MARINA CARROTT - My name is Marina Carrot. I live in Rosedale. Today I weigh 128lbs., exactly what I weighed on my wedding day 19 years ago.
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Although my weight loss - twenty pounds - may not be as dramatic as that of other Positive Changes Hypnosis clients, I am as thrilled with the results as if I had lost 200 pounds. In fact, if I had lived long enough before enrolling in the PCH program, I would have had to take off 200 pounds, because my weight was increasing with each passing year.
At first the gains were so gradual that I hardly noticed them - and became accustomed to five or ten extra pounds here and there - but when I put on eight pounds in a single year, and was approaching 150, I knew it was time to take action. I certainly wasn’t obese, but I was no longer slim and trim.
My dress size had increased from eight to twelve, and what’s worse, I looked shapeless and stout. I had every reason to expect that I would continue to gain weight, unless I made a deliberate effort to reverse the situation.
When I began my PCH program, I knew that I would lose weight, but I didn’t begin to anticipate how much weight I could loose and how easily. |
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Although I claimed to want to reduce to 135 pounds, I secretly would have been satisfied to see 140 again. Staff encouraged me to set my goal at my ideal weight and I’m glad that I did, because I achieved it. I never felt as if I was on a diet - a good thing because my hobby is cooking, and my second favorite thing to do is try out new restaurants - and never felt deprived. The only discipline required of me was to keep my PCH appointments - which I was glad to do, because I felt so good afterwards - and to listen to my recorded tapes.
Today I weight 128 pounds, exactly what I weighed on my wedding day 19 years ago. I never expected to be able to return to that weight, and had forgotten how much better I look and feel without the excess pounds. So if you think twenty pounds of overweight is too insignificant to worry about, here’s my advice: lift a twenty pound weight, and then, when you comprehend the magnitude of the unwelcome burden you’re carrying, call Positive Changes Hypnosis.
Because of my previous experiences with hypnosis, I came to Positive Changes Hypnosis with every expectation that it would be simple, safe and effective way to lose the extra pounds, which I had been gradually gaining since my fortieth birthday. At age 52, my height 5’5 and ½” and my weight approaching 150 pounds, I knew it was time to address the situation before I would be considered seriously overweight.
I have not been disappointed. In fact, I am thrilled! Because I love to cook, adore restaurants, and have rarely met a food I didn’t like, I had become a very uncommitted dieter. The effect of PCH has been to sharpen and strengthen my resolve to loose weight without being on any specific diet at all. I have already lost twelve pounds, with no sense of deprivation. In fact, I continue to eat all the foods I like - although some things don’t look quite as good to me any more - I simply eat less of them than I had been in the habit of doing. I walk regularly, have dusted off my stationery bicycle, and with the cold weather approaching, am looking forward to joining a health club.
I feel great when I get dressed in clothes that had become much too snug, and I’ve celebrated by buying a few new things in a size I haven’t work in years. In the place of a stout matron, a slender, active woman is reappearing. A few more pounds, and I may try to find work as a “mature” model.
I haven’t really tried to understand how or why hypnosis works, but I can identify some aspects of PCH, which have helped me to stick with the program. First and foremost, the upfront payment in full for all services, means that I can attend as many session as I need without considering the cost of whether I should spend the money on two pounds of really good chocolate.
Secondly, the location of the faculties, in a small free-standing building on a quiet street with plenty of parking, makes it easy and pleasant for me to work my way through a busy lobby and up a crowded elevator, and I don’t feel self-conscious about dressing informally (some of my new clothes are slim-fitting jeans, and I’m very fond of them).
Finally, all of the staff are not only professional, they are also very nice people, who obviously enjoy what they’re doing and share their clients pleasure in their successes.
I’m looking forward to achieving my weight loss goal, and remaining slender for years to come.
Marina Carrott |
