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.

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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.