Supersize vs Superskinny - Anna Richardson's Weight Loss with Hypnosis

You might have tuned in and watched the 'Supersive vs Superskinny' programme on Channel 4 last night.

Every week, charasmatic presenter Anna Richardson tries a new technique to lose weight.... and they chart her progress on the site.

She's tried 'lunchtime lipo', the celebrity fad-tastic 'baby food diet', diet pills and all sorts of things... This week she tried hypnosis... here's the details - check out the site and keep up with Anna's weight loss.

Extreme Diets & Regimes

Apple Diet | Deep abdominal massage | Lunchtime lipo | The baby food diet | Diet pills | Hypnosis

Hypnosis

A somewhat sceptical Anna Richardson decides to try out a different approach to weight loss this week – hypnosis. Can the power of the mind control those pangs of hunger or is it all, as Anna says, 'a load of old baloney'?

Before she tries it Anna has lunch with Catherine, a hypnosis success story who now only eats until she's full. After finishing Catherine's pasta as well as her own Anna is willing to give it a try.

Can Anna's brain be re-trained? Under the watchful eye of an expert Anna is hypnotised and in response to questions she talks about her childhood memories of having to eat everything on her plate whilst her hypnotist talks to her about no longer letting food control her life. Coming out from hypnosis Anna's feels like she's been asleep for years and actually quite enjoyed the sensation.

A day later she discovers she is content to eat small amounts and can even resist the lure of her favourite carbohydrates – 'what's happened to me' she asks, 'where has the old porker Richardson gone?'.

Anna decides to seek expert advice about whether or not hypnosis really works. She learns that there's not a lot of evidence that it does work but there are ideas why it might work. She hears about the idea of focused attention and reduced anxiety levels which may unlock early childhood memories and help isolate them and then deal with them.

She goes back for another session to top up her will power and find out how to create a different relationship with food that will last forever.

The result – Anna has lost 3lbs.

See Anna's weight loss chart so far >>

Lisa Butcher boosts her confidence with Cognitive Hypnotherapy

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Star of BBC's What Not To Wear, Lisa Butcher has a new monthly column in the Mail on Sunday. In it she reveals that she visited a Quest-trained Cognitive Hypnotherapist to boost her confidence in front of camera. In her words:

"When I started work on What Not To Wear at the BBC, the clothes I wore were important, but that was not enough to give me the confidence I needed. I discovered a solution in cognitive hypnotherapy/ neuro-linguistic programming with the Quest Institute. I went to two sessions and that was enough to build up my strengths and deal with my anxieties."

Good to know that word of Quest has reached the stars:)

A Gut Feeling - IBS & Hypnotherapy

As many as one in five people in Britain goes on to develop IBS, with symptoms including stomach pain, diarrhoea and constipation. Half the work done by gastroenterologists concerns IBS related symptoms.

New research claims that hypnotherapy has proven to be an effective long-term treatment for IBS and that almost three-quarters (71%) of patients responded well to hypnotherapy and most did not deteriorate over time.

More than 200 patients with IBS were monitored after undergoing gut-directed hypnotherapy, each recording their symptoms, quality of life and levels of anxiety and stress before and after treatment.

The research was carried out by a team at Withington Hospital in Manchester, where the UK's first NHS hypnotherapy unit has been established. They concluded that "the beneficial effects of hypnotherapy appear to last at least five years", making it "a viable therapeutic option" for treating IBS.

There was also improvement in quality of life and levels of anxiety and depression, although this decreased over time. However, patients said they took fewer drugs and did not need to see their doctors as often after having hypnotherapy.

Local Cognitive Hypnotherapist, Brenda Bentley has had excellent success in treating IBS with her clients. The reason that hypnotherapy is so successful is due to concentration of neuro-transmitters in the stomach and their link to the bodies stress response.

"Have you ever considered the terms 'comfort eating' or 'gut feeling' or why you get butterflies in your stomach?"

"The stomach has an independent network of over 100 billion neurons in the gut not only signals our bodies to stress but causes illness, including IBS." says Bentley.

In particular one client, who suffered from IBS for seven years and tried everything including eliminating common dietary irritants such as wheat and dairy.

Samantha Brown, 35, mother of one from Stratford upon Avon commented: "after years of suffering, my mood is enhanced, my energy levels have increased and my stomach is flat again. It's really improved the quality of my life."

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Note to Editor: Brenda Bentley is a new therapist practicing cognitive hypnotherapy at Octagon Therapy Centre -- a new therapy centre at 9 Guild Street, Stratford upon Avon CV37 6RE.
Birmingham: Harborne Complementary Health Clinic, 321 Harborne Lane, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 0NT

Contact: Brenda Bentley, 0794 880 1229

Brenda Bentley

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