The Missing Link to Successful Weight Loss (Book and hypnosis cd) [Paperback]

Annie McKenzie Ph.D. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2004

This book and audio CD package offers something refreshingly new to those desiring healthy weight management. Although this is not a diet book, it works well both as a powerful reinforcer of other weight loss programs or on its own. Explore how to use unconscious resources through specific body-mind communication, how to reduce stress hormones involved in weight gain, how to design a program that is right for you, how to simplify choices to support priorities, how to complement weight loss with sound, color and scent. The CD employs Ericksonian principles and sound technology to stimulate unconscious resources instrumental in supporting healthy weight loss goals.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Peaceful Pilgrim Press; 1ST edition (2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0975550403
• ISBN-13: 978-0975550403
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,048,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #47 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diets & Weight Loss > Hypnosis for Diets

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and a different approach to weightloss I highly recommend, November 3, 2005

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Mary Smith "Keep It Simple" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Missing Link to Successful Weight Loss (Book and hypnosis cd) (Paperback)

I've been listening to the CD every night before going to bed and find it extremely relaxing. There are different voices/messages playing out of each earphone, so it's best if you have a good set of stereo headphones. Sometimes I listen to the right, sometimes to the left, and at times I settle in the middle. But with no effort on my part, I have been eating less and desiring to exercise more. The messages are very powerful. For example, I recall a message that goes something like 'you remember to forget to buy snack foods at the grocery store'. And I could hardly believe it when my grocery cart was not loaded with goodies once I got to the checkout because I actually did 'remember to forget'. This type of phrasing must be what is most effective to the subconcious.

It's not a magic bullet. You have to start with a desire to change. Then as you listen on a regular basis as well as read the book, you will find yourself making the changes with ease. I've always believed we had an 'inner helper' which I relate to as my spirit self. I like the book's approach of tapping into this inner helper, and other aids such as balancing your belly chakra to assist in achieving a normal weight.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Missing Link to Successful and Permanent Weight Loss, November 17, 2004

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Sharon Sicily "Sharon" (Louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Missing Link to Successful Weight Loss (Book and hypnosis cd) (Paperback)

This book and CD was the best! It helped me get to the part my mind has played in my previously unsuccessful attempts at losing weight. The CD is extremely interesting...there is something different and effective with this CD that I have not experienced in a hypnosis CD before.

I would definitely recommend this product.

Sharon

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This really is "the missing link", April 28, 2005

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Jennifer "sui generis" (Detroit, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Missing Link to Successful Weight Loss (Book and hypnosis cd) (Paperback)

I have been a yo-yo dieter for my entire adult life. I've lost and gained the same 15 pounds many times over. Until now, I was never successful in sticking to an eating/exercise plan for more than a few days at a time. The sugar cravings would always catch up with me and I'd be right back where I started.

I thought it was time to try something new, so I took a chance on this CD. First I read the book, which was really quite helpful and thought provoking on its own. I loved the idea that we each have inside of us an "inner helper" who knows what is best for us.

I've listened to the CD almost every night before I go to bed for almost a month. I've been working out regularly and staying on a healthy food plan, and I've lost 8 pounds so far. I have no idea how the CD works on my mind, but it does. For whatever reason I have no desire to eat junk or large quantities of anything, and I actually look forward to exercising.

I'm not saying that this is magic and that listening to the CD will control your mind to stop you from lying on the couch and eating chips all day if you're not motivated to change - although it might. I went into this as a highly motivated person because I'm starting a big new job next month and I didn't want to take this extra weight with me. So, to use a cliche, I think you have to "want" to change. But still -I really believe that reading the book and listening to the CD has given me the boost I needed to make these good habits I'm cultivating into a lifestyle.

If you're open to this, I highly recommend it and think it's been more than worth the money. Thank you, Dr. Annie!