ADVERTORIAL
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weight management for life
days that will
change your life
Losing weight is one of the most common New Year’s
resolutions, but for many people, it is one that is extremely difficult to keep. Amaya
Barr understands this as well as anyone, and has brought a new exclusive method
to Lanzarote to help others shed those unwanted kilograms.
A
qualified physiotherapist
with a practice in Puerto
del Carmen, Amaya
herself had always
suffered problems with
weight. That was until January last
year, when she discovered Martin and
Marion Shirran’s Gastric Mind Band
therapy. After reading the case
studies, Amaya immediately
recognized that they echoed many of her own experiences and signed up.
A year later, Amaya has not only reached her objectives, but also has a
new, positive approach to life. What´s more, she is also carrying out the
Gastric Mind Band treatment herself.
Totally painless, with no invasive surgery techniques, the procedure
combines elements of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Time Perspective Theory
and Pause-Button Theory, along with Neuro Linguistic Programming,
Hypnosis and Guided Imagery. The treatment culminates in a simulated
gastric band “operation”, which features no surgery but is aimed at
convincing the sub-conscious that a band has been fitted. The result is
participants who emerge slimmer, healthier and with a better attitude to food.
Recently, the case of Sarah Hart, from Cardiff, attracted
considerable media interest. When she started the GMB therapy, Sarah
weighed 20 stone, took a size 22 and was classed as “morbidly obese.”
After treatment, Sarah’s weight fell to 9 stone 12 lbs; her BMI and blood
pressure are normal and she recently completed a half marathon!
Although she had tried numerous diets, Sarah said “The GMB therapy
was different from the start. I never saw it as a diet. I returned home from
the therapy with a totally different relationship with food. The Gastric Mind
Band also ensured that I automatically felt satisfied on smaller portions.”
The Shirrans have trained and accredited a small amount of therapists
around the world. Amaya is one of just two in Spain – and the only one
operating on the Canaries.
The therapy consists of four days of intensive sessions, and a later
post-therapy session to assess achievements.
Amaya offers the treatment in Spanish or English and promises that it
will be “four days that will change your life.”
“It’s a completely new way of thinking about food,” she says, “We often
eat because we’re bored, sad, or, on the other hand, to celebrate or
reward ourselves. The answer is always a trip to the fridge. GMB breaks
those habits and shows you how to eat for the right reasons.“
Amaya, who also offers a range of other physiotherapy treatments from
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her Puerto del Carmen
clinic, is overjoyed to
offer Lanzarote
residents a
treatment that has
literally transformed
her own life. If
you’d like to really
stick with that
resolution this year,
give her a call on
(+34) 620 269 179
or visit the website
www.banda-gastricamental.com or Banda
Gastrica Mental on facebook.
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