The Virtual Gastric Band is a structured hypnosis protocol designed to change how you think about food, enabling you to adopt a new set of eating habits by making some small realistic changes, that you can realistically live with.
It's not a diet. You'll eat what you want, and find yourself more satisfied on much smaller amounts of food. Portion control, emotional aspects of eating, craving control, food choices, motivation and exercise are all addressed from the very first session, giving you a strong foundation that supports your success.
The aim of this is not to make a client ‘think’ that they have a gastric band fitted, instead, it's a tool to reset the natural signals of hunger and satisfaction, so you stop eating when you feel comfortable instead of when you feel full or when the plate is empty. Clients report that they are eating less from the very first session, and many report only eating a third of what they were eating before.
The interesting thing is, the success of this program is not reliant on the ‘Gastric band’ element being accepted by you. Hypnosis allows your subconscious mind to buy into the concept of it, using your imagination, metaphors for change, and realistic goal setting.
The average weight loss clients report is around 7 pounds in the first week, and 1 to 2 pounds per week after that.
Scheduling your sessions begins with a free consultation call. We'll talk through your goals, answer your questions, and create the hypnosis program that best supports your success.
We Know Diets Don't Work Like We Want Them To
Most people who follow a traditional diet will lose weight while they're on it. The problem is what happens when you stop, and you will, because most diets aren't sustainable in the long term. The weight comes back, and usually brings more with it. It's estimated that 95% of people who lose weight on a diet put it all back on again.
To complicate things more, most diets involve some form of deprivation or denial, and some require counting calories or points, which programs your mind to think about food constantly. Or you cut out the chocolate, the pasta, the things you love and eat differently than everyone around you, and three things happen: your brain fights against it, your body fights against it, and your daily life fights against it. When the diet ends, you're even more focused on food than when you started.
How many times have you started a Monday with a firm decision to begin the diet again.
It All Starts With A Free Call
We'll talk about what you've been experiencing, how you'd rather feel, and put together a personalized plan to get you there.
How The Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis Program Works
Your subconscious mind is like the operating system of a computer. It holds all the programs, functions, and strategies that direct how you interact with yourself and the world, including every belief, association, and pattern you've ever built around food. Those programs were written by experience. The food that meant love. The treat that was a reward. The eating that meant comfort or distraction when nothing else was available. And then the rules that came from every diet you've ever heard of, which foods to eat, how much, the fasting and restrictions, all contradicting each other, and all telling you you weren't doing it right.
Hypnosis works differently.
In a hypnotic state, your conscious mind steps back and your subconscious becomes more receptive and responsive to new ideas. That's where the emotional attachments get examined and released. The hunger and satisfaction signals get reconnected. The food noise quiets down. And you find better ways to meet those emotional needs, so that food can go back to being just food.
What Changes
You feel more satisfied on smaller amounts of food
Your natural hunger and satisfaction cues get stronger and easier to recognize
You eat when you're hungry and stop when you've had enough to nourish your body
The food noise gets quiet
You stop counting, tracking, and obsessing about food because you have a framework that works and makes sense for you
You stop using food to cope and have better ways to meet those emotional needs
You find yourself making healthier choices that are natural and effortless, as if that's how it's always been
The weight comes off and stays off
You stop starting over
The missing piece isn’t more effort or restriction.
It’s having the right tool to get the right results.
We'll talk about what you've been experiencing, how you'd rather feel, and put together a personalized plan to get you there.
What To Expect
Every new client starts with a free consultation call.
The call is yours. You'll have time to describe what you've been experiencing, how long it's been happening, and how you want things to be different. There's no rush and no agenda other than getting to know each other a bit and discovering the best path forward.
We'll talk about what you know works for you, what your problem areas have been, and how hypnosis can help. I'll make sure you have a clear picture of what working together looks like, what we'll focus on, how the sessions work, and what you can expect along the way. Most people come to that first call with questions. That's exactly what it's for. And when you're ready, we can schedule your sessions right in the call.
All sessions are held remotely, we can work together from wherever you are in the US. Hypnosis is a conversation, and it is equally as effective online as it is in person. And there's another benefit to working together remotely: when you're creating these positive changes in your own environment, everything around you becomes a reinforcement for the success you're experiencing.
Every session is built around you and where you're at in the process of creating change. This isn't a scripted protocol. Early sessions focus on simplifying your relationship with food and reconnecting you to your body's natural signals. Later sessions go deeper into the emotional patterns, the attachments, and the habits and behaviors you're ready to let go of. Most clients begin noticing changes with the first session.
What My Clients Have Said
"You truly listened, gave advice, gave positive encouragement, and tailored my sessions to my needs. The recorded sessions you share are an amazing resource for continuing success!"
“The experience was beneficial, and I particularly liked it because I saw results immediately, which I had not had in other methods I have tried.”
"My experience has been wonderful! I came for weight loss, and I lost weight, reduced my stress, and gained control over my eating habits. I have lost half of the weight I wanted to lose and am continuing to lose."
"When I began, I weighed 201, and on our last session I had lost 20 pounds, and since then another pound! The biggest thing for me though is the huge improvements that has made in my view of myself and my life. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that I will continue this amazing journey, and reach my goal, and keep the weight off - I feel like a brand new person as far as healthy eating goes."
"I've tried multiple different types of diets, and various other weight loss methods - working out, joining a gym, walking, yoga, etc. Some things just didn't work at all, and others worked for a while, and a couple worked great, but then I'd put the weight back on. With hypnosis, nothing was "working at it" for me. It was as natural as though I'd always eaten this way."
About Karen Gray
Certified Clinical Hypnotist | Certified Hypnosis Instructor | Retired Registered Nurse
Before founding Green Mountain Hypnosis in 2016 I spent more than a decade caring for people as a registered nurse. My clinical background gives me a unique perspective on the mind-body connection that shapes everything about how I work with clients today.
My nursing background influences my work in hypnosis. I understand the physiology, take the clinical research seriously, and bring the same precision to my hypnosis practice that I brought to patient care. I am a trained Virtual Gastric Band practitioner, certified directly in Sheila Granger's protocol.
Weight is personal for me in a way that goes beyond the clinical. I grew up in an era when diet culture was everywhere and unavoidable, when the message was always that your body was the problem and the next solution was just around the corner. What I've learned from my own experience and from working with clients is that the approach makes all the difference.
I can help you get to know and trust your body again, feel confident in your ability to make healthy decisions for yourself, and build patterns of success instead of cycling through failures. These changes come from building a framework of new patterns, behaviors and freedoms that fit you and your life, not by cramming yourself into another diet box that asks too much.
If you've been considering surgery, and want a better way to lose weight and keep it off, let's talk.
