I Have Ways of Making You Thin ; Determined to Avoid Counting Calories for the Rest of Her Life, Struggling Dieter Viv Groskop Spent a Day with Hypnotist Paul Mckenna - Who Believes That Losing Weight Is About Changing the Way You Think About Food Rather Than What You Eat. So Does His Mantra Work?

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IN a huge conference hall at Wembley Stadium, Paul McKenna strides through the cheering crowd of 500, holding his arms aloft, like a stadium rock god. Racing across the vast space to find a seat in time, one woman, dress pulled tight across her large bosom, giggles to her friend, 'You lose weight just trying to find a seat.'

It feels like a cross between a recruitment session for a cult and an office awayday, but this is weight loss, Paul McKenna-style. Today's seminar entitled 'I Can Make You Thin' consists of a day with the hypnotist and motivational speaker, where for Pounds 250 you can lose all your food hang-ups in one fell swoop, apparently. The room is full of (mostly) women and men - from the hugely obese to the slim (faddy eaters, perhaps?). They all have one thing in common, though: they feel desperately out of control around food, have tried every diet going and are still unhappy.

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I Have Ways of Making You Thin ; Determined to Avoid Counting Calories for the Rest of Her Life, Struggling Dieter Viv Groskop Spent a Day with Hypnotist Paul Mckenna - Who Believes That Losing Weight Is About Changing the Way You Think About Food Rather Than What You Eat. So Does His Mantra Work?

The seminars are designed to kick-start the programme in McKenna's weight-loss book and CD I Can Make You Thin. There are no food restrictions or exercise prescriptions because McKenna believes that if you follow his programme correctly you'll end up a healthy size. Ideally you listen to the CD every night to allow the hypnosis to sink in.

McKenna aims to reprogramme your br...

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