Woman Hypnotized to Believe She Had Weight-Loss Surgery Loses 55 Pounds
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A British woman lost 55 pounds after she was hypnotized to believe that she had weight-loss surgery.
Marion Cornes, 35, said she believed surgeons had placed a gastric band on her stomach shrinking it to the size of a golf ball after paying $1,580 for five sessions with a hypnotherapist.
Cornes decided to have the procedure after her weight ballooned to 216 pounds.
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She was hypnotized and talked through every step of the surgery as if she was in an operating room.
She was asked to handle a model of a stomach and gastric band, while the smells and sounds of an operating room were introduced into her room.
"Bizarrely, I can remember every part of the "procedure" -- including being wheeled into (the OR), the clink of the surgeon’s knife and even the smell of the anesthetic," Cornes said.
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She said she now feels full if she tries to eat anything other than a small portion of food.
"I've tried every other diet and exercise plan the world has to offer," she said. "I've tried tablets, Weight Watchers, Atkins, Slimfast, milkshakes and even a personal trainer, but none of them helped me."
Cornes had the hypnotherapy last August in Spain. Afterwards, she started losing up to 3 pounds a week.
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