Thread: Weight loss/control by hypnotherapy.

Anyone doing any type of subliminal hypnotherapy for weight loss?.

I'm nearing the end of day 3 of Paul McKenna's I can make you thin hypnotherapy and finding it absolutely fantastic and Im feeling great!.

Although there does seem to be many threads about PM's hypnotherapy - none of them are on-going or recent. I've recently lost 5lbs after 2 weeks on the slimming world diet and have decided to change direction completely to hypnotherapy. Check out my 'Diary of a cuckoo' it's got the SW days and now the PM days. Hope there's people out there who are following hypnotherapy and would benefit from some support on here....I know I would!!
Lisa xx

Well done! I've an appointment with a hypnotist in a couple of weeks to help with my eating habits. Nervous, but excited too!

Hiya Jen

would love to be part of your journey!. Be excited because you're going to gain back control and food for once is no longer going to be your enemy and it will be eat to live instead of live to eat. I'm going to share my journey in here as well as in my diary...good times and the not so good (if there is any)...even if it means typing to myself xx

Here's my days so far on the Paul McKenna's I can make you thin hypnotherapy..

DAY 1

Breakfast - Nothing

Lunch - half a chicken wrap and 10 chips

Dinner - (eventually at 9pm) Ham sandwich



DAY 2

Breakfast - Nothing

Lunch - half a ham sandwich and 6 twiglets (and half a orange for a snack 2 hours later).

Dinner - 1 pork chop and half a green salad (did have 2 pork chops on my plate and a huge salad).p



DAY 3

Breakfast - nothing

Lunch - half a chicken burger (and a packet of cheese and onion crisps 3 hours later).

Dinner - half of a small portion of boiled rice, curry sauce and chips (the portion was a full adult one shared with my daughter and I ate half of a half portion).

Youre going to be ill if you keep on like that thats hardly anything, your calorie intake must be tiny. PMK plan isnt about starvation its about sensible choices. You need to eat more than you are

Gosh that seems like such a small amount, I don't think I would function on that ...! What kinda stuff were you eating before you started with Paul McKenna?

My hypnotist, I'm hoping to get better at dealing with emotional eating. At the moment, I react by stuffing my face with several bars of chocolate, or bacon sarnies and I want to gain control of that.

Whoa!...both Auburn and starlight!!!!!

I am eating regularly and healthy!!!...


starlight why do you assume Im going to make myself ill?!.... I am eating when I am hungry! And stopping when I feel full! ....what makes you assume I have not made sensible choices following the Paul McKenna hypnotherapy!....I AM NOT STARVING I AM VERY MUCH SATISFIED!!!!....you need to be more informed!... Before you make the stark judgements you have!....it actually equates to just under (by about 78) 2000 calories actually in consumption....you may be a moderator in here but you are no dietician!

Auburn I was following SW for 2 weeks before - got bloated every night and sluggish!....members of my family/friends have succeeded with PM losing in excess 5 stones (my friend) cholesterol and blood pressure back to normal...and they look fantastic thank you very muchly!!!.....

Gee calm down No need to get sarky! I wasn't having a pop, just curious to see how much Paul Mckenna had affected your actual dietary habits, if he'd stopped, say, urges to eat 3 takeaways and a box of chocs everynighy, or of your diet previously was relatively healthy, that's all.

If you are satisfied enough with what you're eating, that's good. But I doubt any of those 3 days above come in to anywhere near 2000 cals! (And before you get all defensive about me not knowing facts etc, I do have a dietician qualification...)

Glad to hear your friends and family have benefited from listening to him. The health benefits of their weightloss are great, well done to them!

Originally Posted by dacuckoo

Here's my days so far on the Paul McKenna's I can make you thin hypnotherapy..

DAY 1

Breakfast - Nothing

Lunch - half a chicken wrap and 10 chips

Dinner - (eventually at 9pm) Ham sandwich



DAY 2

Breakfast - Nothing

Lunch - half a ham sandwich and 6 twiglets (and half a orange for a snack 2 hours later).

Dinner - 1 pork chop and half a green salad (did have 2 pork chops on my plate and a huge salad).p



DAY 3

Breakfast - nothing

Lunch - half a chicken burger (and a packet of cheese and onion crisps 3 hours later).

Dinner - half of a small portion of boiled rice, curry sauce and chips (the portion was a full adult one shared with my daughter and I ate half of a half portion).

Originally Posted by Starlight

Youre going to be ill if you keep on like that thats hardly anything, your calorie intake must be tiny. PMK plan isnt about starvation its about sensible choices. You need to eat more than you are

Totally agree with you Starlight.We had this conversation with someone else on here beginning of year and after she disappeared from here she came back.Done exante or one of those lasted a week,started calorie counting then disappeared again.Now she is a few stone heavier then when we tried helping her.

dacuckoo that is not how listening to Paul McKenna works.And don't tell me I don't know as I have been there, done that.


You are eating at most 600 calories a day.

If you want your body to shut down then carry on but without your body getting the essential vitamins and calcium etc(and I don't mean pills)you won't be able to keep it up.
I've just seen a friend go through eating as little as you and she is no longer with us.Didn't matter what we told her she wouldn't listen and I don't think you will.

So good luck and I hope one day you will see there are healthier ways of losing weight and will do it properly.

Originally Posted by Auburn

Gosh that seems like such a small amount, I don't think I would function on that ...! What kinda stuff were you eating before you started with Paul McKenna?

My hypnotist, I'm hoping to get better at dealing with emotional eating. At the moment, I react by stuffing my face with several bars of chocolate, or bacon sarnies and I want to gain control of that.

Your seeing a proper hypno so you will be ok.They know what they are doing.

Originally Posted by gettingfit

Your seeing a proper hypno so you will be ok.They know what they are doing.

Thanks Gettingfit, looking forward to positive changes

Hmmmm...there seems a lot negativity and doubters around ... I started this thread for support and to offer support in return...

Let's dispel a few rumour mill myths here shall we..


Hypnotherapy is hypnotherapy whether that is through a self-help system or through weekly/monthly sessions visiting a clinical setting. Neither is deemed 'safer' than the other and with regards to one being classed as 'proper hypno' over the other the only difference between self help and receiving subliminal counselling is the person who is receiving the therapy because each person reacts differently to this alternative treatment.


Paul McKenna is a registered clinical hypnotherapist his self help series of books have so far helped me to quit smoking and also cured me of my insomnia, not too mention hundreds and thousands of others who had disabling phobias or habits.....yep he is a 'proper hypno'! ;D

My next door neighbour back in the place I used to live has lost 5 stones following this therapy listening to a CD everyday and reading chapters of a book everyday at home - but went to a clinical setting to receive hypnotherapy to help her quit smoking...I saw her last week and she's still smoking but no longer over weight.....so receiving hypnotherapy within a clinical setting directly from a licensed practitioner doesn't help it to work any better than listening to a voice on a CD through headphones laying on your bed in the peace and quiet....the aftercare is also the same, you either listen to the principles with an open mind or you stop listening.

I eat when I am hungry and stop as soon as I feel the slightest bit full. I eat what I like and enjoy it. If I feel hungry within the hour then I will eat!!!....some days I will probably eat more than others...the body is good at balancing itself out that way. So for the people thundering in here saying I'm making myself ill and questioning my calorific intake...there you go.

For the record I would never dictate to anyone else about their eating plan choices on here and I would neither be so negative in comparison or challenging. I am taking a positive step to change direction and take control of my eating habits. I am neither aiming to be a size 10 or expecting all my life issues to be answered once I drop a few dress sizes...if I can change my eating habits and have some portion control but only lose a stone then that to me is a success because I would of undone derogatory eating habits developed over 43 years that neither diets or pills couldn't

Im listening to my body with a little help from subliminal therapy...what works for me, might not necessarily work for you, some people are not very perceptive to subliminal subconscious therapy, others very much are, and I happen to be one of these people. So I am assuming what worked to help me quit smoking and cure my insomnia will also help me to start listening to my body, stop the downward spiral of following and failing on diets and lose weight safely and naturally at my body's own pace and not being dictated to by the dial on a weigh scale or daily points/syns/calories.

Anyway Im into my 4th day feeling very positive and happy with what I'm doing. I started this thread for people considering or doing hypnotherapy or subliminal counselling for weight control. I don't understand why anyone who is following other methods of weight control would want to come in here to discourage and be negative.

Food doesn't make you fat...diets do!

Originally Posted by gettingfit

Totally agree with you Starlight.We had this conversation with someone else on here beginning of year and after she disappeared from here she came back.Done exante or one of those lasted a week,started calorie counting then disappeared again.Now she is a few stone heavier then when we tried helping her.

dacuckoo that is not how listening to Paul McKenna works.And don't tell me I don't know as I have been there, done that.


You are eating at most 600 calories a day.

If you want your body to shut down then carry on but without your body getting the essential vitamins and calcium etc(and I don't mean pills)you won't be able to keep it up.
I've just seen a friend go through eating as little as you and she is no longer with us.Didn't matter what we told her she wouldn't listen and I don't think you will.

So good luck and I hope one day you will see there are healthier ways of losing weight and will do it properly.

I always thought to lose weight healthy, productively, properly and successfully you had to take in less calories and do more exercise....is that not what I am doing?!.
The body requires a certain amount of calories for it to work effectively and the metabolism to keep at its optimum level. For weight maintenance it's usually around 2000 calories for an average adult woman...but one day you could have just 500 calories but then the next day have 3,500 calories. The body balances itself out....but you know that right?.

...with regards to this hypnotherapy from what you have commented you obviously don't really get how the principles of this therapy works. So with all due respect GettingFit maybe you are just not perceptive to subliminal therapy, that's why it didn't work for you!...consider that first instead of damning it. Hundreds and thousands of people can't be all wrong and have eating disorders or be verging on death because they follow subliminal therapy!...your comment was very generalising.

Considering some of the diet plans I have read about on this forum where certain food groups are omitted on certain days or food is given points or people drink shakes and soups for months or follow very low calorie diets I feel you are very misinformed and are assuming I myself am also, when dictating about losing weight healthily and properly.

I would also appreciate it if you didn't judge me in comparison to your friend and her unfortunate eating disorder. You are extremely presumptuous, judgmental and patronising and you are very much assuming an awful lot about me from a few posts on a thread!.

Originally Posted by gettingfit

Totally agree with you Starlight.We had this conversation with someone else on here beginning of year and after she disappeared from here she came back.Done exante or one of those lasted a week,started calorie counting then disappeared again.Now she is a few stone heavier then when we tried helping her.

dacuckoo that is not how listening to Paul McKenna works.And don't tell me I don't know as I have been there, done that.


You are eating at most 600 calories a day.

If you want your body to shut down then carry on but without your body getting the essential vitamins and calcium etc(and I don't mean pills)you won't be able to keep it up.
I've just seen a friend go through eating as little as you and she is no longer with us.Didn't matter what we told her she wouldn't listen and I don't think you will.

So good luck and I hope one day you will see there are healthier ways of losing weight and will do it properly.

I always thought to lose weight healthy, productively, properly and successfully you had to take in less calories and do more exercise....is that not what I am doing?!.
The body requires a certain amount of calories for it to work effectively and the metabolism to keep at its optimum level. For weight maintenance it's usually around 2000 calories for an average adult woman...but one day you could have just 500 calories but then the next day have 3,500 calories. The body balances itself out....but you know that right?.

...with regards to this hypnotherapy from what you have commented you obviously don't really get how the principles of this therapy works. So with all due respect GettingFit maybe you are just not perceptive to subliminal therapy, that's why it didn't work for you!...consider that first instead of damning it. Hundreds and thousands of people can't be all wrong and have eating disorders or be verging on death because they follow subliminal therapy!...your comment was very generalising.

Considering some of the diet plans I have read about on this forum where certain food groups are omitted on certain days or food is given points or people drink shakes and soups for months or follow very low calorie diets I feel you are very misinformed and are assuming I myself am also, when dictating about losing weight healthily and properly.

I would also appreciate it if you didn't judge me in comparison to your friend and her unfortunate eating disorder. You are extremely presumptuous, judgmental and patronising and you are very much assuming an awful lot about me from a few posts on a thread!.

I wasn't intentionally negative or doubting, just curious..!