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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.… (mais)
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
In loving memory of Stuart Brown, recovery was the desire of his heart, and Charlott Chaplin, who was the dearest of friends.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
"Do you know you talk a lot about food and weight?"
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
A food addict is a person for whom one bite of binge food is too many and a thousand bites are not enough. Food addiction is a twofold disease: physical intolerance for refined and processed foods, coupled with mental obsession.
As the term food addiction suggests, there is a physiological, biochemical condition of the body which creates craving for refined carbohydrates. The craving and its biochemistry is the same as the alcoholic's craving for alcohol.
Research indicates that food addiction, a biogenetic disease, is inherited just like blue eyes and blond hair.
According to Karen, "Since I have become abstinent from my trigger foods, I have not had any physical cravings for any particular food whatsoever. During this time, there has never been an occasion when I thought that I had to eat something. This is in strong contrast to the cravings that I experienced prior to becoming abstinent. I used to behave exactly like a zombie—I would mechanically purchase and eat whatever my body craved, no matter how fiercely I had promised myself before the craving hit that I would not eat such foods. There was no stopping me from eating whatever came to mind. I had to have it and there was no talking me out of it. The only time I didn't succumb to the cravings immediately was when I was not alone. Then I would find a way to sneak off to eat in isolation. I had absolutely no control over my cravings. They ruled my life like dictators."
Bonnie describes this vividly: "In food addiction, I live most days thinking only of where I can get my next fix; of sneaking and hiding food; of wishing everyone would leave the house or get to bed so I can get into my drug of choice and get the 'ahhhhhh' soothing feeling. Talk about insanity! There is no soothing feeling. Instead, I am filled with loathing, self-hate and constant reminders of how I 'sold my soul' once again to this horrible, devastating disease of food addiction."
A very high percentage of food addicts have a family history of addiction to various substances. This is not surprising, due to the genetic origin of addiction.
Remember, recovery begins with self-knowledge. Identification of the problem—realizing that something is wrong—leads to recovery. Help is available.
People in good recovery must guard against subtle ways of turning to food for solace.
Power is in the moment, and what we do with it will create the pattern of our lives.
Recovery is a choice; no one can do it for us.
The foundation of recovery from food addiction is making appropriate food choices on a daily basis.
We need to acknowledge that our body chemistry is different from those who are not addicted. The first bite of trigger food sets up the craving phenomenon. Eating addictive food triggers loss of control. After eating it, we cannot predict how much we will eat or how we will behave.
Accountability is an important principle in recovery. Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Richard says, "If you focus on recovery, you will lose weight; if you focus on weight loss, you will lose recovery." That is the paradox! When our focus shifts from weight loss to recovery, we are finally able to get off the merry-go-round.
"In order to recover, I had to name my task for the day and complete one task at a time."
A tactful response to all well-meaning relatives is "No thank you" said with conviction. The bottom line is that I am always responsible for my own recovery and for the food I eat.
Acceptance is the key to serenity.
We have to understand that others do not understand. They don't have to understand. We are personally responsible for what we eat and drink, where we eat, how our food is prepared and for provision of that food on a reasonable schedule.
Often the discussion topic at meetings addresses living life on life's terms in order to deal with the stresses of life by acting rather than reacting.
When we reach out for help, we are practicing life-saving humility.
Each of our beliefs, whether rational or irrational, generates ideas and thoughts. We react or respond to such thoughts. Rational thoughts produce favorable feelings, and irrational thoughts produce toxic feelings. Because we have used food for so many years instead of growing and maturing, we continue to act out our old childhood beliefs. Addiction keeps us stuck mentally and emotionally in childhood. Those old childhood beliefs affect our thinking. Irrational beliefs produce irrational ideas. Those ideas in turn produce painful, toxic feelings. Actually, we cannot have a pain without a thought. We are victimized by the thoughts we think and the feelings produced, not the people we blame.¶ We who are addicted tend to react to toxic feelings in an addictive way. We "eat over" them. We eat to numb or soothe those feelings.
When we stop using food to numb our toxic feelings, we must find ways to deal with them. Without our drug, strong feelings surface. Instead of reaching for food to dull the pain, we learn to face our feelings. They are the messengers that signal there is work to be done. We may believe that we are victims of our feelings, but actually we create them. Since we produce our thoughts, we produce our emotions, too. The key is that feelings follow thoughts. If we are willing to change the thought, a new feeling will follow.
Happiness is an inside job, when we become willing to be responsible for the quality of our lives.
What is going on when the food addict finds himself or herself in the isolation mode? Being home alone is the breeding ground for thoughts of food, which ultimately lead to overeating and binge eating.
We need to stay willing to let people into our lives.
We create our own sadness, unhappiness and discontentment.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
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.
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