Helping women re-ignite their thinner sparkle with virtual gastric band hypnotherapy
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Helping women re-ignite their thinner sparkle with virtual gastric band hypnotherapy
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Virtual Gastric Band What You Need To Know (But Were Afraid To Ask!)
There’s a good chance you’ve come across one of the many inspiring Virtual Gastric
Band Hypnosis weight loss stories in the media.
Perhaps a friend has a new bounce in her step having dropped several dress sizes.
Maybe a colleague is enjoying the relief of being medication-free.
These stories of weight loss joy might have got you wondering, “Hmmm, is virtual
gastric band hypnosis right for me?”
It's a valid question.
If you're tired of food ruling your day....or frustrated by the steadily expanding size of
your waist and want to have confidence and control around food, the VGB might just
be a safe, cost-effective solution for you.
In this five-minute read, I aim to debunk the seven biggest myths about the VGB so
you can start to get clear as to whether it's something that you can benefit from.
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What kind of "crazy diet" is this virtual gastric band?
Just so we’re clear, the virtual gastric band isn't a diet. (We all know how miserable,
frustrating and exhausting they are—arrgh!)
The VGB is a lifestyle change.
Here's the thing: all of us—including you—are born listening to our tummies.
It's in our DNA.
Unfortunately, a multi-billion dollar food industry has made food ridiculously
addictive, mainstream media is feeding us with images of unrealistic
perfection, and past baggage disconnects us from our body's instinctual
intelligence.
It's heartbreaking.
But this 'conditioning' is reversible with the VGB. It helps you reconnect with
your body and all her instinctual intelligence.
And, because it’s not a diet, you won’t feel deprived, miserable or hungry. (Or, any of
the other issues that cause diets to fail).
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Isn't the VGB only for the morbidly obese?
When I first trained in clinical hypnotherapy 10 years ago, my assumption was I'd
mostly be working with larger lasses — because gastric surgery was developed for
the morbidly obese.
But the virtual gastric band is effective if you're a larger lass or if you’re only several
dress sizes heavier than you want to be and you want more control around food.
Curiously, many of the women who've enjoyed the VGB programme were slim and
could fit their skinny jeans, but they'd had enough of the uncontrollable sugar cravings
or embarrassed by the secret food binges ruling their lives.
So you can see that it's helpful for anyone who's looking to improve their health or how
they feel about themselves by making peace with food.
In a nutshell, the VGB is ideal if you’d like to lose weight and either don’t want—or
don’t qualify for—physical surgery.
(Maybe you’re already struggling with weight-related health issues or, you know that
if you don’t change your eating habits, you soon will be).
Or, if you're one of the many women who're finding that dieting and exercise alone just
isn't enough to keep the weight off.
The VGB provides the positive benefits of surgery, with comparable results, and none
of the risks.
The VGB helps reset much of the craziness we've learned to feel about food
and our bodies.
Perhaps you're starting to recognise that if you could untangle your weight
challenge alone, you’d have done so by now?
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Will I actually believe I've got a silicone band in my
stomach?
Having worked with hundreds of women now — this is
a super interesting question!
Some clients do report a feeling of tightness in their
tummy. Others report zero change in how their tummy
feels.
And there's no wrong or right because...
...it's an operation of the mind.
The VGB uses the power of hypnosis, and a bunch of
other mindset techniques, to convince your
unconscious mind that a silicone band has been fitted
around the top part of your stomach.
Even though you know in your logical conscious
mind, there's no band!!
But because your powerful unconscious mind
believes your stomach has a smaller capacity, you
start to feel satisfied with smaller amounts of food, and
you feel fuller for longer.
You see, it isn't about having a band in your stomach.
It's about your head.
And when your head is the right place, the number on
the scale takes care of itself.
Clients say things like:
– I used to obsess about food, but I don’t even think about food now unless I’m hungry
– I’m enjoying craving healthier foods
– The ‘new me’ eats to live, the ‘old me’ lived to eat
Since the changes occur in your unconscious mind, the procedure rewires your relationship
with food, and overeating, cravings and bingeing cease.
The VGB is often
described like this
I prefer to think
about it like this
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Is hypnosis some kind of mystical mumbo-jumbo
magic?
It's fair to say that there's a lot of misinformation out there about hypnotherapy!
Mostly the misconceptions that surround hypnotherapy stem from people’s ideas
about stage hypnotism.
It can seem like magic when you start dropping several dress sizes without
dieting or sweating your you-know-what off.
But VGB hypnotherapy is clinically-proven science.
You’re probably already aware that your mind works on two levels – the conscious
and the unconscious.
Perhaps you've had the experience of knowing logically that you need to change
something, like reducing your sugar intake or drinking more water, but you just can’t
quite make yourself do it?
It’s like your conscious and unconscious are in a tug of war.
Fortunately, in the state of hypnosis, we’re communicating directly with the
unconscious mind, resulting in both minds pulling in the same direction, is why
hypnosis is such an effective method for quickly and easily changing lifelong habits.
Hypnosis an excellent method to address some of the underlying causes
for weight gain.
Helping women re-ignite their thinner sparkle with virtual gastric band hypnotherapy
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Will hypnosis make me reveal deep secrets or do
embarrassing things against my will?
You'd be amazed how often I'm asked this!
Many women are nervous about the idea of ‘mind-control’.
It’s a myth propagated by stage hypnotists, who like to push the rather silly (but funny)
idea that they have complete power over the participant.
What we see in the movies is pure and utter fantasy too.
Contrary to popular belief, your mind has natural defences against
harmful suggestions and will always protect itself. If you choose to participate in my
VGB programme, you’ll remain in control at all times.
Hypnosis is not a method of me magically controlling your mind.
Instead, it’s a way of you learning to have more control of your own.
No hypnotherapist can make you do anything that goes against your fundamental
value system because your unconscious has natural defences built in which will
automatically reject any suggestions it deems harmful. The unconscious mind is clever
like that.
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Can I get stuck in hypnosis?
Haha, nope.
You’re in control, and you cannot get stuck in that wonderfully relaxing state
(unfortunately!) Getting ‘stuck’ in hypnosis is another myth propagated by Hollywood.
I'm still not sure I believe in hypnosis. Will I get results?
Many people are sceptical initially – I know I was.
As long as you’re open-minded enough to listen, be open and give it the opportunity
to work its wonders.
Clients are always pleasantly surprised at how wonderful it feels, and how effective it
is.
"My hesitation was that I didn't really understand how it could
work. Maybe it was just another thing that wouldn't work - the way diets
don't work. I was very sceptical and embarrassed to be trying something
a bit out there.
But the change in me has been huge. I'm 11kgs down. Hypnosis has
stopped the sugar and salt cravings, the eating of food for the sake of it.
It's not like before when it was an effort not to eat that chocolate - I just
don't want it. I wouldn't believe it if someone told me.
It's basically just doing what we all know is right - eat healthy foods, watch
the quantity, exercise more, drink water, but this gave me the ability to do
what I always knew."
So there you go, gorgeous! I hope you've found it helpful.
I hope you're starting to see how virtual gastric band hypnosis might just be the way
of reconnecting with your body's instinctual intelligence so you can be your happy
shape and size and live the joyful life you truly crave ((just like Ms Sceptical ^^^ did!)
Why not reset your eating habits with the programme that's receiving a tremendous
amount of media attention worldwide?
Helping women re-ignite their thinner sparkle with virtual gastric band hypnotherapy
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Love etc, Avril
PS: If becoming your happy shape and size is something that you want to create
with my full attention and support, I currently have limited openings for one to
one hypnotherapy clients. You can learn more here.
Alternatively, if you're tired of the same old same old and you're ready to make
peace with food from the comfort of your home, Lighten Up might be for you.
Hi, I’m Avril, nice to meet you.
I’m a dog lover, a weight loss hypnotherapist
and in the nicest sense of the word — I’ve
been around the block when it comes to my
own food struggle.
I specialise in virtual gastric band
hypnotherapy to help women to re-ignite
their thinner sparkle.
I've worked with hundreds of beautiful
women from around the world so they can
have confidence and control around food
and be their happy shape and size for life—
without calorie-counting or sweating their
you-know-what-off at the gym.
I believe ALL women deserve to make peace
with food and live the joyful life they truly
crave.