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To expect someone paid to help me lose weight not to be a porker?

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whomovedmychocolate · 03/05/2007 20:55

I decided to see a hypnotherapist to help me lose some of my baby weight.

Now don't get me wrong, hypnotherapy has worked for me in the past, including hypnoconception and self hypnosis. I'm studying NLP so I know a bit about it too.

So I booked in to see our local hypnotherapy at the alternative dangly crystals and lentil centre (it's not called that but you get the idea what they are like) and in walks the therapist.

He's at least five stone overweight and has a COMBOVER. I know this is hugely shallow, but I could not concentrate on someone giving me suggestions of how to lose weight without thinking 'clearly this doesn't work for you then'.
As well as 'oh FFS CUT YOUR FRICKING HAIR YOU LOOK RIDICULOUS'

As it happens I am pretty sure I can do this weight loss thing on my own now I've worked out that I have to think thin to be thin. (duh!) But would you advertise yourself as 'specialisms include weight control' when clearly you don't do practice what you preach?

Feel free to call me a shallow cow. But honestly, you don't go to the gym and hunt out the trainer eating the cakes do you (except maybe to nick one).

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Dior · 03/05/2007 21:21

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whomovedmychocolate · 03/05/2007 21:21

FFF2 - it's not the calories you burn on the machines, it's the effect on your metabolism. If you burn say 100 calories, you will actually burn 300 because of increased metabolic rate and because you become more muscular you look thinner.

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whomovedmychocolate · 03/05/2007 21:20

Dior, actually my DH still has an UNOPENED EASTER EGG in the house as well.

I was addicted to chocolate for years and years and then I read about all the insect legs in the bars and since then I just haven't fancied it.

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fireflyfairy2 · 03/05/2007 21:20

I was on the step machine at the gym tonight & as I looked at the calorie lost counter, through the sweat, I almost cried when I realised that a yoghurt has more calories than I had burned!

yogimum · 03/05/2007 21:18

i just find if I exercise I can eat what I want without gaining weight. I try to eat well 80% of the time then 20% of the time I can have what I want. Of course you have to eat healthy aswell to lose weight but you don't need to starve yourself.

Dior · 03/05/2007 21:17

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whomovedmychocolate · 03/05/2007 21:17

NLP link here

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whomovedmychocolate · 03/05/2007 21:16

Neurolinguistic programming.....

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whomovedmychocolate · 03/05/2007 21:15

Dior, if you run while breastfeeding you can have a Mars bar and a cappucino (bit hard to open the wrapper while nursing/running though).

Actually I don't really like chocolate so much since I had my DD.

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pointydog · 03/05/2007 21:15

what's NLP?

yogimum · 03/05/2007 21:14

Good for you! Running is great if you enjoy it and it will definitely burn those calories.

Dior · 03/05/2007 21:14

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whomovedmychocolate · 03/05/2007 21:13

Dior - it does, you just have to put the chocolate biscuits further away and walk to them... somewhere like Sweden

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whomovedmychocolate · 03/05/2007 21:12

Yogimum - yes I LOVE exercise. I've just started running again, three times a week so I'm already losing weight and I don't need a trainer because I'm already addicted to the endorphins. I was just throwing the whole kit and caboodle at it to make sure my efforts paid off!

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Dior · 03/05/2007 21:12

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whomovedmychocolate · 03/05/2007 21:11

Bran - but isn't it like counsellers, where you have to have therapy yourself to practice?

Ironically it seems to have sort of worked as well, I'm now determined to do it in spite of this experience.

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yogimum · 03/05/2007 21:10

have you tried a personal trainer? Exercise is really the key to losing weight. The majority will be in exceptional shape which hopefully will be the motivation you need.

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whomovedmychocolate · 03/05/2007 21:09

Dior - oh I agree. In fact I'd say that if you've got used to routinely eating too much (as I have) then you get hungry MORE OFTEN because your insulin receptors become overstimulated and needly like small sugar filled toddlers.

Paulaplumpbottom - actually it was the comb-over that did it for me in terms of bad first impressions.

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Dior · 03/05/2007 21:08

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bran · 03/05/2007 21:08

A friend of a friend is a hypnotherapist and apparently has a fabulous success rate with people who want to stop smoking. But she has never managed to give up smoking herself. I think hypnotists can't self-treat easily.

That said, if you feel that you don't like him then find another practitioner. I quite sceptical about hypnotism myself, but I definitely wouldn't feel comfortable about being hypnotised unless I really trusted and felt a connection with the therapist.

DANCESwithaFewExtraPounds · 03/05/2007 21:07

This thread title has made me and dh laugh.

paulaplumpbottom · 03/05/2007 21:07

But you didn't put that in your original post.Obviously that fat thing bothered you more.

Dior · 03/05/2007 21:06

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whomovedmychocolate · 03/05/2007 21:06

Dior - PMSL - he probably ate the last client!

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whomovedmychocolate · 03/05/2007 21:06

Dior - yes and shockingly it's your original goal weight. Mine was eight stone something in 1993. Umm think today that's a BMI of about 18 for me!!!!

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