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When you walk into Arizona Family Hypnosis you're told that they are very successfull in weight loss. They even tell you that they have a 100% success rate with 3 lb a week as being typical. Don't know where the 100% success rate of 3 lb per week came from, but that's not my experience. 3 pounds represents about 12,000 calories. Either you reduce your intake by about 1700 a day (you're only supposed to consume 2,000 to 2,500 a day) or run/walk an extra 10 miles a day, or IT WON'T WORK!
What you're dealing with is paying $425 to be put into a relaxed state and have someone talk you through a visualization loosing weight. Problem is, she uses some of what she learns about you in the interview and incorporates the terms in the visualization exercise. The difficulty is that if what you do is more complicated than breathing she'll mangle her interpretation of your life, jarring you awake.
You're then given a CD with 3 1/2-hour "sessions" that you're supposed to listen to every chance you get; which is OK except I don't no of anyone how lives in such an isolated environment to get 1/2 hour to just totally loose themselves in the recording. By the way, the recording will have grammatical errors, so when listening be prepared to be jolted out of your "state of relaxation" periodically. Also, the recordings have a minute or so of advertising and disclaimers in the beginning.
So it's basically a faith-based system. If your sincere enough to starve yourself, then the slight nudge that Arizona Family Hypnosis gives you will send you over the edge. If you're not gullible it won't work. It's not a magic bullet. Save your money and just stop eating for a while. There will be successes, but blind pigs get an occasional acorn as well.
Oh, and the guarantee? There isn't one. After your 4 sessions you're shown the door. I was weighed once when I first started and she wasn't even interested in checking my weight when I was finished. She took my money and showed me the door. Trust me, I will not be on her records of success.
Let me reiterate; IT DOESN'T WORK!!!
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