More than 54 million Americans are currently on a diet, yet the prevalence of overweight and obesity continues to increase. If dieting worked, obesity should be decreasing or at least not increasing. It is true that many dieters succeed in taking weight off, but very few manage to keep the weight off over the long term.

Statistics suggest that about half of the adult population in the United States is overweight (body mass index [BMI = weight/height], and 16% are obese. It is not surprising that so many consumers are searching for the "magic pill" that will allow them to lose weight quickly and effortlessly.

Although the number of people dieting continues to increase, the rate of obesity also continues to increase. The latest solution is the high-protein (or, more accurately, high-fat), low-carbohydrate diet. People lose weight while following this diet, but there is no evidence that the weight lost is maintained over the long term. In addition, the diet eliminates whole categories of foods known to have health benefits—fruits, whole-grains, vegetables, and milk. Carbohydrates that are not burnt for energy by the body are taken up by the fat cells and stored as FAT.

No more "bouncing" with fad diets. I will confidentially monitor and analyze your current lifestyle and eating habits and then begin coaching you personally in all aspects of correct food choices and the benefits of exercise.

Perhaps one of the most helpful things I can do is to help individuals who struggle with their weight to "like themselves." I can help them make changes for a healthier lifestyle. By supporting and motivating my clients throughout their program clients are, for the first time in their lives, able to achieve permanent weight-loss.

As a team the Client and I can achieve these goals by using Multiphasic Motivational Programming (MMP). Multiphasic Motivational Programming may be defined as the inter-phasing, or combining, of various therapeutic modalities and personality inventory systems employed in a state of hypnosis to influence and enhance pertinent motivational factors and thus program a desired psychological and/or physiological response into an individual and, by implication, thus deprogram that individual of undesirable psychological and/or physiological patterns.

Weight loss clients are seen weekly in a program consisting of a pre-determined length. The number of sessions are contingent upon the amount of weight the client needs or wishes to lose. This can vary from a five to a twelve session program. I base the number of sessions for my weight loss program on the amount of weight the client wishes to lose. Here's my breakdown:

Up to 30 lbs. - five sessions

More than 30 but less than 50 - six sessions

More than 50 but less than 75 - eight sessions

More than 75 but less than 100 - ten sessions

More than 100 - twelve sessions

No two people are exactly alike. While the goals of therapy may remain the same, the approach must be individualized. Accordingly, after an initial Clinical Interview and consultation where the problem area is isolated the weight loss client is thoroughly tested for such factors as stress levels, relaxation profiles, neuro-linguistic learning channels, hemispheric brain dominance, hypnotic susceptibility as related to personality, appropriate overeating trigger cues, and carbohydrate sensitivity. This comprises the first session.

The results are analyzed and evaluated and then the suggestive therapy portion of the program is designed specifically for the individual client.