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                                                              Research on Weight Loss & Hypnosis

                                                              The difference between losing pounds permanently vs. temporary gains and losses exists between your ears. 95% of folk, regardless of the diet they choose end up gaining their weight back AND MORE!

                                                              Learn to think differently with hypnosis/NLP. Learn to identify triggers, let go of emotions that trigger your eating habits.  Let your gains are the result of real and permanent changes in the way you see the world.

                                                              Research on Hypnosis & Weight Loss

                                                              Hypnosis Over 30 Times as Effective for Weight Loss

                                                              Investigated the effects of hypnosis in weight loss for 60 females, at least 20% overweight. Treatment included group hypnosis with metaphors for ego- strengthening, decision making and motivation, ideomotor exploration in individual hypnosis, and group hypnosis with maintenance suggestions. Hypnosis was more effective than a control group 17lbs vs. 0.5 lbs on follow-up. Cochrane, Gordon; Friesen, J. (1986). Hypnotherapy in weight loss treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 54, 489-492.
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                                                              2 Years Later Hypnosis Subjects Continued To Lose Significant Weight

                                                              109 people completed a behavioral treatment for weight management either with or without the addition of hypnosis. At the end of the 9-week program, both interventions resulted in significant weight reduction. At 8-month and 2-year follow-ups, the hypnosis subjects were found to have continued to lose significant weight, while those in the behavioral-treatment-only group showed little further change. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1985)
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                                                              Hypnosis Subjects Lost More Weight Than 90% of Others and Kept it Off

                                                              Researchers analyzed 18 studies comparing a cognitive behavioral therapy, such as relaxation training, guided imagery, self monitoring or goal setting with the same therapy supplemented by hypnosis. Those who received the hypnosis lost more weight than 90 percent of the non hypnosis, and maintained the weight loss two years after treatment ended. University of Connecticut, Storrs Allison DB, Faith MS. Hypnosis as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for obesity: a meta-analytic reappraisal. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1996;64(3):513-516
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                                                              Hypnosis More Than Doubled Average Weight Loss

                                                              Study of the effect of adding hypnosis to cognitive- behavioral treatments for weight reduction, additional data were obtained from authors of 2 studies. Analyses indicated that the benefits of hypnosis increased substantially over time. Kirsch, Irving (1996). Hypnotic enhancement of cognitive-behavioral weight loss treatments--Another meta-reanalysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64 (3), 517-519.

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                                                              Hypnosis Showed Significantly Lower Post-Treatment Weights

                                                              Two studies compared overweight smoking and non-smoking adult women in an hypnosis-based, weight-loss program. Both achieved significant weight losses and decreases in Body Mass Index. Follow-up study replicated significant weight losses and declines in Body Mass Index. The overt aversion and hypnosis program yielded significantly lower post-treatment weights and a greater average number of pounds lost. Weight loss for women: studies of smokers and nonsmokers using hypnosis and multi-component treatments with and without overt aversion. - Johnson DL Psychology Reprints. 1997 Jun;80(3 Pt 1):931-3. 
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                                                              Hypnotherapy group with stress reduction achieved significantly more weight loss than the other two treatments.

                                                              Randomized, controlled, parallel study of two forms of hypnotherapy (directed at stress reduction or energy intake reduction), vs dietary advice alone in 60 obese patients with obstructive sleep apnoea on nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment. J Stradlinga, D Roberts, A Wilson and F Lovelock Chest Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, UK
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                                                              Hypnosis can more than double the effects of traditional weight loss approaches

                                                              ... An analysis of five weight loss studies reported in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical

                                                              Psychology in 1996 showed that the " ... weight loss reported in the five studies indicates that hypnosis can more than double the effects" of traditional weight loss approaches. University of Connecticut Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology in 1996 (Vol. 64, No. 3, pgs 517-519)
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                                                              Weight loss is greater where hypnosis is utilized

                                                              Research into cognitive-behavioral weight loss treatments established that weight loss is greater where hypnosis is utilized. It was also established that the benefits of hypnosis increase over time. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1996)

                                                              Showed Hypnosis As “An Effective Way To Lose Weight”

                                                              A study of 60 females who were at least 20% overweight and not involved in other treatment showed hypnosis is an effective way to lose weight. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1986) 

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