Conquer Your Food Addiction : The Ehrlich 8-Step Program for Permanent Weight Loss
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (715 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00008RUMQ |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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As Ehrlich observes, no deprivation diet will work for food addicts, because they use food the way other addicts use drugs or alcohol: not to satisfy physical hunger but to stuff down painful feelings -- loneliness, anger, boredom, sadness, and the like -- with a never-ending conveyor belt of food. The program explains the trickiness of addiction so that overeaters become aware of their unconscious, ritualized eating habits and awaken to a new, realistic relationship with food. It just doesn't work. Binge eating, guilt, and anxieties about food and body image will be dra
. She also recommends drinking 10 glasses of water a day and prohibits diet sodas and finger foods. Although Ehrlich asserts that her rather complicated plan is not a diet with food prohibitions, no one who faithfully follows it will overeat. For example, breakfast should consist of one or two items, lunch can include two to three items and dinner may contain three to four elements, such as a piece of meat, a starch and a vegetable. Above all, Ehrlich stresses that readers need to change their habits with regard to
"A book after my own heart." according to Morty Sklar. First of all, I didn't read this book in order to lose or maintain weight. I read it because of the title, "Conquer Your Food Addiction," which reflects my attitude toward food consumption and bodyweight, which is: If I'm eating more than I need to eat for proper nutrition AND enjoyment, and I am overweight but with no medical problem causing my excess weight, then I should pay attention to my eating habits and change them. The way I. "One of a kind - Get it!" according to Atia. Conquer Your Food Addiction is a one of a kind weight-loss book. Yet it's much more than that! As a behavioral approach to weight loss, it a manual for a new way of thinking, behaving, being and eating.The author's basic premise is that one need not change the foods one eats, but, instead, one's habits. It sounds so basic, until we try it. As creatures of habit, our diets revolve around deeply-ingrained habits and rituals derived fro. This book made me think about what I eat This review is written by a This book made me think about what I eat Amalfi Coast Girl This review is written by a 44 year old woman that has struggled with losing weight for many years. The combination of too much work, and not enough sleep and exercise resulted in "excess storage tissue" as my darling husband likes to call it. If you have ever eaten something, even though you weren't hungry, this is an interesting book.This book is written for those that consume the standard American diet. As a new vegan I found it a. This book made me think about what I eat Amalfi Coast Girl This review is written by a 44 year old woman that has struggled with losing weight for many years. The combination of too much work, and not enough sleep and exercise resulted in "excess storage tissue" as my darling husband likes to call it. If you have ever eaten something, even though you weren't hungry, this is an interesting book.This book is written for those that consume the standard American diet. As a new vegan I found it a. year old woman that has struggled with losing weight for many years. The combination of too much work, and not enough sleep and exercise resulted in "excess storage tissue" as my darling husband likes to call it. If you have ever eaten something, even though you weren't hungry, this is an interesting book.This book is written for those that consume the standard American diet. As a new vegan I found it a
Caryl Ehrlich has had an extraordinary record of success with the Ehrlich 8-step program, a behavioral approach to permanent weight loss for food addicts. She lives and teaches in New York City. . It is one of the longest-running programs of its kind; Ehrlich has maintained it for over twenty years, supporting it as h