October 2, 2008
Bucyrus man's clients think thin...
By Kimberly Gasuras
Telegraph-Forum staff
BUCYRUS -- OHIO
Dori Bishop had tried everything to lose weight. "I just knew it was time to do something and I had tried everything and nothing worked. Then, I saw Matt's flier and thought I would give it a shot," Bishop said.
Bishop has dropped 87 pounds since June 16, 2007, after attending one of Matt Dawson's new home party weight loss sessions.
"I was hypnotized and then followed Matt's program. I did the weight loss session along with the stress at the same time. I felt a difference immediately," Bishop said.
Bishop thinks the session got her in the right frame of mind to drop the unwanted pounds.
"The program becomes automatic after a while and is a lifestyle change that you can live with and do forever. There is no counting calories or doing some fad diet that you can't keep doing. The CDs helped tremendously with relaxation and staying on track," Bishop said.
The program, Lifestyle Weight Management Hypnosis, was started by Dawson, a professional hypnotist who lives in Bucyrus, after he needed to lose weight.
"This program was created when I wanted to lose 40 pounds. I'm not one to enjoy exercising of any kind and I definitely am not into giving up foods I love. So I coupled hypnotic techniques with portion control along with a few other techniques for behavior change. In three months I hit my goal. Then my daughter came to me for help and she followed this program. Within 4 months she lost 20 pounds. Both of us have maintained our 'goal weight' for nearly two years," Dawson said from his home on South Spring Street.
After one year of presenting the program to people in a home party format, about 400 people have dropped thousands of pounds.
"The program is easy to follow and best of all, there are no pills to take, no special foods to buy, no calories to count and no exercise regiment to squeeze into your day," Dawson said. "Perhaps the best perk is that the party is a shared-cost program, so people learn how to lose weight naturally without breaking the bank. I decided to present the program in a home party setting to keep the cost down per person. For example, if a person has a party with seven or more people, the cost is just $79 per person.
"The program combines education, special behavior changing actions, hypnotic reinforcement and group support to help individuals change their eating behaviors for life.
"You have to follow the program for a month and will see results. After a month on the program, if someone stops doing it, it's a conscious choice, because by then, the program should be a lifestyle change. It's a logical approach to eating," Dawson said.
The program is built around fundamentals of losing weight, which is to burn more energy than one consumes."Any good nutritionist or weight loss specialist will tell you that if you put in more calories than you burn in a day, you'll put on the pounds," Dawson said. "The program essentially teaches people how to retrain their brain to eat appropriate amounts. Eat when you're hungry. Stop when you're satisfied - not bloated and hurting, but satisfied. It's about portion control for life, not just for meeting your weight loss goal. While his program does implement the use of light hypnotic techniques for support and reinforcement, those who don't utilize the hypnosis part of Dawson's program can still be successful if they follow the program.
"I have had several people who did not take part in the hypnosis part of the program but followed the rest and they have had great results," he said.
Dawson is ready to take the program national.
"I still smile today when I think about the first time one of my 'students' called me crying from JC Penny because she was able to fit into a dress that was 3 sizes smaller than she was ever able to wear. That's what my program is really all about, getting people to change their eating patterns forever so they can shed the pounds, be happy, healthy and add years to their life," Dawson said.
For more information, visit www.HypnosisHomeParty.com or call toll free 888-497-6620 or 817-721-3416.
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