedding a combined weight of 44 stones, the real question most people will be asking is – is it really OK to spend over £40,000 of tax payers money on something that has a less than satisfactory success rate (especially in the long term) and has been known to fail? Add to that the risks to the patient of undergoing surgery – is it not a better and safer solution to turn to one of the many successful and PERMANENT weight loss solutions available today at a fraction of the price? Especially bearing in mind the financial state of the NHS today?
As a hypnotherapist who specializes in weight loss (and who also struggled for years with her own weight) and offers various weight loss programs including the Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis – I could not believe that the NHS have not explored all the options available before committing to life threatening surgery for weight loss.
Furthermore if you, unlike this family, are picking up the tag for gastric band surgery, it’s not a low cost option!
Now hold on I hear you say – you have just mentioned that the actual gastric band does fail and has a poor success rate when it comes to long term weight loss but you still offer the safer, non invasive and much cheaper option -the “Virtual” Gastric Band!
That is correct I do offer the Mind Band (Gastric Band Hypnosis) – which is a permanent weight loss solution. The Mind Band involves fitting a “virtual” gastric band to reduce food intake just like the actual gastric band, however it goes one crucial step further. By resolving the underlying motivation behind overeating my clients gain permanent weight loss results.
Why the Mind Band has proved so successful (and why it differs from those who just offer to fit a virtual gastric band) is that it tackles the underlying reason why the individual is overweight. This is one of the main reasons why diets fail (that and starvation!) and why weight loss for many remains a short term thing.
As humans, we were designed to eat only when hungry and stop eating the moment we become physically full. If we did this there would be no issue with obesity in the UK today.
Unfortunately most of us no longer use food solely for nutritional purposes – that’s right – we now use food to change how we feel. We are ‘emotional’ eaters. Have you ever found yourself eating when bored, lonely, frustrated or sad and not when truly hungry? Yes? Then you are more than likely going to put on weight.
If you eat when emotionally hungry your body will never feel satisfied. Why? Because no amount of food is going to change the way you feel. Food will not relieve your boredom or make you feel happy, loved or worthy; however, you have created a believable illusion that food does make you feel better when realistically it leaves you feeling worse and eventually looking worse too!
Overeating is a symptom of some emotional issue and if you resolve the cause of the symptom (your overeating) then not only will you lose weight but you will keep it off too. So the main focus of any weight loss intervention should be locating the motivation behind your emotional overeating – something gastric band surgery does not do unfortunately, along with many other weight loss options available today.
With the help of analytical hypnotherapy you can locate and resolve the cause of your symptom (overeating) thus providing permanent weight loss results. Suggestion hypnotherapy can then be used to reprogram your mind and incorporate healthier, more positive eating habits and lifestyle changes into your everyday life, further ensuring long lasting results.
And the price of this successful, permanent and safe method of weight loss is a fraction of the price of undergoing risky gastric band surgery. So next time you’re thinking about going under the knife – seriously consider the safer options available to you. Hypnotherapy works – so let it work for you.
(When enquiring about Weight Loss Hypnosis or Gastric Band Hypnosis ask the hypnotherapist whether they resolve the underlying cause of your overeating – it could be difference between short term and long term weight loss success.)
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