When you reach for food and are not hungry, what is it you're truly hungry for?

In Women, Food and God, author Geneen Roth states, "Women turn to food when they're hungry for something they can't name: a connection to what is beyond the concerns of daily life.... Compulsive eating is a way we distance ourselves from the way things are when they are not how we want them to be."

Dieting gave her a purpose, states Roth. Bingeing gave her relief from the relentless attempt to be someone else.

Weight management has to do with much more than food. It's about stress management, resolving old issues, body image, and simply letting go and moving on.

Most people who diet fail to achieve their goals because the reasons for the weight going on in the first place have not been addressed. Those reasons include personal motivation, self-esteem, flawed beliefs, and unhealthy habits -- as well as making room for a part of ourselves that we don't allow ourselves to feel, that may feel trapped, lonely, bored, angry, sad or afraid.

A big part of the hypnosis program for weight management is aimed at developing a positive self-image and self-acceptance, as well as compassion for oneself and being proud of taking this big step towards feeling healthier and fit.

Weight reduction can be FUN. If you're not having fun with it you're not going to have progress. The goal, quite simply, is to stop trying to fix yourself and begin celebrating who you are.