Years ago (roughly 150), I went with a friend to a group hypnosis for weight loss. I thought it was cool but it didn't really work as 150 years later, I went for WLS, but I digress. I think there may have been a 'cassette' that you would listen to at home and I probably let that go by the wayside.
Anyway (or anywayS as they say in this area), one of the things that stuck out in my mind (lol) was the speaker saying: what if I could promise you that in one year you would be 52 pounds lighter (i.e one lb per week)? And not just get there and gain it all back? 52 pounds gone for good. Would you be satisfied? Of course, all of us were in a hypnotic state nodding our head yes /nod.
That's my goal for WLS. I'm well on my way to being at 52 lbs gone within the year of WLS (oh great, now I've jinked it) but I'm here for the long haul. If it takes one year, two years, however long ... I want this weight gone forever.
I was hypnotized for weight loss too. The guy put a suggestion in my head that every time I ate an unhealthy food it would remind me of cold chicken fat. I developed quite a taste for cold chicken fat, LOL!
ReplyDeleteLOL @ Tessie! I find myself wanting more, more , more when it comes to getting the weight off. I hope to achieve a 52 pound loss but I want even more than that... ugh!
ReplyDeletebahhhhhaaa Tessie!!!
ReplyDeleteI think that is a great goal!!
This is a great goal! I'm a "slow" loser in that I averaged about 1.2 lbs a week my first year but seriously...that's 50 lbs I wouldn't have taken off a year before!
ReplyDeleteThis is my goal as well. I'm averaging 1 pound per week and get depressed about it sometimes but it is what it is.
ReplyDeleteI think you're going to lose 52 and more! You've been banded almost 3 months and have lost almost 40 right? :) You're doing great!
ReplyDeleteYou will do do 52 and more. I'm so excited for you. You are going to kick butt. I'm cheering for you.
ReplyDeleteI started thinking about the same thing yesterday. Why do we have to lose all of our weight in the blink of an eye? Good for you!
ReplyDeleteYou will hit 52 pound. Look how much you have already lost.
ReplyDeleteI did the hypnosis thing too; it didn't help. Obviously. But I did basically learn how to meditate through the experience. I saw a shrink one-on-one a few times for mine instead of group thing and he had a tape too that you were to listen to while you 'put yourself under'.
Well, if hypnosis worked, I coulda saved myself $12K. LMAO. Never tried it but I do have a lot of relaxation apps on my iphone...that's as close as I get. Hypnosis gives me the heepy jeebies (sp?).
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