Hi there my name is Dominic, Sam’s significant other. I have had a weight problem for quite some time and struggled with several diets as I thought they did not get to the problem of why I was over eating.
So if there was any kind of stress in my life the first things I would reach for is fatty foods like burgers, fries, deep fried anything. But moving to the Algarve Portugal helped a little with that as we do not have many take a ways within walking distance.
So last year we made a conscious effort to eat healthier and we did but I was still not losing weight as I thought I should be through exercising. So at the beginning of this year I read about Paul McKenna’s Hypnotic gastric band.
I read the article in the sun newspaper and I really could not have being more sceptical having not being hypnotised before for anything. Anyway I decided to order the book from Amazon.co.uk as they ship over to Portugal for about €12.
When I received it I was still very sceptical until I read the book which is only about 128 pages so it did not take long. Something the book goes on about is why you over eat and your body not realising when you are full.
This struck a cord with me. May be it is the size of the portions I am eating rather than what I am actually eating. This could may be work for me. So I took a week to the read the book just because I wanted to get my self in the right state of mind.
Then last Sunday I locked myself in the bedroom with my cd player slapped the disc in and lay down on the bed. Here we go will it really work????? Anyway you get 2 tracks on the CD track 1 a pre operation going over what you have covered in the book and the actual trance both tracks last nearly an hour.
After the trance had finished I did not feel any different apart from I could not stop smiling which was weird. Then my wife had a cooked a vegetable bake which is one of my favourite meals so I put a small portion on my plate and tucked in.
You have 4 golden rules you have to do for Paul being able to help. One of these is eating for 1 spoonful for 20 chews or take 20 seconds between each mouthful. This was going to be hard for me as I classed myself as a speed eater.
If I was hungry I would shovel it in no matter how much was on the plate so this was going to be the toughest for me. I had the previous week tried but failed but after the trance I did find it easier to do this.
Anyway after just 5 forkfuls I was getting an intense full feeling in my tummy but obviously I could not be full but my body was telling me it was. So I had eaten half of what I normally eat but was full.
This is a much exaggerated feeling of full which Paul does mention. I did not have anything else to eat as the full feeling makes you feel satisfied as well for the rest of the evening.
Same with my breakfast in the morning I had to leave some because I was so full. I was absolutely astounded that I had being hypnotised to believe that I had had a gastric band fitted.
By the Tuesday I could feel the effects of the band going off, so I listened to the trance again and sure enough when I ate my tea later I was full after only half of what I usually eat.
Wednesday is weighting day in our house so jumped onto my Wii fit in the morning naked as the day as I was born, yes not a pretty sight but I had lost 3 lbs since the previous week. Brilliant I thought.
The longer I am on it the harder it is becoming to train your body after years of abuse. But when I pop the CD in for a listen it tightens my band and I can carry on with my weight loss plan.
This is not a diet. Paul tells you to eat when you are hungry and your body will crave fresh food and not the usual processed stuff. It does not say you cannot eat chocolate nor have a McDonalds it is just that you will eat a lot less of anything.
So I have decided I am going to give this idea my full attention as I believe it is suited to the way I used to eat and see food. Fingers crossed it is the way for me to get a flat stomach and rid of my man boobs before my next holiday 
