Apart from liposuction, there is only one way to shed fat from the body and that is by having your body use more units of energy (calories) than you put into it in any one day. It really is as simple as that. So why do so may people have a problem in shedding those pounds? In fact, why do they put them on in the first place? The answer is both simply yet complex at the same time.

The Simply Answer: Regardless of the different psychological and therapeutic models of how we function, they all understand and agree that we are all born, programmed to latch onto a nipple and suckle at the breast in order to survive. This action is hard wired within all of us, allowing us to gain nourishment, warmth security, love and nurturing, all from one action. We are programmed the gain all of this simply by putting something into our mouths. As we grow older that nipple is replaced by a thumb. Later still by the lollypop and even later by maybe a cigarette. In-between all these stages we put food and drink into our mouths, both to nourish us and also make us feel good. Expand this to smoking, drinking, nail biting and emotional eating and you should start to see the bigger psychological picture.

The Complex Answer: You may ask the question; why don't we just grow out of it? Well you can't because it's hard wired within us. It's a natural function of the human organism. We need instead to look at what causes us to over eat. We need to look at what's happening in our lives, our careers, relationships, personal finances, feelings of self-worth etc. These are all stressors that add up to creating a state of internal anxiety that triggers the emotional state to gain oral satisfaction (putting something in your mouth to make you feel better). Be it nail biting, smoking, drinking or in the case of this page, over eating.

Hypnotherapy Can Help
Hypnotherapy can help in one of two ways. Depending on what your personal circumstances a recommendation of either the three session, weight control programme or Analytical Hypnotherapy would be given. This would depend entirely on what emotional influences and motivations are present.