I'm going to look into hypnosis to see if that helps me lose some weight.  

Hypnosis might well help. I have read a few articles where people have said having hynosis has helped change their lifestyles and has helped with all sorts of things from stopping smoking to gambling and losing weight.
I think you should look into it further and see what your Health Insurers say. If you do, please do let us know how you get on. And good luck with it.

I feel like if you're concerned about money matters, perhaps you should be looking into other options instead of hypnosis, which also costs money. My aunt had it done and at least for her, it didn't work. Weight Watchers didn't even work for her. Not to say that hypnosis won't work for you, but I've heard that in general.. that it's just not a long-term plan (likewise with Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig and all of those programs out there are a good way to lose quickly, but not maintain your goal weight. I think you could go to the library, perhaps, and try to find some self-hypnosis (or even self-help) books/tapes/cds that you could rent for free and try those (there are plenty of weight-loss books out there, that's for sure..). And yes.. Losing weight of course takes a lot of self discipline. But you could always take it one step at a time; perhaps start drinking a lot of water and cutting out sodas? I've heard this has worked for a lot of people in jump-starting their diet. So far I'm on my 3rd day of my "no soda, lots of water" diet. .

Why is asking friends and family out of the question, by the way? These people are our support systems, why shut them out when we need help?

At any rate, good luck with your weight loss and good luck if you decide to do the hypnosis thing. Let us know how it goes, will you?

this can work very well to help people stop smoking so i would guess it would also helps with weight loss if all else has failed...good luck

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I have some of the same problems as you, I know how you feel! I have been trying hypnosis slong with a modest diet and it is amazing how much I am losing! Since December I have lost about 25 pounds! It is slowly working! The hypnosis actually does help me alot! I will definately recomend it to you because of my experience so far! Hope you try it out very soon because it will help alot!

Dear Blue
You are walking in dangerous waters. Are you willing to give your mind to be controlled by others? By and large, you will slowly lose control of your own physic. My best advice is to go to a bookshop and buy a good and reliable weight book recommended by your family doctor and written by a doctor also. I defer to recommend any as its against MyLot's policy. If you could tell me more of your problem, maybe I could assist you. Until then, wish you best of luck for your weight loss efforts. OK? Thanks! Bro. Joe.