SLIMMER AND HEALTHIER
  CREATING A SLIM, HEALTHY BODY FOR LIFE
 
 
   
   
 
  
 
  © Deborah Bromley 2025
 
 
 
  Weight loss injections are all the rage …
  Does that mean there is no longer a demand for 
  “no-jab” slimming methods like hypnotherapy?
  Well, yes and no. Ouch! I’m sitting on the fence 
  and it’s not very comfortable. But let me explain. 
  As an effective treatment for excess weight, 
  there’s no doubt that the jabs have it. They work.  I 
  did some research a while back for an article I 
  wrote in the NCH Hypnotherapy Journal and the 
  clinical trial results clearly show these injections 
  are extremely effective. From my article about 
  Ozempic/Wegovy:
  “The active ingredient, semaglutide, was first 
  studied in clinical trials as far back as 2008. 
  By 2012, researchers were testing the drug as 
  once weekly injections for diabetic patients. 
  In March 2021, a phase III trial took place 
  (randomised, double-blind) on 1,961 adults 
  with a BMI of 30 or more. The results were 
  impressive. The average weight reduction
  after 68 weeks was 14.9% of body weight for 
  those participants on the drug, compared
  with a 2.4% loss for those taking the placebo. 
  Both groups received diet and lifestyle 
  advice as part of the programme.”
  So trials from 2008; that provides a good number 
  of years of data in order for any health-related 
  side-effects to surface. And as more patients take 
  the drugs, the more reliable the safety data 
  becomes. There are known serious problems, 
  including a very rare risk of pancreatitis. The more 
  common side-effects are widely reported, and are 
  nausea, sickness, constipation and diahorrea, as 
  well as fatigue. These side-effects can be managed 
  by ensuring patients eat a well-balanced and 
  nutritionally complete diet, are taking the correct 
  (lowest) dose and only progress to a higher dose 
  when required to continue losing weight.
  There are costs, too. As I write, the cost of the next 
  generation drug, Mounjaro (tirzepatide), has risen 
  because the US (quite rightly) has instructed Eli 
  Lilly, the manufacturers, not to discount the drug 
  to foreign markets. There should be a level playing 
  field, cost-wise, for all those patients who wish to 
  take the drug for weight loss. Let me be clear: if 
  the skinny-jabs work for you and you can afford it 
  and you can obtain the drug because you fulfil the 
  medical criteria, then go for it. Tough out the side-
  effects, give it your best shot, don’t cheat by 
  missing doses then gorging yourself and keep 
  going until you have reached your ideal weight. 
  Oh, and eat well and keep exercising! It’s been 
  reported that patients can lose considerable 
  amounts of muscle as well as fat. That gym 
  membership you have never used should be 
  dusted off and put to good use.
  What happens if you can’t take these drugs or you 
  can’t afford it? Or you have a needle phobia? Or 
  you don’t meet the medical criteria? Or the side 
  effects are too off-putting?
  Well, there’s always HYPNOTHERAPY! And 
  hypnotherapy is fabulous at having the exact 
  same effect on your mind and body as these 
  skinny jabs. And, what is more important, there 
  are no horrible side-effects. None at all! And the 
  benefits of hypnotherapy are not limited to weight 
  loss. You will enjoy increased confidence, better 
  relaxation (less stress and anxiety) better sleep, 
  more control over your thoughts and feelings and 
  a clearer sense of who you are and how you want 
  to live your life. Yes, hypnotherapy can do this! 
  Within my 12-track weight loss programme are the 
  mind-instructions to achieve all of the above and 
  more …
  Back to the weight loss. When you use 
  hypnotherapy to lose weight, one of the first 
  things you’ll notice is the “food noise” disappears. I 
  mention this new buzz word because articles 
  (those pesky celebs again who want to tell you all 
  about it) state that this is what jab-users notice. 
  No “food noise”. Well, I was there talking about 
  this before it was even called food noise. And 
  within my programme is the powerful suggestion 
  for you to “forget about food, you simply forget 
  about food”. Food amnesia. Hypnosis is very good 
  at inducing amnesia. It’s one of the hypnotic 
  phenomena, and happens readily in a hypnotic 
  trance. I knew I had to address food amnesia as a 
  priority because, in my many decades of dieting, 
  there was one thing I knew for sure. The moment 
  you go on a diet, you simply cannot stop thinking 
  about food. “What can I eat now? What can I eat 
  next? How many calories have I had so far? Is that 
  sandwich low fat? If I have one square of 
  chocolate, can I resist the whole bar? Does an 
  apple cancel out a bag of crisps?” And so on and 
  so on. Being able to forget about food (except at 
  meal times) is the single most useful aid to losing 
  weight with hypnotherapy. As I state in the 
  hypnotherapy tracks, “the time in between meals 
  becomes your favourite time when you can enjoy 
  your life, do the things you love” … and various 
  other positive suggestions. 
  So … if you think the only way to deal with “food 
  noise” is to spend the money and get the skinny 
  jabs, then you might want to think again!
  That’s all for now, but more on this subject coming 
  soon.
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