A determined mum-of-six told how she lost five stone over lockdown through the power of hypnosis.
Wexford woman Veronica Graham recalled how on her honeymoon last year to Cork a panic attack led to her taking stock of her health.
Veronica, 40, told the Irish Mirror: “We were meant to go on honeymoon to Mount Vesuvius, with Lockdown we didn’t get to go, we went to Cork instead.
“We went to Middletown Caves in Tipperary on the way down, when we came out, I couldn't breathe.
“I forgot my inhaler so I had a massive panic attack outside the caves.
“I said to my partner John that I had bought Jason from D4 Clinic’s 49 euro hypnosis weight loss app the week before so this was the wake-up call I needed.”
As soon as Veronica started using the app something clicked in her subconscious mind.
She recalled: “I was miserable at 22 stone, I was an emotional eater.
“I had a rough first marriage, after the breakdown of that I just piled the weight on.
“The first thing you do if you’re sad you eat, if you’re bored you eat, food is the answer to everything.
“You get stuck in a rut and it becomes a vicious cycle, oh watching telly let’s have seven biscuits.
“People are messaging me saying what’s your secret, are you on shakes or pills but no I’m not, there’s no magic pill to help you lose the weight, you have to do it yourself.
“But hearing Jason in your ear, constantly telling you in the hypnotherapy sessions to eat less, move more works.
“Each week Jason sends you a programme and an MP3 link, each week you listen to the same one again and the following week there’s a new one for four weeks.
“It’s all just common sense but it works."
Looking back on her weight gain, Veronica said: “I felt awful when I was a size 22, I had to crop photos and hide photos and I’d tell my sister not to put pictures of me up on Facebook, I was embarrassed at how I looked.
“The big bingo wings arms, that’s the worst part. I lost five stone in a year by listening to the app and I joined a local body pump class.
“I bought a set of weights and then I got a treadmill and my husband just bought me a spinning bike.
“I’ve gone from a size 24- 26 to a 16 to 18, I’d be thrilled to be a size 14.
“I wouldn’t leave the house before and now I won a competition in the gym the other day, called bye bye bellie, it couldn’t have come at a better time
“I hated myself before, I’m starting to like myself now and I want to love myself.”
For more information, see D4clinic.ie
