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Hypnosis, thanks to TV shows and the movies, the very word conjures up the picture of a evil-eyed hypnotherapist swinging a pendulum repeating, "You are getting sleepy."

Do an Internet search and you will find hundreds of thousands of web pages devoted to the topic. Unfortunately, many websites that sell hypnosis programs make crazy, unsubstantiated claims. I've been in this industry since 1978. So I think that I'm more than experienced enough to set the record straight on weight loss hypnosis.

First of all, hypnosis is a tool, just like a scalpel is a tool. Just as different surgeons have varying levels of skill in the use of a scalpel, different hypnotists have varying levels of skill in the use of hypnosis. And to complicate the matter, there are different types of hypnosis.

Here are just a few of the wild claims about weight loss hypnosis that I've read about on websites, along with the the real story:

"Hypnotism will speed up your metabolism." If you want a dose of reality, the fact is that hypnosis won't directly speed up your metabolism. But it can be very adequate at helping to re-program your subconscious mind with increased motivation to exercise. And that exercise can greatly speed up your metabolism. Similarly, hypnosis to speed up the metabolism for quick weight loss can be effected by programming the subconscious mind to motivate the intake of increased amounts of protein, because that intake will step up the metabolism.

"Hypnotism will make you lose weight." This is false. But hypnosis can be used to help case out your appetite, so that you eat less. And eating less can help you to lose weight. Your appetite and urges for food and compulsion to eat are caused by two unconscious programs:

A. When you combine eating with any other behavior, the other behavior will trigger cravings for food and a compulsion to eat. This is called a conditioned response. For example, if you eat when you talk on the phone, you will get an urge to eat every time you get on the telephone.

B. When you feel tense, you feel a compulsion to put something into your mouth for relaxation and pleasure. This is the result of programming that you received as a baby. When you got upset, your nanny put a bottle in your mouth. You got distracted, relaxed, and probably fell asleep. Now when you get cranky (anxious or tense), you feel compelled to put something into your mouth for relaxation and pleasure.

C. There is a third unconscious program that is present for some people. It's called emotional eating. Emotional eating takes place when someone is motivated to make him or herself fat, because by being fat they will protect themselves in some way. For example, if someone gets their heart broken in a relationship, their subconscious mind can usually motivate them into a behavior that can prevent them from getting their heart broken again. Example: They are motivated to get fat to keep them out of another relationship, because that will eliminate the possibility of another broken heart.

So just how can weight loss hypnosis fix the problems discussed above? Click here to read the rest of this weight loss hypnosis article.

I've written several articles on this complex topic that available on my website. These articles outline some powerful methods of using hypnotherapy for emotional compulsive eating.