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Emotional
Eating
Note: Much of the following information was taken from pages on our
"sister' website: BestDietForMe.com.
The Psychology of
Weight Loss
Summary & Comment
Dr. Roger Gould is commonly recognized as a pioneer
and expert in the field of adult development. Along with his expert team, he
developed a revolutionary interactive approach to therapy. His programs have
been tested on more than 20,000 people in seven different scientific studies.
The latest study conducted by UCLA and Kaiser Permanente said that each of Dr.
Gould's Guided Sessions are about as effective as traditional in-person therapy.
Psychology Today said, Dr. Gould's programs are based on "proven research
results."
After perfecting his approach, Dr. Gould and his
team took on the task of making an effective weight loss program aimed at
helping people eliminate the obstacles to reaching and maintaining their ideal
weight. He has revamped an earlier program called "Mastering Food" and
recently relaunched it as a much more robust program called
"Shrink Yourself"
(www.shrinkyourself.com).
BestDietForMe.com
presents some of Dr. Gould’s findings for you in several articles below,
reprinted with permission. Our analysts
find this to be one of the best psychological programs we’ve seen used for
weight loss. This program may be used as a standalone weight loss program or in
conjunction with another diet plan (such as Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers,
Atkins, LA Weight Loss, or the diet websites). to supplement their program. I
Shrink
Yourself will help you examine why you eat too much (emotional eating)
and how you can change this habit to achieve long term weight loss. The secret
of weight control, according to Dr. Gould, is understanding why you eat, not
what you eat.
The program is
applicable for you if..
- you want to stop bingeing,
overeating, or breaking your diet
- you break your diet when you are
sad, lonely, upset, bored or stressed
- you've lost weight before but
gained the weight back
- you were determined to lose
weight but gave up for some reason.
Shrink Yourself is a 12-week online
program that includes: 12 guided sessions, 12 weekly workbooks, a habit diary,
unlimited hunger coach, community forum access, reminder emails, and more. The
cost is $120, or you can pay as you go at $40/month, with a 100% money-back
guarantee.
Some of Dr.
Gould's research findings...
The 12 Types of Emotional Hunger
By: Dr. Roger Gould, M.D.
Below are the
12 types of emotional hunger that fuel emotional eating. In order to lose weight
for life, you will have to conquer all 12 types. Look over the list -- which
type of emotional hunger derails your diet?
Type 1.
Dulling The Pain With The Food.
If you get
really hungry when you feel angry, depressed, anxious, bored, or lonely, you
suffer from Type 1 emotional hunger, and you use food to dull the pain that
these emotions cause.
Type 2.
Sticks And Stones May Break Your Bones, But Cake Won't Heal What Hurts You.
According to
Dr. Gould and Mastering Food, if
you react by getting hungry when others talk down to you, take advantage of you,
belittle you or take you for granted, then you suffer from Type 2 emotional
hunger. You eat to avoid confrontation.
Type 3. A
Full Heart Fills An Empty Belly.
If you crave
food when you have tension in your close relationships, you suffer from Type 3
emotional hunger. You eat to avoid feeling the pain of rejection or anger.
Type 4. Hate
Yourself, Love Your Munchies.
If you tend to
become hypercritical of yourself, if you label yourself "stupid," "lazy," or "a
loser," you have Type 4 emotional hunger. You eat to "stuff down" self-doubts.
Type 5.
Secret Desires Have No Calories.
If your hunger
gets activated because your intimate relationships don't satisfy some basic need
like trust or security, you suffer from Type 5 emotional hunger and you use food
to try to fill the gap, a ccording
to Dr. Gould and Mastering Food,
Type 6.
Forty Gulps And The Well Is Still Empty.
If you eat to
make up for the deprivation you experienced as a child, you have Type 6
emotional eating.
Type 7. It's
My Pastry, and I'll Eat If I Want To.
If you eat to
assert your independence because you don't want anyone telling you what to do,
you have Type 7 emotional hunger.
Type 8. I
Can't Come To Work Today--I'm Eating
According to
Dr. Gould and Mastering Food,
if your appetite kicks in when you're faced with new challenges--if you use food
to avoid rising to the test, or to insulate yourself from the fear of
failure--you have Type 8 emotional hunger.
Type 9.
Aroused by Aromas, Not by the Chef.
If you stuff
your face in order to avoid your sexuality-either to stay overweight so that
nobody desires you or to hide from intimate encounters--you suffer from Type 9
emotional hunger.
Type 10.
I'll Beat You With this Éclair.
Emotional
eaters often eat to pay back those who have hurt them, often in the distant
past. They use their bodies as battlegrounds for working out old resentments. If
you do this, you're really battling type 10 emotional hunger
Type 11.
Peter Pan and the Peanut Butter Cookie.
If you eat to
make yourself feel carefree, like a child, you have Type 11 emotional hunger.
You eat to keep yourself from facing the challenges of growing up.
Type 12.
That Stranger In Shorts Wearing Your Face.
If you overeat
because you fear getting thin, either consciously or unconsciously, you have
Type 12 emotional hunger.
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