Do an Internet search and you will find thousands of web pages devoted to the subject. Unfortunately, many websites that sell hypnosis tapes make crazy, unsubstantiated claims. I've been in the industry since 1978. So I think that I'm more than qualified to set the record straight on weight loss hypnosis.

First of all, hypnotism is a tool, just like a scalpel is a tool. Just as all surgeons have varying skill levels in the use of a scalpel, different hypnotherapists have varying skill levels in the use of hypnotism. And to complicate the matter, there are many different methods of hypnotism.

Listen to a couple of the silly assertions about weight loss hypnosis that I've read on websites, along with the facts of reality:

"Post-hypnotic suggestion will speed up your metabolism." The truth is that hypnotism will never directly speed up your metabolism. But it can be very compelling at helping to program your subconsious mind with increased motivation to exercise. And that exercise can dramatically increase your metabolism. Similarly, hypnotism to speed up the metabolism for quick weight loss can be effected by re-programming the subconsious mind to motivate the intake of increased amounts of protein, because that intake will step up the metabolism.

"Post-hypnotic suggestion will make you lose some weight." This is false. But hypnotism can be used to help dispose of your appetite, so that you eat less. And eating less can help you to lose some weight. Your appetite and cravings for food and compulsion to eat are triggered by two unconscious programs:

A. When you pair eating with any other behavior, the other behavior will trigger cravings for food and an overwhelming compulsion to eat. This is called a conditioned response. For example, if you eat as you talk on the phone, you will automatically get an urge to eat each time you talk on the phone.

B. When you feel stressed, you feel an urge to put something into your mouth for relaxation and pleasure. This is because of programming that you received as a baby. When you got difficult, your nanny put a bottle in your mouth. You got distracted, relaxed, and probably fell asleep. Now when you get cranky (anxious or tense), you feel compelled to put something into your mouth for relaxation and pleasure.

C. There is a third unconscious program that is present for some people. It's called emotional eating. Emotional eating takes place when someone is motivated to make him or herself fat, because by being fat they will protect themselves in some way. For example, if someone gets their heart broken in a relationship, their subconsious mind might motivate them into a behavior that can prevent them from getting their heart broken again. Example: They are motivated to get fat to keep them out of another relationship, because that will eliminate the possibility of another broken heart.

So just how can weight loss hypnosis eliminate the above mentioned problems? Click here to read the rest of this weight loss hypnosis article.

I have written several articles on this complex topic that available on my website. These articles outline some effective ways to use hypnotherapy for emotional compulsive eating.