Do you know someone who snores?

Are you kept awake with this snorting and noise? Are you having to shove that person over through the night? or, are you listening from a distance and wishing they would deal with it? Are you embarrassed about having visitors in the house, or going away on holiday with your snorer?

stop snoring info

Well, I have news for you. The new stop snoring audio is now available at my website through this QR code here or this link

It is in both mp3 and CD. You suggest your snorer needs help, you tell them it is simple. They listen in bed, when they are ready to go to sleep, straight from an ipod or listening device of some kind. All they have to do is put the headphones in and listen. At the end they discard the headphones, roll over and go to sleep. Simple!  They are in bed anyway so it’s easy. They have nothing to lose except the sound, and much to gain with a happy, rested, household. You will get your sleep.

Snoring is caused by fatty tissue slightly obstructing the passage of air through the throat. This pleasant hypnotic audio works to tighten the muscles around that area, and also brings awareness of when snoring starts so they can turn themselves over and sleep quietly on. Listening details are included.

We know that snoring is more common in those carrying extra weight or after a night out drinking. However, in some cases the fatty tissue is so pronounced that the air is blocked and every so often the breathing stops. This is called sleep apnea and should be discussed straight away with your Doctor.

Weight loss – new audios coming

Well, this is week 5 of my new hypnosis weight loss audio trials – they are in mp3 format at present but will be available as both mp3 and CD when finalised. The feedback I am getting shows definite benefits, as I would expect. (It is not as if I haven’t seen hundreds of people of all shapes and sizes wanting to lose weight ranging from a few pounds to 9 and 10 stone)

I was going to feature these here on my blog weekly, to show progress, but hey, it takes some time to do this and when I am seeing loads of clients and spending all my spare weekends planning, recording and editing an audio for delivery every Tuesday, there isn’t really enough time.  So, I have decided to do quick short and sweet updates, such as this. Do you like my little picture here?  It is often so true.

Weight loss – getting it right

Last month I mentioned how our life is like a road, we have to get on the right one or we end up someplace else.

For the likes of people who are carrying excess fat, unless they are doing something about it, they are on the road to Fatter and to More Miserable which lead to Diabetes, Heart disease, and to Illness.

This seems a bit defeatist but it is proven to them daily by the way they eat in secret, eat too much, and always go on diets. “Oh, that one worked, I lost 5 stone”, I hear people say when they come. But they have put it all back on, so how did it work? There must have been something wrong.

There is one consolation about diets, people at least get a taste of how good it feels to have energy, and a waist, and wear off-the-shelf clothes. They loved it but why did it all go back on? Did they not kick their bad eating habits?  Did they not continue exercising? Weren’t they strong enough to withstand a blip?

I have been dealing with weight issues for some years now, completely naturally. Half a stone a month is great to keep it off permanently, so for 5 stone that may well be almost a year. It is the first 3 months that counts. Once you get in the zone and put things in perspective it all becomes second nature. Using hypnotherapy and EFT (emotional freedom technique) I start people thinking positively, we look at what they eat, when, and why. After a couple of consultations they say things like ‘I wasn’t even thinking about it and I left food on my plate’ or ‘It was bizzare, I only ate one!’

For weight loss you have to deal with the triggers that make you eat. Perhaps it is loneliness, difficult kids, the inability to cope, lack of confidence, a void, or something from the past that is hidden deep and the fat is protecting it so wont go away. These have to be dealt with. Diets don’t address these issues. And, it is no use thinking no one understands you. When people come I make it my business to.

Of course, to lose weight you need to have a positive attitude, awareness of what and how much is going in your mouth, and also some exercise to tone the muscles to take up the slack when the fat leaves. This is all part of my job.

If you are obese get a thorough medical check, and include thyroid, candida, and, in women, fibroids.  I am sure your doctor will think of other things too, and call me for a chat.

Some nice recent successes

I am delighted to see people coming in having made such delightful changes and periodically like to report on these. Maybe it will help someone else who is considering coming to see me.

Some people spend a lot of unnecessary time worrying. One such man came to see me because it was getting out of hand. He has been paranoid about his teenage son going out at night. So bad that the whole family is on edge. He couldn’t sleep and was even sitting in the car in the middle of the night just in case the boy rang and needed a lift home. He came into his third and last session with a big smile on his face. Not only is he more relaxed, rational, and trusting of the son but he had been in a work meeting that morning and comfortably put his point forward which he has never have done previously.

Just this week a man returned after a year. He’s a middle aged city businessman who had been consuming too much alcohol and had put on way too much weight. He had 2 sessions last April and I hadn’t heard back from him. He was looking really good having lost over a stone and a half. This was due to the cut back on the wine, and less pizzas. He was just coming back, as I often recommend, for a one session boost to keep him on track.

Teachers suffer lots of stress which can bring on IBS. Hypnotherapy is recognised as a good treatment for IBS. Since January, and over 5 sessions, I have been seeing a caring head teacher with little time to herself. Like all my clients she is getting a very personalised service and has recordings to listen to between sessions. I was delighted to hear this week that despite her increased work demands her stomach has settled down and she has had 2 weeks where she hasn’t been in pain or suffered the crippling IBS cramps she has had for years.  This is good news for us to build on.

Another lady this week was pleased to let me know her weight is leaving at long last. We have had about 3 sessions over 5 weeks.  She has stopped biting her nails and was thrilled to show me them growing. She has dropped off a pile of worrying about her grownup kids, and the scales are starting to show that what we are doing is all working. She was buzzing and it was so good to see.

And talking about buzzing I worked with EFT to help shift some tinnitus this week. It was quite bizarre the way it worked. While it was his very first session with me, and all new to him, I am hopeful we may be able to make more progress next time.

Everyone is different and so we fine tune it between us as we go.

The latest newsletter is now out

Well, if you signed up for my newsletter, or are a client of mine, you will have read all the things I have cooked up on becoming slimmer

• How to beat chocolate addiction – hypnosis does it in one session
• Alcohol and weight gain
• Candida and weight gain
• Binge eating and bulimia and hypnotherapy
• What to do with your gym membership
• How to believe you can lose weight
• Ways to lose weight with hypnotherapy
• A healthy lifestyle programme
• The Hypno-Band
• How audio recordings help embed the hypnotic work

Sign up on the website and I will send you a copy.  However, since you are here why not enjoy reading back over my blog. There are some worthwhile articles starting with one on the Hypno-Band right below.

Weight loss: Hypno-Band

The Hypno-Band is the revolutionary new weight loss system designed for those with a high Body Mass Index (BMI).  I am a licensed practitioner.

Having a Hypno-Band fitted means you have all the benefits of the surgical gastric band without the surgery and exhorbitant cost. You will eat smaller portions and feel full.

Over four, one hour, sessions you go through the process of having a gastric band fitted, only in your mind, and your mind becomes convinced your stomach is smaller and you need less food.  It is extremely relaxing and pleasurable, there are no side effects, it is perfectly safe.

To have a gastric band fitted surgically will cost between £4,000 and £6,000. The Hypno-Band costs £300 for the 4 sessions.  A slightly more affordable option!

Word pictures on weight

My favourate copywriter, Doug Jenner, from Best Words, has this to say.

‘Copy that works creates pictures in heads. People visualise what you’re on about. They can see it’

So here goes,  this is my word picture to you

The other night I saw a programme on TV about obese people.  One particular lady was so enormous (I think she was 33 stone) she actually allowed the TV cameras into her home to show how you can jeopardise your life if you let the calories take over and just eat and eat.   She was showing us how she lives and graffically saying please don’t ever get like this.

She has so many rolls of fat that the last huge stomach roll rested on the mid part of her upper legs. She could not walk, she could not sit properly, nor lie comfortably.

It showed her husband helping to shower her.  She was sitting and he was carefully lifting up every roll of fat to wash in the creases underneath.  She said they have to do this daily because it gets red, sore,  extremely smelly, and infected very quickly if they don’t.  They started under her great saggy boobs, then moved down lifting every heavy, white, revoltingly globby roll to wash under each. There were at least 5 different rolls of fat altogether.   It looked gross.

She was in tears as she told how she had not been able to see her grandchildren because she cannot travel.  Not only is it too difficult but she is very susceptable to infections and, also,  it would put too much strain on her vital organs.  She has already had frightening heart problems.

This woman was four times my size, one of me in her legs, one of me around her stomach, one of me around her chest and one of me in her arms and head!

I really admire her for letting everyone see her naked and hear her story. I also hope it inspires those heading towards obesity to stop and turn around.

Some stats on weight

Did you realise that more than 46% of men and 32% of women are overweight in England?  And, on top of that 17% men and 21% women are obese.  The majority of obese people are over 55.  Obesity has doubled since the mid 1980s. (2008 figures)

We are talking here of 28million men and 20 million women in England alone!

And what about the kids? Sadly there are around 1 in 4, 11 to 15 year olds, considered obese.

While you may not consider yourself  obese, or even overweight, the fact is you are probably one of more than 50% of the population that worries about your weight, is on some diet, and has self esteem issues associated with the way you look.

This is a huge issue world wide.  Our lifestyles and routines do influence our emotions. Our emotions influence the way we eat and perform.  We can spiral out of control so easily and it self perpetuates.

Not good!

Well, there’s plenty of work for all the people who sell products and help with weight loss.  But, finding something that works for you may involve years, even a lifetime, of trial and error, and certainly money.

Keep watching this blog as I unravel the mysteries of weight and show you how you can reduce yours, and feel 100%  better.