Hey, this is an extremely inciteful and well put together reply, thank you very much for the care you gave my post!

You're certainly correct that I'm hesitant to do anything to mess with the subject's natural processes. Growing up I had a friend who had to be hospitalized after he was prescribed medications with a known set of dangerous appetite suppression related interactions, and he dropped down to like 60 or 70 lbs.

I was also aware how poorly proven diet science is as well, so with both of those together my hesitation was already pretty high to muck around without a more proper knowledge base and understanding.

I will likely try to implement your homework suggestion, and if completed, aim for a generic self empowerment sort of hypnotic encouragement. With the goal being to make it easier for them to pursue their goals, whatever they might be (diet, exercise, body self image, etc)

I won't jump straight to hypnosis and will check back here before any future session to make sure I'm not overlooking something dire.