So, what is it?
The Virtual Gastric Band is a non-surgical technique which uses the power of hypnosis to retrain you to be satisfied with smaller amounts of food. It changes how you think about food and gives very safe, very predictable results.
The clinical hypnotherapy convinces the brain that the stomach is full after a certain level of intake, and that there is no need for more food.
It is most definitely NOT a diet - we know that diets only work in the short term. The Virtual Gastric Band allows you to eat what you want, but will enable you to intake smaller portions. And, because it’s not a diet, you won’t feel deprived, miserable or hungry, the issues which cause diets to fail. As the Virtual Gastric Band effectively negates these issues, you are left with a long term solution to your weight problems.
The medical procedure reduces the physical size of the stomach, and may achieve the same result, but the Virtual Gastric Band can be undertaken quickly and privately, without the lengthy delay of hospital waiting lists, and of course carries no costly invasive surgery, no risks and no on-going medical treatment.
The Virtual Gastric Band and the Media
My Virtual Gastric Band has received a tremendous amount of media attention worldwide; if you wish to see the video from BBC TV’s Look North programme CLICK HERE
Please feel free to browse the press and media links on my blog for other media articles that have been written about my work in this fascinating area.
To view what clients say about the programme, please feel free to browse my testimonials.
I am also a co-author of the ´Virtual Gastric Band Workbook´, published internationally and available here.
The book is dedicated to Sonia, a client who lost almost six stones in weight. She is living proof that weight loss is all in the mind.
Trained Practitioners
Sheila has trained practitioners looking to help you achieve your goals in the United Kingdom, USA, Canada and Australia and, by the end of 2011, will have trained over 500 practitioners in five countries.
All of Sheila’s Virtual Gastric Band practitioners are highly trained and qualified hypnotherapists. They have each attended live training seminars to learn this highly effective method of weight loss. They are motivated by a desire to help you create a new lifestyle through the Virtual Gastric Band.
Find a Practitioner in your Area.
Sheila Granger is the only clinical hypnotherapist to provide live training for the Virtual Gastric Band. If you are a qualified hypnotherapist or training provider and would like to run a training course with Sheila in your town/city, please don’t hesitate to contact think@sheilagranger.com.
Why not visit our testimonials section to view the testimonials Sheila has received:
Medical Clinical Trials
Since the trialled and proven effectiveness of the Virtual Gastric Band, Sheila has made a personal crusade of making the system more and more available to more and more people.
She has spent a great deal of time over the last two years talking with medical practitioners, bringing to their attention this safe and viable method of weight loss.
Provisional arrangements are now underway for a pilot study to be carried out this October in the UK, together with the Humberside Obesity, Nutrition, Education and Innovation Centre. The partners of this organisation include The University of Hull, Hull and York Medical School and several members of the pharmaceutical industry.
In addition, a steering group is being formed to organise clinical trials internationally.
In the meantime, Sheila’s trained practitioners are invited to collect data that not only measures weight loss, but also the quality-of-life improvements of their clients. The data collected will form the basis for ongoing research and trials into this area.
More details to follow in due course…
