Has anyone heard of this, tried it and succeded?

I'm not in any way affiliated with them, I'd just like some feedback.

Thanks
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I've done hypnosis, but not with them.

In a nutshell - VERY few people in my group had success losing weight with hypnosis. In fact, I was the only one out of, oh, maybe 20 women, who had any significant weight-loss. This was back in '96 - I did lose weight but didn't keep it off for the most part.

Here's a definition of hypnosis: Hypnosis can be quite relaxing, but as a weight-loss tool, it's VERY overrated and overhyped IMO!

I joined their program a few years back, but did not have a good experience with them. The program was a little pricey and didn't really do me or my mom any good. Mostly it consisted of listening to cassette tapes (which they also peddled at $15 apiece, not included in the package) twice a week for 30 minutes each time. You only got to see the hypnotist once a month for a "personal" session, and he basically repeated the things said on the tapes. Unfortunately for us, the man who owned this one (they are a francise and are owned independantly) went bankrupt and closed about 2 months into our 8 month program.

I only lost a few pounds which came back almost immediately after they closed. This is just the experience that I had with them, it may be different for others.

Huh! Sounds pretty similar to MY experience with Master Key.

1) They opened a slew of offices in the Bay Area, and the Sunday paper had huge 1/2 page ads extolling their success with weight loss.

2) I had one "personal" session with the hypnotist - whom I liked very much - then once a week we had a 'group' session with about a dozen of us and the hypnotist.

3) We did get tapes included in the program, along with a diet (Dr. McDougall's Maximum Weight Loss Program - which is a VERY strict vegan diet - no animal products, no fat of any kind, no flour products, one piece of fruit a day, no soy products...but you can have all the veggies and potatoes you want). The cost, if memory serves, was $300 for two months.

4) The nice lady hypnotist left pretty quickly - she apparently wasn't getting paid or something like that - and during the three months I was there (I paid another $100 for an extra month) they must have gone through 4 hypnotists...

5) Very few of the clients lost much weight or were able to stay on such a strict diet - lots of grumbling after a month or so.

6) When I showed up for my last session - all us clients had to wait outside the door for 30 minutes until the guy showed up.

7) Soon after I stopped going, they went out of business...