万花筒 Kaleidoscope 2007-01-10&11, 狂减100磅的方法

Now, please look up at my fingers, and take another nice deep breath and relax all the way down, down, down to your feet.

Sure, hypnotherapy is helping¹ Michael Casey relax, but it has also helped him lose weight, 107 pounds, to be exact, gone in 14 months.

There is no sense of depravation, which is the really nice thing. I'm not punishing myself; I'm not starving myself; I'm not uncomfortable; I'm not feeling like a martyr²; I’m just not eating the way I used to.

Relax.

This wasn't his first weight-loss attempt.

Oh, I've done all kinds of diets, I’ve tried the no carb, I’ve tried the high carb, I’ve tried the no fat, and I tried just basic calorie counting .

But nothing worked until he underwent six 90-minute sessions with certified³ hypnotherapist Olga Stevko in San Francisco.

It is so good.

Olga says she reached Michael's subconscious⁴ mind to help change some of his thoughts and beliefs about food.

You acctually can go to the root cause of those emotions, which linked to overeating or eating unhealthy foods. And you can neutralize⁵ those emotions.

She also helped him embrace exercise.

Hypnosis will, might wake them to really, really want to exercise.

Olga says she's helped more than 100 clients tighten⁶ their belts.

You are eating smaller portions of...

But the MDs and registered dietitians we talked with remained skeptical⁷. They question the effectiveness of this therapy and whether it would work on most people.

Olga says her clients are proof, hypnotherapy works.

They can tell you that every single client who came to me and stay with my program. Every single client lost weight.

Michael now visits Olga once a month for maintenance and if he's out of town, he can undergo a phone-hypnotherapy session.

At your ideal, healthiest body weight.

Michael is no longer a member of the Clean Plate Club. He’s kissed Mayonnaise goodbye and the veggies he once shunned⁸? Mayonnaise: a dressing⁹ made of egg yolks, vegetable oils, and vinegar or lemon juice. It is a popular condiment¹⁰ used in the United States, but is very fattening¹¹.

Now I look for the vegetables first, I just, you know, I love them.

In this session, Olga asks him to say the two words that describe how he feels now.

Agile¹² and young. Agile and young.

Good.

Michael describes it as meditation¹³ with a purpose, and credits the mind changing sessions with ending 25 years of dieting and giving him a new body.

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 martyr   

n.烈士，殉难者；vt.杀害，折磨，牺牲

参考例句：

• The martyr laid down his life for the cause of national independence.这位烈士是为了民族独立的事业而献身的。
• The newspaper carried the martyr's photo framed in black.报上登载了框有黑边的烈士遗像。

3 certified   

a.经证明合格的；具有证明文件的

参考例句：

• Doctors certified him as insane. 医生证明他精神失常。
• The planes were certified airworthy. 飞机被证明适于航行。

4 subconscious   

n./adj.潜意识(的)，下意识(的)

参考例句：

• Nail biting is often a subconscious reaction to tension.咬指甲通常是紧张时的下意识反映。
• My answer seemed to come from the subconscious.我的回答似乎出自下意识。

5 neutralize   

v.使失效、抵消，使中和

参考例句：

• Nothing could neutralize its good effects.没有什么能抵消它所产生的好影响。
• Acids neutralize alkalis and vice versa.酸能使碱中和碱，亦能使酸中和。

6 tighten   

v.(使)变紧；(使)绷紧

参考例句：

• Turn the screw to the right to tighten it.向右转动螺钉把它拧紧。
• Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation.一些国家实行紧缩银根的货币政策，以避免通货膨胀。

7 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

8 shunned   

v.避开，回避，避免( shun的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was shunned by her family when she remarried. 她再婚后家里人都躲着她。
• He was a shy man who shunned all publicity. 他是个怕羞的人，总是避开一切引人注目的活动。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

10 condiment   

n.调味品

参考例句：

• It has long been a precious condiment.它一直都是一种珍贵的调味料。
• Fish sauce is a traditional fermented condiment in coastal areas.鱼露是沿海地区的传统发酵调味品。

11 fattening   

adj.（食物）要使人发胖的v.喂肥( fatten的现在分词 )；养肥（牲畜）；使（钱）增多；使（公司）升值

参考例句：

• The doctor has advised him to keep off fattening food. 医生已建议他不要吃致肥食物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We substitute margarine for cream because cream is fattening. 我们用人造黄油代替奶油，因为奶油会使人发胖。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 agile   

adj.敏捷的，灵活的

参考例句：

• She is such an agile dancer!她跳起舞来是那么灵巧！
• An acrobat has to be agile.杂技演员必须身手敏捷。

13 meditation   

n.熟虑，（尤指宗教的）默想，沉思，（pl.）冥想录

参考例句：

• This peaceful garden lends itself to meditation.这个恬静的花园适于冥想。
• I'm sorry to interrupt your meditation.很抱歉，我打断了你的沉思。