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Positive Changes weight loss centers

SeaMaiden — Thu, 19 May 2016 19:02:36 GMT

I see the ad on TV for this program all the time. I figured they were raking in the dough to run ads day and night continually. It runs about $1400 for three months of their program which is based on hypnosis. No food....just hypnosis. Seems pretty steep.

Anyone on this program? Can you share what you know and what you think about it?

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tansy — Thu, 19 May 2016 19:31:24 GMT

I figure if Positive Changes worked, the entire eastside would be slender. I did try hypnosis maybe 30 years ago for weight loss. It was a relaxing process but not a way for me to lose weight.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 19 May 2016 19:50:40 GMT

Hypnosis is an old, old gimmick for weight loss, smoking cessation, or to break any bad habit. Have you ever heard anyone you know say it works? I havent.

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scotnovel — Thu, 19 May 2016 19:58:03 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Hypnosis is an old, old gimmick for weight loss, smoking cessation, or to break any bad habit. Have you ever heard anyone you know say it works? I havent.

I know one person who stopped smoking and never started up again after hypnosis - no patches or anything like that. However, for most people I agree this is a gimmick and $1400 for 3 months seems like a rip off under any circumstances.

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RainyDayGal — Thu, 19 May 2016 20:30:18 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Hypnosis is an old, old gimmick for weight loss, smoking cessation, or to break any bad habit. Have you ever heard anyone you know say it works? I havent.

Both of my parents stopped smoking from hypnosis. My dad quit after the first session, my mom it took two sessions. But they never smoked again, and they had both smoked for years.

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151949 — Thu, 19 May 2016 21:05:52 GMT

I worked with a girl who lost 150 pounds after hypnosis. She went from a 4x to about a 12. Saved up and had plastic surgery and she was gorgeous - she was in her 50's and looked like she was 30. She was single and went a little crazy enjoying her new self, got HIV and passed away, however, she said she had a great time none the less.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 19 May 2016 21:08:32 GMT

I was a heavy smoker and just quit cold turkey using nothing, so I sure didn't need hypnosis. I did it just on a whim and never took another puff since 1985.

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ECBG — Sat, 21 May 2016 05:37:37 GMT

Hypnosis has a major flaw. You don't learn how to eat and how to prepare food. The methods that give you the food don't teach you how to survive after the program ends.

The only system that has remained year in and year out is Weight Watchers. It's an eating plan, not a diet.

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RainyDayGal — Thu, 19 May 2016 21:53:30 GMT

@ECBG wrote:
Hypnosis has a major flaw. You don't learn how to eat and how to prepare food. The methods that gice you the food don't teach you how to survive after the program ends.
The only system that has remained year in and year out is Weight Watchers. It's an eating plan, not a diet.

But WW has it's share of failures also. Sure people can lose weight, but just how many reach goal and keep it off for the rest of their lives? It would be interesting to see the satistics.

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MaggieMack — Thu, 19 May 2016 23:43:00 GMT

I tried hypnosis to quit smoking in, oh, 1977. I left the hypnotist's office and lit up. So much for that!

Would I spend the kind of money Positive Changes is asking for to lose weight? Not on your life.

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Mary Bailey — Thu, 19 May 2016 23:48:32 GMT

@scotnovel wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:
Hypnosis is an old, old gimmick for weight loss, smoking cessation, or to break any bad habit. Have you ever heard anyone you know say it works? I havent.
I know one person who stopped smoking and never started up again after hypnosis - no patches or anything like that. However, for most people I agree this is a gimmick and $1400 for 3 months seems like a rip off under any circumstances.

It worked for my Mom & smoking. It did not work for weight loss for me, Mom & sisters.

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NickNack — Thu, 19 May 2016 23:51:38 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
I was a heavy smoker and just quit cold turkey using nothing, so I sure didn't need hypnosis. I did it just on a whim and never took another puff since 1985.

I quit cold turkey in 1985, too. I had no intention of quitting until I woke up that morning, and I haven't smoked a cigarette since.

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Mary Bailey — Thu, 19 May 2016 23:54:54 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
I was a heavy smoker and just quit cold turkey using nothing, so I sure didn't need hypnosis. I did it just on a whim and never took another puff since 1985.

and this is how my Dad stopped smoking after my twin brother & sister were born. He figured with a wife and 4 children he needed to take better care of himself.

DH also quit cold turkey while we were dating.

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SeaMaiden — Thu, 19 May 2016 23:55:51 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
I was a heavy smoker and just quit cold turkey using nothing, so I sure didn't need hypnosis. I did it just on a whim and never took another puff since 1985.

@Kachina624 I quit cold turkey on May 16' 1990. I was also a heavy smoker. Never had one cigarette since. Best thing I ever did to save my life!