Customer Reviews

Self-Talk for Weight Loss: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, and Never Diet Again

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I read the other reviews about Dr. Helmstetter's book, and am surprised about the narrow-mindedness of the reviewers. I had the good fortune to hear Dr. Helmstetter speak at a convention and was very impressed. He made it clear that since the day we were born, we have been creating pathways in our brains by our self talk. The older we get the more ingrained these pathways get. The only way to change these pathways is to feed our brains, on a consistant basis, new, positive, self-talk. The reason you need to hear these messages in someone else's voice on a tape, is because your current negative pathways are so ingrained by listening to YOUR OWN VOICE, that it is more effective to listen to someone else's voice in order to change them. That is why Altzheimer's patients lose certain parts of their memories, they are not supplying information to that part of the brain anymore, so it deteriorates. If you supply your brain with new, positive information on a consistant basis, then the old pathways you have developed regarding overeating, etc. die out and the new ones become stronger.

This applies to so many areas of our lives, not just in overeating. It relates to self-image, confidence, desire, and much more. Give this book a chance and it will change your life!!

Not affiliated with Dr. Helmstetter in any way

I just "devoured" this book and believe, if a person is willing to apply the concepts, one will lose weight. Teaching many of these concepts for years (I was a high school teacher, and currently am a college psychology instructor), I was thrilled to see an author synergistically connect them. This synergy leads to powerful results if the concepts are used properly. I have just started incorporating suggested techniques in my life (5/15/01), and am already seeing positive outcomes. I will be including selected information in my psychology classes. The 800 phone numbers listed in the book are no longer valid. Tapes may be obtained by accessing Dr. Helmstetter's website at http://www.shadhelmstetter.com. I am not connected in any way with Dr. Helmstetter -- I only included this information as I was frustrated in not being able to locate the tapes by phone and wished to share my discovery. They are $89.00 + shipping & handling.

It was indicated that the book, Positive Self-Talk for Children by Douglas Bloch, gives direction on creating your own self-talk tapes. I've ordered that book through Amazon.com and will review before I purchase Helmstetter's tapes.

Helmstetter's (along with Bob Schwartz) book provides excellent information, though somewhat verbose, in an easily read format. Read it, apply it, and lose unwanted pounds!

This book will work if you allow it to. You must listen to what the author has to say on the pages. Don't let the other reviews discourage you. If you have been dealing with a weight problem I am sure you have tried many ways to loose the weight, and possibly alot of money in the process, I know I have. Come on people, this book is only a few bucks! And I say that it is worth its "weight" in gold, pun intended!

I have worked as a therapist for thirty years with many credits to my work including total relief from anorexia and other so called incurables for my clients. This book in the proper hands is of the highest value.

I believe Self-Talk works (I have used it with success from time to time); but I definately have a problem with Helmstetter's credibility... After enthusiastically devouring THIS book, I went on to "collect" and read Dr. Helmstetter's previous books on self-talk. Imagine my dismay at learning that the original published version of how "in ten and one-half weeks" he personally "lost fifty-eight pounds shaving and listening to (his) cassettes" makes no mention of professionally prepared tapes (as touted in THIS book)! Indeed he specifically states that he simply took all the affirmations he had written on cards, stacked them up, and read them into a tape recorder!!! Yes, I understand new research MAY HAVE actually revealed professional tapes are optimal, but after reading the original account and then comparing it to this latest, totally different account where he "first tried recording the Self-Talk (him)self, in (his) own voice, but eventually... took all of the Self-Talk to a professional recording studio and told the engineer (he) wanted to have it all recorded in a professional voice--not (his) own," so that when he "finally got the professionally recorded tapes and set a day to begin," he could spend ten and a half weeks losing "fifty-eight pounds--shaving--and listening to Self-Talk on tapes!"... Give me a break!!! He has blatantly twisted his story in a shameless attempt to benefit from the sales of his mass-produced cassettes!!! If I listened to his tapes now, I would pile on more pounds out of sheer rebellion!!! One can easily obtain the information they need to learn about self-talk technique and scripting from Douglas Bloch's "Positive Self-Talk for Children." Bloch's book also benefits from a succinctness that Helmstetter's lacks (was he being paid by the word?). It's too bad that such valuable information has been twisted, tainted, and diluted!

I've only recently read the book but the information is astounding. It really sounds so simple, though making changes will take time. That's another reason for my email. Has anyone been able to locate the audio tapes he references in the book? I cannot find them and am very interested in purchasing them. Thanks for any assistance anyone is able to offer.

This is a wonderful book! Self-Talk is the way to go! It is totally unnecessary to go into a "trance" in hypnotism. All you need is to listen to the repetition of the words that help you to change your thinking by replacing it with productive, repetitive affirmations, and words where you choose to do what is necessary to lose weight. Unfortunately I have not been able to find the tapes the author is speaking about, so I am making my own, based on the scripts he has laid out in the book. This is excellent!

I bought this book because I thought it would be another wonderful book by Dr. Bob Schwartz and an associate. However, after first saying that he agreed with Dr. Bob, this author went off on another tangent completely. He talks about a series of sentences that one can repeat to one's self daily, either by writing them, reading them or on tape. However, he says that taping them yourself is not recommended and that the most effective way is to buy his tapes. He continues to discuss his tapes throughout the second half of the book. Come on, this won't work unless we spend more money? I don't think so. A waste of money on the book was enough.