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| overeaters anonymous food plan: About the Genesis of the Greysheet Food Plan - Very Low Carbohydrate Foodplan and Greysheet Recipes Members of Greysheet Recipes Forum, 2009-03 The Greysheet Food Plan is used as a personal plan of recovery by many members in Overeaters Anonymous, Greysheeters Anonymous, and others in eating recovery groups dealing with eating disorders and problems around food. Overeaters Anonymous and Greysheeter's Anonymous are 12 Step Recovery programs, patterned after Alcoholics Anonymous. They are eating recovery programs to help members deal with addiction, food issues, compulsive overeating, and eating disorders. This book provides a new Foreword explaining the genesis and history of the Greysheet Food Plan. Readers will find complete information about the 12-Step Recovery Group, Greysheeters Anonymous, based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous Inc., and the Greysheet Food Plan and Method, a very low carbohydrate, high protein food plan, no breads, flour products, only products that list sugar at least fifth on the label, and quantities suggested in weighed and measured amounts. The Greysheet Recipes included in this edition are contributed by members of greysheetrecipes@yahoogroups.com, an online forum, and conform to the original Greysheet very low carb food plan, copyrighted 1972, Rev. 1974. The discussion group greysheetrecipes@yahoogroups.com is for members to post and discuss recipes that meet the requirements of the food on the Greysheet Food Plan. While this reader does not contain a copy of the original Greysheet Food Plan, you can obtain a copy of the Greysheet by contacting a member of one of the Greysheet support groups and get a Sponsor through one of the links offered in the book. The recipes are published with the advisory that members of both programs, Overeaters Anonymous and Greysheeters Anonymous, work with their Sponsors and consult their Sponsors about what is abstinent. You can find links to both OA and Greysheeters Anonymous resources in this reader, and more about some of the specialty foods like soynut butter, soy products, digital scales for weighing and measuring food amounts, and literature on recovery from compulsive overeating. About the Genesis of The Greysheet Food Plan Very Low Carbohydrate Food Plan & Greysheet Recipes, is not official literature of either Overeaters Anonymous Inc. or Greysheeters Anonymous Inc.. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: For the Original Overeaters Anonymous Very Low Carbohydrate Food Plan Greysheet Recipes, Members of Greysheet Recipes Staff, 2008-02 Book Description Both Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. and Greysheeters Anonymous Inc. are 12 Step Recovery groups, patterned after Alcoholics Anonymous, to help members deal with addiction, food issues, compulsive overeating, and eating disorders. This book provides a new Forward explaining the history of the Greysheet and it's relationship to Overeaters Anonymous Inc. Overeaters Anonymous has suggested using a variety of food plans over the years, including the original Greysheet very low carbohydrate food plan, copyrighted by OA in 1972, Rev. 1974. The Greysheet was printed on grey paper - hence the name Greysheet.. While Overeaters Anonymous Inc. now publishes The Dignity of Choice Sample Plans of Eating, as official literature, including a Very Low Carbohydrate Food Plan, and no longer publishes or offers the Greysheet as official OA literature, the interest in the Greysheet remains. Readers will find complete information about the 12-Step Recovery Group, Greysheeters Anonymous, based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous Inc., and the Greysheet Food Plan and Method, a very low carb, high protein food plan, no breads, flour products, only products that list sugar at least fifth on the label, and quantities suggested in weighed and measured amounts. The Greysheet Recipes included in this edition are contributed by members of greysheetrecipes@yahoogroups.com, an online forum, and conform to the original Greysheet very low carb food plan, copyrighted by OA 1972, Rev. 1974. The discussion group is for members to post and discuss recipes that meet the requirements of the food on the Greysheet Food Plan. While this edition does not contain a copy of the original Greysheet Food Plan, you can obtain a copy of the Greysheet by contacting a member of one of the Greysheet support groups through one of the links offered in the book. The recipes are published with the advisory that members of OA and Greysheeters Anonymous consult their Sponsors about what is abstinent. You can find links to both OA and Greysheeters Anonymous resources in this edition, and more about some of the specialty foods like soynut butter, soy products, digital scales for weighing and measuring food amounts, and literature on recovery from compulsive overeating. For The Original Overeaters Anonymous Very Low Carbohydrate Food Plan: Greysheet Recipes, is neither endorsed nor sponsored by Overeaters Anonymous or Greysheeters Anonymous. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: The Twelve Steps of Overeaters Anonymous Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. (U.S.), 1990 |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Eating Disorders Anonymous Eating Disorders Anonymous (EDA), 2016-11-21 Eating Disorders Anonymous: The Story of How We Recovered from Our Eating Disorders presents the accumulated experience, strength, and hope of many who have followed a Twelve-Step approach to recover from their eating disorders. Eating Disorders Anonymous (EDA), founded by sober members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), have produced a work that emulates the “Big Book” in style and substance. EDA respects the pioneering work of AA while expanding its Twelve-Step message of hope to include those who are religious or seek a spiritual solution, and for those who are not and may be more comfortable substituting “higher purpose” for the traditional “Higher Power.” Further, the EDA approach embraces the development and maintenance of balance and perspective, rather than abstinence, as the goal of recovery. Initial chapters provide clear directions on how to establish a foothold in recovery by offering one of the founder’s story of hope, and collective voices tell why EDA is suitable for readers with any type of problem eating, including: anorexia nervosa, bulimia, binge eating, emotional eating, and orthorexia. The text then explains how to use the Twelve Steps to develop a durable and resilient way of thinking and acting that is free of eating disordered thoughts and behaviors, including how to pay it forward so that others might have hope of recovery. In the second half of the text, individual contributors share their experiences, describing what it was like to have an eating disorder, what happened that enabled them to make a start in recovery, and what it is like to be in recovery. Like the “Big Book,” these stories are in three sections: Pioneers of EDA, They Stopped in Time, and They Lost Nearly All. Readers using the Twelve Steps to recover from other issues will find the process consistent and reinforcing of their experiences, yet the EDA approach offers novel ideas and specific guidance for those struggling with food, weight and body image issues. Letters of support from three, highly-regarded medical professionals and two, well-known recovery advocates offer reassurance that EDA’s approach is consistent with that supported by medical research and standards in the field of eating disorders treatment. Intended as standard reading for members who participate in EDA groups throughout the world, this book is accessible and appropriate for anyone who wants to recover from an eating disorder or from issues related to food, weight, and body image. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: The Overeaters Journal Debbie Danowski, 2009-10-28 A guided journal to help overeaters get to the heart and soul of their eating patterns. As a 328-pound woman, Debbie Danowski was on her way to an early death when she entered a treatment center for food addiction. During the six-week stay, she was required to keep a daily journal, a task that she now credits with helping to save her life. The act of writing forced Danowski to uncover thoughts and feelings she had kept hidden. It was the key to unlocking her lifelong food obsession. Now Danowski brings her special insight and writing expertise to The Overeaters Journal with journaling exercises that explore the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of food obsession. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Living Abstinent GreySheeters Anonymous, 2021-04-19 Living Abstinent was written by members of the Twelve-Step program GreySheeters Anonymous, and offers a solution for people who are addicted to food: who compulsively overeat, undereat, or binge and purge. We were inspired to share our strategies for maintaining long-term freedom from compulsive eating. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Bright Line Eating Susan Peirce Thompson, PhD, 2021-01-05 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Foreword by John Robbins, author of the international bestseller Diet for A New America In this book, Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D. shares the groundbreaking weight-loss solution based on her highly acclaimed Bright Line Eating Boot Camps. Rooted in cutting-edge neuroscience, psychology, and biology, Bright Line Eating explains why people who are desperate to lose weight fail again and again: it’s because the brain blocks weight loss. Bright Line Eating (BLE) is a simple approach designed to reverse that process. By working with four Bright Lines—clear, unambiguous, boundaries—Susan Peirce Thompson shows us how to heal our brain and shift it into a mode where it is ready to shed pounds, release cravings, and stop sabotaging our weight loss goals.Best of all, it is a program that understands that willpower cannot be relied on, and sets us up to be successful anyway. Through the lens of Susan’s own moving story, and those of her Bright Lifers, you’ll discover firsthand why traditional diet and exercise plans have failed in the past. You’ll also learn about the role addictive susceptibility plays in your personal weight-loss journey, where cravings come from, how to rewire your brain so they disappear, and more. Susan guides you through the phases of Bright Line Eating—from weight loss to maintenance and beyond—and offers a dynamic food plan that will work for anyone, whether you’re vegan, gluten-free, paleo, or none of the above. Bright Line Eating frees us from the obesity cycle and introduces a radical plan for sustainable weight loss. It’s a game changer in a game that desperately needs changing. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Holy Hunger Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, 2000-04-11 A wrenchingly honest, eloquent memoir “about true nourishment that comes not from [eating] but from engaging on a spiritual path.—Los Angeles Times In this brave and perceptive account of compulsion and the healing process, Bullitt-Jonas describes a childhood darkened by the repressive shadows of her alcoholic father and her emotionally reclusive mother, whose demands for excellence, poise, and self-control drove Bullitt-Jonas to develop an insatiable hunger. What began with pilfering extra slices of bread at her parents' dinner table turned into binges with cream pies and pancakes, sometimes gaining as much as eleven pounds in four days. When the family urged her father into treatment, the author recognized her own addiction and embarked on the path to recovery by discovering the spiritual hunger beneath her craving for food. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Saving Sara Sara Somers, 2020-05-12 For nearly fifty years, Sara Somers suffered from untreated food addiction. In this brutally honest and intimate memoir, Somers offers readers an inside view of a food addict’s mind, showcasing her experiences of obsessive cravings, compulsivity, and powerlessness regarding food. Saving Sara chronicles Somers’s addiction from childhood to adulthood, beginning with abnormal eating as a nine-year-old. As her addiction progresses in young adulthood, she becomes isolated, masking her shame and self-hatred with drugs and alcohol. Time and again, she rationalizes why this time will be different, only to have her physical cravings lead to ever-worse binges, to see her promises of doing things differently next time broken, and to experience the amnesia that she—like every addict—experiences when her obsession sets in again. Even after Somers is introduced to the solution that will eventually end up saving her, the strength of her addiction won’t allow her to accept her disease. Twenty-six more years pass until she finally crawls on hands and knees back to that solution, and learns to live life on life’s terms. A raw account of Somers’s decades-long journey, Saving Sara underscores the challenges faced by food addicts of any age—and the hope that exists for them all. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: The Hunger Fix Pamela Peeke, 2013-09-17 The body’s built-in reward system, driven by the chemical dopamine, tells us to do more of the things that give us pleasure: Creative energy, falling in love, entrepreneurship, and even the continued propagation of the human race are driven by this system. Unfortunately, so is the urge to overeat. In The Hunger Fix, Dr. Pam Peeke uses the latest neuroscience to explain how unhealthy food and behavioral fixes have gotten us ensnared in a vicious cycle of overeating and addiction. She even shows that dopamine rushes in the body work exactly the same way with food as with cocaine. Luckily, we are all capable of rewiring, and the very same dopamine-driven system can be used to reward us for healthful, exciting, and fulfilling activities. The Hunger Fix lays out a science-based, three-stage plan to break the addiction to false fixes and replace them with healthier actions. Fitness guides, meal plans, and recipes are constructed to bolster the growth of new neurons and stimulate the body’s reward system. Gradually, healthy fixes like meditating, going for a run, laughing, and learning a new language will replace the junk food, couch time, and other bad habits that leave us unhappy and overweight. Packed with practical tips, useful advice, and plenty of wit, wisdom, and inspiring stories of those who have successfully transformed their bodies, The Hunger Fix is a life-changing program for anyone (of any size) trapped by food obsession and the urge to overeat. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Anatomy of a Food Addiction Anne Katherine, 2013-10-18 Featuring an honest account of the author's own struggles with food, Anatomy of a Food Addiction helps readers understand binge eating and plan a recovery through exercises, self-tests, and an examination of family issues. Illustrations. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: From the First Bite Kay Sheppard, 2010-01-01 Renowned therapist, eating disorder specialist and recovering food addict Kay Sheppard helps countless individuals win their battles over food addiction—people for whom diets, pills and purging have become a way of life. In 1993, her groundbreaking book, , explained the illness of food addiction from the physiological origins through recovery. Today, obesity is on the rise. In addition to the 300,000 overweight people in this country, millions more who may not look overweight are unable to control their eating. Sheppard’s follow-up book, From the First Biteoffers the latest medical insights into food addiction coupled with time-tested, practical advice. Unlike other books that are very dry in nature, this book includes compelling personal stories and do’s and don’ts from other recovering and relapsed food addicts, including the author herself, who began her own recovery in 1967. The book explains how to avoid the physiological and situational triggers that lead to relapse; how to confront the emotional issues behind food cravings; how to establish a balanced food plan that eliminates cravings; and how to avoid hidden dangers in cleverly packaged foods. The book also includes a handy Twelve-Step workbook. Just as Sheppard’s first book broke new ground, her latest work offers a critical first step for food addicts on the road to physical, emotional and spiritual recovery. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: It's Not what You're Eating, It's What's Eating You Janet Greeson, 1994-02 Drawing on more than a decade of new research, the founder and director of Janet Greeson's Your Life Matters treatment centers presents a refined and restructured 28-day program that addresses the real reasons for food addiction--and presents real, workable solutions that can last a lifetime. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Males With Eating Disorders Arnold E. Andersen, 2014-06-17 First published in 1990. The subject of anorexia nervosa and, more recently, bulimia nervosa in males has been a source of interest and controversy in the fields of psychiatry and medicine for more than 300 years. These disorders, sometimes called eating disorders, raise basic questions concerning the nature of abnormalities of the motivated behaviors: Are they subsets of more widely recognized illnesses such as mood disorders? Are they understandable by reference to underlying abnormalities of biochemistry or brain function? In what ways are they similar to and in what ways do they differ from anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa in females? This book will be of interest to a wide variety of people—physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, nutritionists, educators, and all others who may be interested for personal or professional reasons. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: The Optimistic Food Addict: Recovering from Binge Eating Christina Fisanick Greer, 2016 The Optimistic Food Addict explores the author's journey through recovery from binge eating disorder. Inspirational, honest, and motivating, this book is guaranteed to contribute significantly to the recovery of readers who also suffer from food addiction as they feel the gritty, raw truth behind the author's words. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous, 2008-01-01 |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: The Pescetarian Plan Janis Jibrin, 2014 Vegetarian + Seafood = Pescetarian You can go vegetarian to slim down, help reduce your risk for cancer and cardiovascular disease, feel great, and probably live longer. Or you can eat fish to help protect your heart, quell appetite, stay sharp, be happier, and possibly even improve your sex life. (You read that right!) Better yet, you can enjoy the best of both worlds with The Pescetarian Diet a delicious, easy-to-follow, one-of-a-kind program for weight loss and optimal physical and mental well-being. Inspired by the traditional Mediterranean way of eating ( pesce is the Italian word for fish ), veteran nutritionist Janis Jibrin, M.S., R.D., offers step-by-step portion- and meal-planning instruction, including a wide variety of quick and easy breakfasts, lunches, and dinners to help you meet your weight-loss and health goals. She shares her deep knowledge of the science behind the healthiest diet on the planet, deftly explaining the amazing potential benefits of eating the pescetarian way including whittling your waist, reducing chronic inflammation, preventing arterial plaque, and possibly warding off Alzheimer's. She also bre |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Letting Go of Diet Remedies Twelve Step Recovery from Use of Diet Substances & Compulsive Dieting Anonymous Members Twelve Step Recovery, Greysheeters Anonymous, 2009-06 Letting Go of Compulsive Eating is an inspirational reader used by members of Overeaters Anonymous and others with eating disorders, substance abuse problems, or behavior addictions. Anonymous individuals who practice Twelve Step Recovery decided to produce this daily reader to more fully reflect our experience with dieting and recovery from compulsive eating. Such collective wisdom helps us to view each day as an opportunity for happiness by focusing on the reality of today without the burdens of compulsive eating. We are on a brighter firmer path. Our experience with dieting is what we first tried to solve life problems and compulsive eating. It is where we first hit bottom. Often it made us sick and impaired our thinking. We came into Twelve Step Recovery. With quotes from Anne Lamott, Camryn Manheim, Bob Dylan, Joan Didion, Oprah Winfrey, Alice Walker, Aimee Liu, and other notables, past and present, used in concert with the meditations, this reader brings some of the pleasures and rewards about truth-telling and arriving at self-truth to the surface. Selections deal with our desperation and fear, misconceptions about life, and especially, how our ideas of love, the terrors of love, and romantic addiction have played into our dieting and the methods we have tried. We talk about what we have tried for control, invisibility, buying time, putting off or conquering life. We identify 'So Many Lies' about the remedies, behaviors and methods, and tell about putting our lives on the basis of truth. We tell what happened to make us stop using compulsive dieting and to come into Twelve Step Recovery. We share about Self-Care and Building On Identity - what we do to practice clear thinking, detach from erroneous messages, clear away selfdeception, develop kindness toward self and others, be safe, recognize and deal effectively with attack voices, deal with overwhelming emotions, know and practice courage, serve, and build identity based on our God-given talents, abilities and enthusiasms. We talk about love, honor, loving self, loving another, loving the world. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Sweet Surrender Pam Auburn, Pamela J. Masshardt, 2013-11-28 Sweet Surrender: Christian 12-step recovery from food addiction is an inside look at the physical, emotional and spiritual life of a sick and suffering food addict getting well. Discovering the truth about food addiction brings hope and surrendering to Jesus brings healing. Sweet Surrender offers a solution--a tried-and-true way of eating, a tried-and-true way of living. Walk beside Pam as she finds acceptance, love and freedom in her sweet surrender. Whom the son has set free is free indeed! John 8:36 |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Greysheeters Anonymous GreySheeters Anonymous, 2015-11-12 Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of GreySheeters Anonymous Cant stop eating? Many have found recovery from compulsive eating, obesity, food addiction, binge eating, anorexia, or bulimia in GreySheeters Anonymous (GSA.) The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of GreySheeters Anonymous offers readings, questions for reflection, and shared experiences. Interested? Ask yourself the following questions: Are you tired of looking for a solution about your weight problem? Are you ready to try something different? Are you ready to have freedom from food and the constant thoughts that have kept you imprisoned? Are you ready to go to any lengths to experience freedom from the phenomenon of craving? GSA is a Twelve Step Program in which the physical aspect (allergy/addiction) of our disease is addressed by the GreySheet food plan, while the mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects are addressed by the programs Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. We have no dues or fees. We are not affiliated with any other organization. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop eating compulsively. The foods that we eat can be purchased in markets and many restaurants. What we eat is abundant, delicious, and portable. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Trade Edition Bill W., 1953 Twelve Steps to recovery. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Eating Disorders in Sport Ron A. Thompson, Roberta Trattner Sherman, 2011-01-19 Over the past fifteen years, there has been a great increase in the knowledge of eating disorders in sport and effective means of treatment. In this book, the authors draw on their extensive clinical experience to discuss how to identify, manage, treat, and prevent eating disorders in sport participants. They begin by examining the clinical conditions related to eating problems, including descriptions of specific disorders and a review of the relevant literature. Special attention is given to the specific gender and sport-related factors that can negatively influence the eating habits of athletes. The second half of the book discusses identification of participants with disordered eating by reviewing symptoms and how they manifest in sport; management issues for sport personnel, coaches, athletic trainers, and healthcare professionals; treatment; and medical considerations, such as the use of psychotropic medications. A list of useful resources is included in an appendix, as well as a glossary of important terms. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Twelve Steps for Overeaters Elisabeth L., 2010-03-26 The author of the popular Food for Thought daily meditation book takes a fresh, in-depth look at the Twelve Steps of Overeaters Anonymous. Each chapter carefully examines and interprets each of the individual Steps. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Overeaters Anonymous Overeaters Anonymous, 2014 The third edition of Overeaters Anonymous, OA's Brown Book, includes forty never-before-published, personal stories by recovering OA members from around the world the founder's story the complete text of Our Invitation to You an all-new Appendix,The Role of a Plan of Eating in Recovery from Compulsive Eating by a dietitian specializing in addictive and compulsive eating disorders the book's original three appendices,A Disease of the Mind, A Disease of the Body, and A Disease of the Spirit and a new Forward by an eating-disorder treatment professional |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Beyond Our Wildest Dreams , 1996 How did Overeaters Anonymous begin? Why were our Steps rewritten? When was abstinence introduced? What was the carbohydrate controversy? Where did I Put My Hand in Yours originate? How did the OA Lifeline get its name? Discover answers to these questions and other fascinating facts in the pages of OA's first history book. A cofounder, who has kept coming back since the very first 1960 OA meeting describes it all: what we were like, what happened, what we're like now, what we hope for our future. Beyond Our Wildest Dreams is absorbing and inspirational, a reading treat for every member of Overeaters Anonymous and for all those who encourage and support compulsive overeaters in their quest for recovery.--Back cover |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Brain Over Binge Kathryn Hansen, 2022-04-12 After completely and independently conquering a debilitating eating disorder, Kathryn Hansen wrote Brain over Binge to share her struggle-and her escape from it-with those still trapped in the compulsive binge-purge cycle. Since the book's initial release in 2011, it has endured as an essential road map for using the power of the brain to erase harmful habits and create lasting change. The second edition is fully revised and updated with new information, compelling insights, and uplifting success stories that will inspire readers to break free from their own self-defeating behaviors.Brain over Binge is both a memoir and a scientific account, providing a gripping personal narrative and a research-based perspective on bulimia and binge eating disorder. Kathryn traces the course of her own condition and then describes in detail her unconventional approach to recovery. In the process, she offers a much-needed alternative viewpoint on the landscape of eating disorder literature to help others in the throes of any form of out-of-control eating.The mainstream view of bulimia holds that it's a complex disorder that manifests as a means of coping with deep underlying emotional and psychological problems. But the author resolutely departs from this philosophy, cuts through the confusion she experienced in traditional therapy, and simplifies both the origins of binge eating and its cure. As Kathryn explains the brain-based principles that led to her recovery from relentless bingeing and purging, Brain over Binge sheds current and crucial light on our human potential to overcome destructive patterns and reclaim our lives. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Killer Fat Natalie Boero, 2012-09-12 In the past decade, obesity has emerged as a major public health concern in the United States and abroad. At the federal, state, and local level, policy makers have begun drafting a range of policies to fight a war against fat, including body-mass index (BMI) report cards, “snack taxes,” and laws to control how fast food companies market to children. As an epidemic, obesity threatens to weaken the health, economy, and might of the most powerful nation in the world. In Killer Fat, Natalie Boero examines how and why obesity emerged as a major public health concern and national obsession in recent years. Using primary sources and in-depth interviews, Boero enters the world of bariatric surgeries, Weight Watchers, and Overeaters Anonymous to show how common expectations of what bodies are supposed to look like help to determine what sorts of interventions and policies are considered urgent in containing this new kind of disease. Boero argues that obesity, like the traditional epidemics of biological contagion and mass death, now incites panic, a doomsday scenario that must be confronted in a struggle for social stability. The “war” on obesity, she concludes, is a form of social control. Killer Fat ultimately offers an alternate framing of the nation’s obesity problem based on the insights of the “Health at Every Size” movement. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Whole Person Integrative Eating Deborah Kesten, Larry Schwerwitz, 2020 In this breakthrough book, lifestyle and nutrition researchers Deborah Kesten and Larry Scherwitz offer documented proof that it is possible to overcome overeating, overweight, and obesity by nourishing yourself multidimensionally each time you eat. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Dying to Please Avis Rumney, 2009-08-11 This second edition updates the 1983 work (a gem--Booklist) with a wealth of new information. The author, a therapist and recovered anorexic, draws upon her own experience and extensive research to produce a comprehensive account of the symptoms, causes and treatments of anorexia nervosa. She illuminates the anorexic's paradox--self-annihilation in service of self-preservation--and the central task of recovery: development of a Self. The author addresses the origins and attributes of anorexia and accompanying disorders, the use and misuse of the Internet, and the concept of recovery. She addresses different therapies in detail, as well as therapies for families and interventions. A directory of organizations, a list of resources for information and referral, a bibliography and index are included. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: The Blood Sugar Solution Mark Hyman, 2012-05-24 The No.1 New York Times bestselling programme to fight diabetes, lose weight, and stay healthy. By 2025 there will be more than 4 million people in Britain with diabetes. Every day, 400 new cases are diagnosed. In The Blood Sugar Solution, Dr Mark Hyman reveals that the secret solution to losing weight and preventing diabetes - as well as heart disease, stroke, dementia, and cancer - is balanced insulin levels. The Blood Sugar Solution, Dr. Hyman gives us the tools to achieve this with his revolutionary six-week healthy-living programme and the seven keys to achieving wellness - nutrition, hormones, inflammation, digestion, detoxification, energy metabolism, and a calm mind. With advice on diet, exercise, supplements and medication, and options to personalise the plan for optimal results, The Blood Sugar Solution teaches readers how to maintain lifelong health. Groundbreaking and timely, The Blood Sugar Solution is the fastest way to lose weight, prevent disease, and feel better than ever. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Weight Loss Surgery Does Not Treat Food Addiction Connie Stapleton, Ph.d., 2017-06-20 Food addiction is an extremely difficult disease that is misunderstood by the general public and by many medical and mental health professionals. Weight regain following extreme weight loss through medically supervised diet programs, fad diets, or weight loss (bariatric) surgery is all too often followed by weight regain. Regain is largely attributed to failing to following through with behavior modifications, which are the focus in most weight loss programs. Behavior modifications include eating less and moving more. Those whose weight has gone up and down over time attribute their regain to going back to old habits. Understanding food addiction educates us about why it is so difficult for vast numbers of people to follow through with the behavior modification tools that actually do help the patients lose weight to begin with, and if practiced over time help in keeping the weight off. Food addiction takes our brains hostage and makes it seem impossible for intelligent, well-meaning people who sincerely want to lose weight to avoid foods they realize will result in added pounds. Food addiction hijacks our rational minds and leads us to making decisions that will defy our weight loss efforts and goals. Those who choose to have weight loss surgery often view it as a last resort for losing weight. They hope the surgery will result in dramatic weight loss, and will also help in sustaining that weight loss. It is a tragedy when patients who have elected to undergo a surgical weight loss procedure regain dreaded pounds in spite of having had good intentions to follow through with the behaviors necessary to keep the weight off. A hallmark of addiction is knowing there are physical and/or emotional problems caused, or made worse by a substance, and continuing to use the substance anyway. If food consumption is leading to excess weight and physical comorbidities, such as high blood pressure, sleep apnea, high cholesterol and/or diabetes, and the patient is informed they need to lose weight in order to improve these medical conditions, but they are unable to change their eating habits, food addiction may be a reason. If people are depressed because of their weight and the limitations it places on their lives and the friction it causes in their relationships, and they want to lose weight but cannot seem to stop eating unhealthy foods, again, food addiction may be a reason. If a person has both the disease of obesity and the disease of addiction (in this case, food addiction), treating only the disease of obesity will most likely not result in long-term weight loss. Food addiction is a powerful disease that needs treatment concurrently when treating obesity. Attempts to continue to eat less will fail if a person is a food addict and does not treat their addiction. The result will ultimately be weight regain, frustration and discouragement. Weight Loss Surgery Does NOT Treat Food Addiction is for people who have had bariatric surgery, are considering bariatric surgery, or for anyone who struggles with weight loss and keeping weight off. In this book, I explain what food addiction is and why it must be addressed in addition to working on weight loss and weight maintenance. I also share tips and steps to take in order to address food addiction, as well as what it means to be in recovery from food addiction. Get ready to learn. Get ready to grow as a person by learning more about yourself in this educational, engaging and down-to-earth book. Join me online and on Facebook as well for more helpful information and tools. And finally, please share this book with anyone you know who may be struggling with food addiction, whether or not they are a bariatric surgery patient. Food addiction can be treated! Get help now and get healthier and happier. Your Health. Your Responsibility. This Day. Every Day. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Encyclopedia of Diet Fads Marjolijn Bijlefeld, Sharon K. Zoumbaris, 2014-11-25 This updated encyclopedia examines the basics of nutrition and dieting, presenting the important people, concepts, and criticisms involved and examining the pros and cons of different plans. This A-to-Z reference describes many of the health fads and fashions of the past as well as current trends in weight loss to help people understand the principles of weight loss and the benefits of healthy choices. The authors help to identity effective means of losing weight and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, placing particular emphasis on weight-loss programs aimed at young people who struggle most with obesity, eating disorders, and body image. The book explores what works, what is potentially dangerous, and what scientists are discovering about nutrition, while also offering sustainable advice for keeping fit. The second edition of Encyclopedia of Diet Fads includes many updated, expanded, and completely new entries, as well as the latest information on diets and reviews many popular diet trends like the Atkins Diet, the Zone Diet, Weight Watchers, and Medifast. The book is organized by alphabetical entries regarding nutrition, exercise, and famous and infamous diet-promoters. Readers can learn more about an area that interests them through cross-referenced sections and a prolific list of additional resources. A selection of appendixes contains practical information such as how to evaluate diets and recipes. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Food Addiction Kay Sheppard, 1993-03-01 Are you a food addict? Do you gain more weight than you lose after every diet? Can one cookie destroy all your good intentions? Do you eat when you are disappointed, tense or anxious? Since its publication, Food Addiction has become a primary resource for food addicts and compulsive eaters. Now it is updated and presented in a revised and expanded edition, with a new chapter on relapse. For a food addict, relapse is an ever present danger which begins in the mind before reaching for that cupcake or other trigger food. Here food addiction is defined, trigger foods are identified and consequences of food addiction are revealed. A lifetime eating plan demonstrating how to stick with a healthful food plan for the long term is also provided. For some people, foods can be as addictive as alcohol, Kay Sheppard explains. Gummy bears and marshmallow chicks can be vicious killers whose effects can lead to depression, irritability and even suicide. The terrible truth is that for certain individuals, refined carbohydrates can trigger the addictive process. This book is an effort to help you understand and solve the problems of compulsive eating. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Love Hunger Frank B. Minirth, 1990 Based on the premise that overeating is linked to emotional and spiritual deprivations, Love Hunger begins with a relationship inventory that will help you understand how disappointments with your family, spouse, or self can result in obesity. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: A Hunger So Wide and So Deep Becky W. Thompson, 1994 The first of its kind, A Hunger So Wide and So Deep challenges the popular notion that eating problems occur only among white, well-to-do, heterosexual women. Becky W. Thompson shows us how race, class, sexuality, and nationality can shape women's eating problems. Based on in-depth life history interviews with African-American, Latina, and lesbian women, her book chronicles the effects of racism, poverty, sexism, acculturation, and sexual abuse on women's bodies and eating patterns. A Hunger So Wide and So Deep dispels popular stereotypes of anorexia and bulimia as symptoms of vanity and underscores the risks of mislabeling what is often a way of coping with society's own disorders. By featuring the creative ways in which women have changed their unwanted eating patterns and regained trust in their bodies and appetites, Thompson offers a message of hope and empowerment that applies across race, class, and sexual preference. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: The Twelve-Step Workbook of Overeaters Anonymous Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. (U.S.), 1993-01-15 |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Food Junkies Vera Tarman, 2019-01-05 Drawing on her experience in addictions treatment, and many personal stories of recovery, Dr. Vera Tarman offers practical advice for people struggling with problems of overeating, binge eating, anorexia, and bulimia. Food Junkies, now in its second edition, is a friendly and informative guide on the road to food serenity. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Internet Guide to Medical Diets and Nutrition Lillian Brazin, 2024-11-01 Don't waste you time with health and diet Web sites that don’t work. The Internet provides unlimited resources that make it easy to learn about various diets, weight-loss programs, and weight-reduction procedures. But with so many sources, which ones can you trust for information that’s safe, accurate, and up-to-date? The Internet Guide to Medical Diets and Nutrition saves you time, trouble, and effort in your search for Web sites that offer the facts about diet programs and nutrition philosophies that meet your health, medical, or religious needs. The Internet Guide to Medical Diets and Nutrition helps you filter out Web sites that offer little, if any, real help in maintaining special diets that address specific diseases (low protein, high calcium, low gluten, hypoallergenic, diabetes, cancer, anemia, etc.), religious or philosophical mandates (Hindu, kosher, vegan, Muslim, macrobiotic, etc.), or commercial regimens (AtkinsTM, Weight Watchers®, NutriSystem®, etc.), or provide answers to questions about bariatric surgery (gastric bypass, stomach stapling, etc.). This invaluable reference resource teaches you how locate Web sites recommended to you, how to evaluate the information you find there, how to research a particular diet or health concern, how to choose and use the right search engine, the significance of domains in Web addresses, and how to observe proper etiquette when participating in Internet discussion groups. Topics examined in the Internet Guide to Medical Diets and Nutrition include: general diet and nutrition Web sites Web calculators (Body Mass Index, exercise, calories, weight-maintenance, healthy weight) the nutrient content of foods food labels non-surgical weight-loss Web sites caloric restrictions hypnosis weight-loss centers and workshops weight-loss surgery Web sites Web sites for specific medical conditions vegetarianism recipes online discussion groups and much more! The Internet Guide to Medical Diets and Nutrition also includes a glossary of terms and screen captures of important Web sites. The book is a must-have as an everyday resource for consumers with diet and health interests and concerns, and as a reference tool for medical and public libraries. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Food Addiction, Obesity, and Disorders of Overeating Claire E. Wilcox, 2021-09-30 This book is written for providers of broad training backgrounds, and aims to help those who care for people with EDs, overweight and obesity provide evidence-based care. The goal of the book is to provide these providers with a straightforward resource summarizing the current standard of care. However, it goes further by also introducing the concept of food addiction (FA) as a model to understand some forms of overeating. This book discusses the pros and cons of embracing FA and reviews the evidence for and against the validity and utility of FA. By doing so, the chapters convey a “middle ground” approach to help people with obesity, BED, and bulimia nervosa plus FA symptomatology who also want to lose weight. The text discusses FA by reviewing several of the main ongoing controversies associated with the construct. It reviews both the clinical and neuroscientific evidence that some individuals’ eating behavior mirrors that seen in substance use disorders (SUD), such as how their relationship with food appears to be “addictive”. Chapters also discuss how many of the mechanisms known to underlie SUDs appear to drive overeating in animal models and humans. Finally, the text argues that the similarities between the brain mechanisms of addictive disorders and overeating behavior has the potential to open up new avenues for current treatment and treatment development. Food Addiction, Obesity and Disorders of Overeating: An Evidence-Based Assessment and Clinical Guide is suited for both medical and mental health practitioners, including physicians in primary care or psychiatry, nurses, psychologists, social workers, medical students and medical residents. It could also be utilized by researchers in obesity and ED fields, stimulating ideas for future research and study design. |
| overeaters anonymous food plan: Diets and Dieting Sander L. Gilman, 2008-01-23 Diets and dieting have concerned – and sometimes obsessed – human societies for centuries. The dieters' regime is about many things, among them the control of weight and the body, the politics of beauty, discipline and even self-harm, personal and societal demands for improved health, spiritual harmony with the universe, and ethical codes of existence. In this innovative reference work that spans many periods and cultures, the acclaimed cultural and medical historian Sander L. Gilman lays out the history of diets and dieting in a fascinating series of articles. |
Developing a Plan of Eating - Overeaters Anonymous English …
We believe that the body and mind of a compulsive eater react differently to food than the body and mind of a normal eater. We find it best to list all the foods, ingredients, and behaviors that …
Overeaters Anonymous Food Plan: Does It Work? - Healthline
Jul 1, 2020 · This article gives an overview of the OA food plan, information to help you create your own plan, and tips for a healthy diet.
WORKING THE PROGRAM Dignity of Choice - Emotional …
OA is not a diet club, and we recommend no plan of eating in particular. We do, however, believe as a Fellowship that freedom from the obsession and compulsion to eat is at the heart of our …
The Tools of Recovery (abridged) - Overeaters Anonymous
As a Tool, a plan of eating helps us abstain from compulsive eating, guides us in our dietary decisions, and defines what, when, how, where, and why we eat. (See the pamphlet A New …
Overeaters Anonymous diet program: Does it work? - Medical News Today
Jan 26, 2024 · This article examines whether the OA food plan works. It discusses the success rate of the program, what the OA food plan includes, and the benefits and downsides.
Original Text of the "Grey Sheet" of Overeaters Anonymous Food Plan
A detailed history of Overeaters Anonymous and its food plans, including the now famous "Grey Sheet" food plan now used by Greysheeters Anonymous. More than a low-carb diet, the Grey …
Putting Together A Plan of Eating - OASV
Apr 12, 2021 · A member of Overeaters Anonymous Silicon Valley shares her personal Plan of Eating as part of her Twelve Step recovery from compulsive eating.
A New Plan of Eating: A Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Journey
This pamphlet, which was reviewed and updated by a registered dietician, helps compulsive eaters define, structure, and review a new eating plan with clarity and confidence. A New Plan …
My Action Plan: A Checklist - Lifeline
Oct 1, 2019 · Today, my action plan consists of writing out all the Tools, plus any other action I need to do to obtain, maintain, and strengthen my recovery over the next twenty-four hours. …
The Role of a Plan of Eating in Recovery from Compulsive Eating ...
Feb 10, 2023 · An individualized food plan meets the body’s nutrient needs, helps to handle medical issues, and meets weight and recovery goals. A food plan should accommodate each …
Developing a Plan of Eating - Overeaters Anonymous English …
We believe that the body and mind of a compulsive eater react differently to food than the body and mind of a normal eater. We find it best to list all the foods, ingredients, and behaviors that …
Overeaters Anonymous Food Plan: Does It Work? - Healthline
Jul 1, 2020 · This article gives an overview of the OA food plan, information to help you create your own plan, and tips for a healthy diet.
WORKING THE PROGRAM Dignity of Choice - Emotional …
OA is not a diet club, and we recommend no plan of eating in particular. We do, however, believe as a Fellowship that freedom from the obsession and compulsion to eat is at the heart of our …
The Tools of Recovery (abridged) - Overeaters Anonymous
As a Tool, a plan of eating helps us abstain from compulsive eating, guides us in our dietary decisions, and defines what, when, how, where, and why we eat. (See the pamphlet A New …
Overeaters Anonymous diet program: Does it work? - Medical News Today
Jan 26, 2024 · This article examines whether the OA food plan works. It discusses the success rate of the program, what the OA food plan includes, and the benefits and downsides.
Original Text of the "Grey Sheet" of Overeaters Anonymous Food Plan
A detailed history of Overeaters Anonymous and its food plans, including the now famous "Grey Sheet" food plan now used by Greysheeters Anonymous. More than a low-carb diet, the Grey …
Putting Together A Plan of Eating - OASV
Apr 12, 2021 · A member of Overeaters Anonymous Silicon Valley shares her personal Plan of Eating as part of her Twelve Step recovery from compulsive eating.
A New Plan of Eating: A Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Journey
This pamphlet, which was reviewed and updated by a registered dietician, helps compulsive eaters define, structure, and review a new eating plan with clarity and confidence. A New Plan …
My Action Plan: A Checklist - Lifeline
Oct 1, 2019 · Today, my action plan consists of writing out all the Tools, plus any other action I need to do to obtain, maintain, and strengthen my recovery over the next twenty-four hours. …
The Role of a Plan of Eating in Recovery from Compulsive Eating ...
Feb 10, 2023 · An individualized food plan meets the body’s nutrient needs, helps to handle medical issues, and meets weight and recovery goals. A food plan should accommodate each …
