Look Into My Eyes…Now Put Those French Fries Down!

lilyallenwenn_468×563.jpgWhen you think about hypnotism, images such as a creepy old guy dangling a gold watch in front of some unsuspecting stranger and making him do crazy stuff like backflips and squawking like a chicken tend to float towards the front of your mind (or if you’re as obsessed with Harry Potter as I am, the Imperius Curse that Moody cast on that poor spider).

But can it help you lose weight?

Hypno-dieting, a new trend that just emerged in the U.S., has been popularized by its celebrity following, including former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell and British model Sophie Dahl. Recently, Lily Allen made headlines when she too endorsed this new type of fad diet, claiming that after several sessions she felt more inclined to choose healthy, low-fat meals rather than junk food. All of which made her lose 2 dress sizes! It’s also helped her give up her beloved bottle of booze, a feat in itself (of which many of my dormmates might take note).

Personally, I think all of this is just hyped-up mumbo-jumbo. I do realize that a healthy approach towards food is a key aspect of living a healthy life, and that counseling could help you get there, but a hypnotist? That seems a little extreme. This reminds me of other weird diets that have gone in and out of fashion, like the Breatharian Diet (yes, a diet based on living off of air- so chock full of nutrients, I suppose) or the diet that Emily from The Devil Wears Prada is on, which she describes as:

“I’m on this new diet where I don’t eat anything until I feel like I’m about to pass out, then I eat a cube of cheese.”

Ok, so it’s not as crazy as that, but giving someone else control over your mind so they can order you to eat healthier? And for 300 euro/hr? Now, that just makes me laugh.

Have you ever gone on a strange diet like the hypno-diet? And I’m curious, did it work?

3 Comments on "Look Into My Eyes…Now Put Those French Fries Down!"

  1. Jasmine says:
    Wed, 14th Jan 200912:13 pm 

    I’ve never done it but I wouldn’t totally rule it out. My brother used to suffer from PTSD because when he was 8, he and my cousins were tied and held ad gunpoint in a robbery in my cousin’s house. After that, he used to have panic attacks all the time and couldn’t sleep, up until he was 13. Then my mom took him to a psychologist who hypnotized him and it all stopped after a few sessions. Crazy, I know!

  2. Laura says:
    Wed, 14th Jan 20094:03 pm 

    Hypnosis is mostly showy stuff that is not real, or an illusion.

    However, it is proven to help people with things like weight control, PTSD, and memory recollection.

    It isn’t all mumbo jumbo.

  3. Jacks says:
    Sat, 17th Jan 20094:34 pm 

    Hypnotism only works if you want it to work. So if you went into a hypnotherapist’s office with this attitude, then it would be a complete failure. Haven’t you ever been to a comedy hypo-show? Some people on stage won’t be hypnotized because they refuse to allow themselves to let go, and other people will get really, really into it.

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