SELF HELP SLOT. For two or three days, make a list of everything you eat and drink, especially what you eat  and drink between meals. Many people have assured me that they do not eat that much, and have been amazed when they have kept such a list and found how much they eat and then forget about. If you are a woman, especially in middle age, get yourself a kitchen scales. When cooking, you may have got used to estimating quantities. But over the years, the quantities may have crept upwards without you noticing. If you have grown up children who have now left home, consider how many people you are actually cooking for now. Many women are actually still cooking for three or even four, even when there are now just two people in the house. If you have clothes that fitted you before you put on weight, get them out of your wardrobe and have a good look at them. Think about how nice it will be to be able to wear those clothes again when you have lost weight. If you don't have those clothes anymore, have a look around the shops and decide what kind of clothes you would like to wear in future, when you have lost weight with the help of hypnotherapy.