Hypnosis for Permanent Weight Loss

Are you putting your life on hold until you lose weight? Avoiding photos, canceling plans, dreading dressing rooms, and telling yourself you'll finally feel confident "when the weight comes off"? In this episode, Leslie dives into the quiet pain so many women carry the shame, the closet spirals, the social event anxiety and why waiting to feel good in your body is costing you precious years of your life.
Leslie vulnerably shares her own experience of rapid weight gain, intense body shame, dressing room trauma, and believing weight loss was the only path to confidence. She explains why most women have it backwards: trying to change their body first in order to feel confident, when in reality, confidence and self-relationship must come first for lasting weight loss to happen.
The real transformation begins when you stop punishing yourself, stop hiding, and rebuild your relationship with your body from the inside out. When shame quiets down and safety replaces self-criticism, you stop opting out of your life and ironically, that's when sustainable body changes become possible.
"Stop putting your life on hold until you lose weight. Don't lose weight first feel good first. That's the order that actually creates lasting change." — Leslie Thornton
What you will learn from this episode:
00:56 – Why you don't have to lose weight to feel confident in your clothes 02:05 – The hidden cost of hating your body for years 04:21 – The quiet pain of getting dressed and dressing room shame 06:05 – Why shame not laziness keeps you canceling plans 11:26 – The "social event spiral" and how it sabotages your confidence 16:58 – How putting your life on hold is stealing your time 19:47 – Why weight struggles are not a food or willpower problem 21:06 – Why confidence must come before weight loss 21:24 – We have it backwards: start with state, not strategy 24:30 – What life feels like when you truly love your body now 30:46 – Rebuilding a relationship with your body instead of living in your head 33:05 – Why mastering the internal changes everything externally 35:10 – How safety replaces shame and that's when the body changes
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Feeling drained by constant dieting, food rules, and starting over only to wonder why consistency feels impossible? In this episode, Leslie reveals the real reason people struggle to stay consistent with food, weight, and habits, and it has nothing to do with discipline or willpower. She explains how food obsession, guilt, and self-blame are symptoms of something deeper that most approaches completely miss.
Leslie breaks down why even knowing exactly what to do doesn't lead to lasting change when your energy is depleted. Life stress, emotional baggage, resentment, and unresolved challenges quietly drain your capacity to follow through, making weight loss feel heavy and exhausting. She shares why this isn't a personal failure, but a human response and how trying harder only reinforces the cycle.
The key shift, Leslie explains, is prioritizing energy over strategy. When emotional patterns quiet down and your nervous system feels supported, consistency happens naturally. This episode offers a powerful reframe and a compassionate path forward for anyone ready to stop fighting food and start creating ease, peace, and lasting freedom.
"If you're asking why you can't stay consistent, ask a better question: why is my energy not good right now? When energy shifts, consistency takes care of itself." — Leslie Thornton
What you will learn from this episode:
00:02 – Why food and weight obsession is mentally exhausting and unsustainable 02:42 – The real reason consistency feels impossible (it's not discipline) 03:40 – How emotional baggage like guilt, shame, and resentment drains energy 04:22 – Why inconsistency has nothing to do with capability or failure 05:45 – How years of dieting create automatic, unconscious habits 06:22 – The three internal drivers behind food noise and overeating 07:49 – Why habits change faster when energy and pleasure are involved 08:27 – How joy and support make weight loss feel easier 09:37 – Why focusing on energy prevents unnecessary weight gain during hard times 09:48 – The better question to ask instead of "Why can't I stay consistent?" 10:26 – Why food is never the real problem 11:35 – How rising confidence and energy naturally change food choices 14:32 – Why prioritizing energy over strategy makes consistency automatic 15:13 – Why food noise is a nervous system pattern, not a discipline issue
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Feeling trapped in a painful cycle of restriction, control, and weight regain only to wonder why nothing ever truly sticks? In this episode, Leslie reveals why even the most disciplined approaches to food often backfire, leading to shame, food noise, and dramatic rebound weight gain. She shares her own experience of extreme restriction, long-term "success," and the devastating kickback that followed.
Leslie explains why strategies like strict dieting, food addiction labels, or external controls can feel logical but often deepen distrust with food and yourself. She breaks down why 95% of people regain weight after restriction and why willpower, perfection, and cutting foods out are not the missing pieces. Instead, she points to what's really driving overeating beneath the surface.
The breakthrough comes from understanding and healing the three internal food drivers that actually run the show: the mind spiral, emotional coping, and self-abandonment. By shifting the focus inward calming food noise, learning emotional regulation, and stopping self-betrayal you can finally create a peaceful, sustainable relationship with food and your body without tracking, restriction, or fear.
"This is not a food problem or a self-control problem. It's an internal problem and when you start there, everything on the outside begins to shift." — Leslie Thornton
What you will learn from this episode:
01:48 – Why 95% of people regain weight after restriction and exercise 02:10 – The three internal food drivers that keep you stuck 07:28 – Why extreme food rules and perfection create massive rebound weight gain 10:42 – How restriction trains your brain not to trust you 11:02 – The "beach ball" effect: why pushing harder always leads to kickback 16:11 – Internal Driver #1: The mind spiral (food noise & all-or-nothing thinking) 17:49 – How hypnosis helps calm overthinking and obsessive food thoughts 18:11 – Internal Driver #2: Emotional eating as a stress-release valve 19:22 – Why high performers struggle most with emotional regulation 21:40 – How unresolved emotions fuel compulsive eating 23:07 – Internal Driver #3: Self-abandonment and people-pleasing 24:08 – Why feeling unseen, depleted, or resentful leads to overeating 26:14 – Why external solutions (even surgery) can't fix internal patterns
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Feeling exhausted from constantly tracking your food, starting over every Monday, and still wondering why nothing sticks long-term? In this episode, Leslie breaks down why food tracking often becomes a false sense of control rather than a path to freedom. She explains how tracking can temporarily soothe anxiety around food while quietly reinforcing distrust, perfectionism, and the all-or-nothing cycle that keeps so many women stuck.
Leslie challenges the belief that more discipline, more data, or tighter control will finally fix food struggles. She shares her own story of extreme dieting, weight regain, and the emotional toll of trying to be "perfect," revealing why information and willpower alone never lead to permanent change. Instead, she highlights how tracking often acts as a band-aid masking deeper nervous system and emotional patterns that drive overeating.
The real solution, Leslie explains, is learning to regulate your internal world rather than micromanaging food. By shifting focus from control to self-trust, and from external rules to internal alignment, you can quiet food noise, feel calm around eating, and finally experience consistency without restriction. This episode offers clarity, relief, and a new way forward for anyone ready to stop managing food forever and start living freely.
"Tracking can feel like control, but when it's coming from panic or fear, it's actually teaching your body not to trust you. Real freedom comes when you no longer need to manage food to feel safe." — Leslie Thornton
What you will learn from this episode:
01:01 – Why tracking food creates a dopamine-driven illusion of control 04:32 – How tracking becomes a security blanket instead of a long-term solution 05:16 – The real reason tracking fails: lack of trust with food and yourself 06:20 – How all-or-nothing eating patterns keep food drama alive 06:52 – What "normal eaters" do differently around food 07:28 – Leslie's personal journey through restriction, perfection, and rebound weight gain 09:25 – Why doing everything "right" still leads to weight regain 10:45 – The internal drivers that actually cause overeating 11:14 – What permanent weight loss looks like without tracking or dieting 12:46 – How focusing on internal regulation quiets food noise 14:21 – Staying calm, confident, and consistent around food even during stress
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Feeling frustrated that no matter how strictly you follow your diet, the weight just isn't coming off? You eat the right foods, follow the rules, and even stick to strategies that worked in the past, but still, the scale doesn't budge. It's not your diet, your body, or your willpower that's holding you back; it's your energy.
When your energetic state is low, restriction and discipline alone won't work. Most of us were never taught how to master our daily energy, and without that, no plan sticks. This episode dives into why mastering your energetic state is the missing key to effortless weight loss, consistent healthy habits, and long-term transformation.
By shifting your focus to your state first, then your story, and finally your strategy, you can finally experience food freedom and sustainable results without obsession, restriction, or stress.
"All you have to do is identify whether you've ever learned how to master your energetic state, change your story, and have the tools to sustain it. Once you do that, the strategy becomes automatic." – Leslie M Thornton
What you will learn from this episode:
00:00 – The bold truth: It's not your diet, it's your energy problem 01:15 – Why low energy prevents sustainable weight loss 03:07 – How mastering your energetic state changes everything 05:05 – Tony Robbins' "Three S's" approach: Strategy, Story, and State 07:18 – Why starting with strategy alone doesn't work 09:49 – How your story and beliefs influence your results 11:00 – The connection between positive state and empowerment 13:23 – Client success story: Angela's 10-pound weight loss and clearing years of trauma 15:00 – How mastering your state makes food and exercise natural and effortless 16:05 – What happens on a Food Freedom call: Assessing state, story, and strategy 17:57 – The simple sequence for lasting weight loss: State → Story → Strategy
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