Is TV The Most Important Weightloss Tool Ever?

Some interesting info that has come up on my research is that Paul McKenna is a best-selling non-fiction author and hypnotist who has worked with celebrities, athletes, musicians and business executives. He also starred in the U.K.'s version of I Can Make You Thin, which was the most-watched show in the history of Sky TV, a satellite television network available in Britain. The companion book is also one the best-selling self-improvement book in British history.

The US version of the very successful program, I Can Make You Thin, includes a live studio audience, field segments, scientific research, and suggested home applications. "Paul is a pioneer in the field of weight-loss, challenging and exercising the mind's relationship with food," said TLC programming executive Brant Pinvidic. "Finally, American viewers will learn why the TV might be the most important weight-loss tool ever."

The fact that he's a hypnotist lead me to further research the field as related to weight loss. What I found was quite revealing. Evidently, the techniques he's using for the emotional eating areas had a direct correlation to what is commonly labeled "Emotional Freedom Techniques" or EFT.

There's a wealth of info about EFT at the World Center for EFT website. The first thing I discovered is there's a direct relation between the philosophy of acupunture methodology and some of the EFT techniques. That would be in the belief that there are various meridians of energy running via the main nerves of the body and that the stimulation or blockage of such would help relief various results of such unbalanced energy. The whole topic is interesting and the Internet is quite filled with a plethora of web pages about it.

In the first episode, Paul goes over The Secrets Of Naturally Thin People and reveals his
"4 Golden Rules". These are home techniques that demonstrate how to control the mind's relationship with food. He explains how this could help one shed pounds without giving up the foods they love to eat.

So far so good. I've actually eaten much less than usual with these techniques. I can see how this method just may work... but, that will depend on how the emotional or comfort eating goes. Thank goodness he covers that in next weeks episode... that just happens to be sitting on my DVR for tonight's viewing pleasure!