Studies Suggest a Few Weeks of the Technique Can Lead to Lasting Weight Loss. When you think of hypnosis, you might picture those stage shows where a hypnotist somehow encourages volunteers to do crazy things such as cluck like a chicken. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that hypnosis can be surprisingly effective aids for people on their weight-loss journey. Why? These techniques help rewire old thought patterns that make us overeat. In fact, experts say the reason most weight-loss plans fail is that they involve fighting the brain programming that drives us toward foods that packed on the pounds in the first place. And that fight becomes so hard, we eventually revert to self-defeating eating habits. To the rescue: Hypnosis for weight loss! Intrigued and inspired, we sought out real-world experts on the subject: therapists using hypnosis, doctors who have witnesses the power of the mind-body techniques and real women who have lost major weight using hypnosis. Keep reading to learn hypnosis techniques pave the way for easy weight loss. "Hypnosis by a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist can be a tool that facilitates the delivery of therapy in the same way a syringe delivers drugs." Rena Greenberg, a health and weight loss expert in Bradenton, Florida, who has transformed her health and overcame sugar addiction with hypnosis, shares, "I could not have made the changes I needed to make with my conscious mind alone. For permanent change, I had to learn how to harness the deeper power in my subconscious to achieve optimal mind-body health." If you've ever tried to white-knuckle your way through a strict diet, you know willpower alone isn't the answer. It can feel as though some invisible force is keeping weight loss out of reach. Indeed, research in the field of neuroscience has proven that the comfort-food combination of Salt, Sugar, and Fat fires up pleasure centers in the brain, making it all but impossible not to cave into temptation. " Brain cells that fire together wire together, which means our food habits form pathjways that are like traffic patterns on a carpet; we follow them even when they're not in our best interests." But, exciting research proves the same neural pathways that lead to cravings can be retrained to resist them. And doctors, faith leaders and mind-body experts are increasingly turning to these drug-free mind-body techniques to help people succced with weight loss and maintenance. Despite its new Agey reputation, new developments in brain science support the notion that hypnosis is a valid way to train your mind to melt off pounds.