is this really possible?

[color="#cc8899"]Something like hormone balances can be affected by the way a person thinks, as demonstrated by false pregnancies, even in males. So yes, believing (and the key here is ACTUALLY believing, hypnosis may help) that you are GETTING skinnier will help you to become skinnier. Believing that you ARE skinny is less likely to work, because it's harder to convince yourself of.

Same principle drives the effects of placebos.[/COLOR]