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Are Instances of Eating Disorders on the Rise Because of Instagram?- Book Review: Distorted - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2008 from Stephanie OuelletteThis book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Eating Disorders. Eating Disorders are potentially life-threatening neurotic conditions characterized by severe disturbances in eating habits that involve insufficient or excessive food intake. Tricia Greaves is the Official Guide to ...
Views: 2134 - Not a Perfect Ten? Stop Beating Yourself Up Now! - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2011 from Beverley GlazerNot a perfect ten? Don’t beat yourself up. Being perfect is an impossible goal. Humans can never be perfect but there's nothing wrong with self improvement. We all have things that we would like to change about ourselves. However, in the quest for perfection we can get blindsided by our ...
Views: 2129(4 votes) - 5 Steps to Emotional Healing for eating disorder sufferers. - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2010 from Dr. Irina WebsterSince eating disorders are rooted in emotional conflicts, the solution for the problem can be found in emotional healing. Emotional healing doesn’t happen instantly; it is a process. Many existing treatments nowadays promote only a physical fix while the emotional component is severely ...
Views: 2125(7 votes) - The Problems with Activity Equivalence Labels for Individuals with Anorexia Athletica Tendencies - by Submitted on May 13, 2016 from Stephanie EissingerActivity Equivalency Labels: The Two Sides The latest proposal to add activity equivalence labels to food items as a way to help overweight individuals make better food choices has wonderful intentions, but it also has a darker side. Activity equivalence labels would show consumers the ...
Views: 2122 - Eating Disorders Treatment with Co-Occurring Diagnoses - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2012 from Marty LernerDespite some disparity estimating the number of people who seek treatment for an eating disorder, there is an ever increasing body of evidence to suggest an eating disorder diagnosis rarely is unaccompanied by at least one other bona fide illness. Those most often identified as “primary ...
Views: 2119(1 vote) - The Mindfullness, Eating Connection - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2013 from Judy GoldmanOnce more, mindfulness is being totally present and in the moment and avoiding judgment. So how do we connect our increased practice with mindfulness to our eating behaviors and attitude to food? Sadly, we let our lives become so busy that things become automatic, even some of the things we ...
Views: 2117 - The Weight of Thanksgiving - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2010 from Julie SimonThanksgiving is a time when most of us overeat. It's just what we do on this holiday, right? We eat until we're stuffed, and then when we have a little room opening up again in the old digestive tract, we fill it back up immediately. Hours later, we do it all over again. It's okay--we're ...
Views: 2115(2 votes) - CBT-Why Counseling is Challenging - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2010 from Dr GrayWhen people begin CBT counseling they understandably hope that things will gradually improve in a smooth and upwardly linear way. However, the changes that you will be attempting to make through CBT counseling are challenging particularly if you are working to change behaviours that helps you to ...
Views: 2101(2 votes) - Cheating on Your Diet - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2010 from Cory HollyMany nutrition experts actually promote a lifestyle of dietary cheating as a means of release, provided it is controlled, planned and monitored. Others say not to get hung up on the right and wrong of nutrition, that food is just fuel for the fire, and that ultimately, it’s just not that ...
Views: 2093(1 vote) - Loneliness and Emotional Eating Part I - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2011 from Julie SimonMy client Alexis (name-changed), a forty-four year old web designer, has been single her entire life. Without partner or child, she often feels invisible at social gatherings filled with couples and families. Her parents passed away in the last few years and as an only child without much ...
Views: 2083(2 votes) - Learn How To Stop Binge Eating With Challenges - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2012 from Kristin GerstleyLife can be tough, and as we all know, it's even more complicated when trying to stop binge eating disorder. We are thrown obstacles and our drive can sometimes seem obscured. Even in these struggles, your goal needs to stay at the forefront of your mind, so that you learn how to stop binge ...
Views: 2079 - Eating Disorders, the disconnect between body and mind. - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2015 from Mark SchwartzWhen human psychological factors cause an illness, it is called psychosomatic – of the mind and of the body. Of all disorders an eating disorder is the epitome of a toxic relationship between psyche and soma, yet the body is our interface for navigating the world. Medical writer Jonathan Miller ...
Views: 2075(1 vote) - Emetophobia - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2007 from Philip MonaghanTreatment For Emetophobia Pure hypno-analysis fast effective treatment for emetophobia Emetophobia Emetophobia is when a person has a fear of vomiting or a fear of being sick or seeing someone else be sick/vomit. You may find yourself watching others in case they are sick or avoiding social ...
Views: 2075 - How to get fine Bodybuilding complement - by Submitted on May 08, 2019 from Ibrahim CompanyBodybuilding supplements or nutrient supplements are materials you could supplement for your food plan that can assist you lose fats at the same time as you shape muscle at the equal time. A few bodybuilding supplements also are used to get better your overall performance in your selected ...
Views: 2075 - ***The Destructive Culture of Dieting - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2015 from Rebecca CooperWeight problems and food addictions have become a national epidemic. At any given time, twenty five million Americans are seriously dieting. Only 1 out of every 200 dieters lose their weight and keep it off for a year or more. Although there are more diet programs and weight loss products ...
Views: 2068(1 vote) - Is Binge Eating really a serious Eating Disorder? - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2013 from Marty LernerThere is a prevailing assumption within the public arena as well as within the population of those suffering with an eating disorder, that Binge Eating Disorder, aka Food Addiction, is less "serious" than the other eating disorders - namely anorexia and bulimia. In addition, as if to make ...
Views: 2063(2 votes) - Feeling Thin: Visualization as a Weight Loss Tool - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2012 from Shannon LagasseHere’s something I found really interesting in my weight-loss journey: the times when I lost the most weight was when I thought of myself as a thin person. I literally found myself jogging or walking and felt like I was this thin person with an extra layer of padding, as if I was wearing a fat ...
Views: 2057(1 vote) - What defines an Eating Disorder as an Addiction? - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2011 from Marty LernerAlthough there has been some controversy as to whether anyone can be "addicted to food" (AKA food addict) or manifest the symptoms of addiction with respect to the other eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorders - the following is a list of the criteria appearing in ...
Views: 2045(2 votes) - 8 Tips on How Binge Eaters Can Improve Their Self-Love - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2012 from Kristin GerstleyBinge eating disorder successfully removes any and all of the love that you have for yourself. It makes you feel awful about the person you have become and keeps you feeling down in the dumps quite often. In order to overcome binge eating disorder, it's important that you start rebuilding a ...
Views: 2044 - Emotions: Important Information For Eating Disorder Sufferers - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Dr Gray1. The Function Of An Eating Disorder - The Cinema Analogy An eating disorder is a kind of coping strategy, it provides a way of dealing with the difficult things that life throws at you by blocking out, distracting or shielding you to some extend from the distressing thoughts and feelings ...
Views: 2038 - Improve Your Body Image - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Karen ChambreIf you have a body image problem you may feel preoccupied with self doubt, lack self confidence and experience depression because you perceive that you do not look good enough. You may have a body image problem or body dysmorphic disorder. You may feel if your body was just thinner you would ...
Views: 2035(1 vote) - ***Do Sororities Cause Eating Disorders? - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2013 from Rebecca Cooper“A binge-purge party is a harmless way to enjoy some fattening foods without getting fat”, my patient told me. “At my sorority a few of us girls would buy all of the forbidden and fattening foods we have been denying ourselves. Then we would have a binge-purge party. It’s a way to have your cake ...
Views: 2033 - How Meditation can help with Eating Disorders? - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2010 from Dr. Irina WebsterMeditation (or mindfulness training) is proven to be very helpful for eating disorder sufferers. If practiced regularly, meditation can balance abnormal mental states of patients. It can also bring them peace and stability. The brains of eating disorder sufferers are overloaded with abnormal ...
Views: 2033(5 votes) - First Comes Love, Then Comes Obesity - Really? - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2013 from Michelle MorandFirst comes love, then comes obesity: So reads the heading from an article in the July 6th issue of Time Magazine (See the article at this link: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1907143,00.html). Even though my skin was bristling at the glib headline, I felt obligated ...
Views: 2031(2 votes) - Mirror, Mirror - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2009 from Anne CuthbertWhen you look in the mirror, what do you see? Where do you focus your attention? If you are like most people who feel dissatisfied with their body, you look straight to the places you hate the most. You probably look only at these places and do so with a critical eye. What you see in the ...
Views: 2025 - Weight Loss Hypnosis - Just Listen and Get Slim? - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2010 from Michael HenzTo lose weight with hypnosis is probably one of the most misunderstood topics throughout the marketplace because the sole association of hypnosis the majority of individuals have, is watching hypnosis demonstrates on stage or Television shows. Yet show or stage hypnosis and hypnotherapy with the ...
Views: 2022(1 vote) - Calorie Restriction Versus Anorexia Nervosa. - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2008 from Dr. Irina WebsterThere is a small, but growing group of extreme dieters who believe that significantly reducing the amount of food they eat, will not only delay the aging of the body, but also prevent developing heart problems, diabetes and other chronic diseases. This movement, called calorie restriction or ...
Views: 2021 - Eating Disorders Effects. - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2008 from Dr. Irina WebsterEating disorders have very many effects on the sufferers. The effects can be divided into mental, spiritual and physical. The mental effects can be associated with different levels of anxiety (from moderate to very severe), depression, and difficulty to focus on tasks, low span of attention, ...
Views: 2018 - Gain Self-Care Skills, Lose the Weight - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2012 from Julie SimonIt makes me crazy when I hear supposed weight loss experts preach that the road to weight loss begins and ends with calorie counting, daily weigh-ins and intense workout regimens. This kind of advice couldn't be farther from the truth and, in fact, it encourages us not to listen to the wisdom of ...
Views: 2015(1 vote) - HEDONIC EATING AND EATING DISORDERS - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2016 from Marty Lerner“Hedonic Eating” literally translates to “pleasure eating.” It refers to eating in the absence of biological need or hunger. From my standpoint it describes a pattern of disordered eating that contributes to the current rise with eating disorders and obesity. With few exceptions it involves ...
Views: 2013(2 votes) - How Personal Trainers and Coaches Can Help Clients Lose Weight for Good -- Guaranteed! - by Submitted on May 11, 2012 from Melonie DodaroHow Personal Trainers and Coaches Can Help Clients Lose Weight for Good -- Guaranteed! Guarantee weight loss results? I bet you think I'm out of my mind! I'm serious though. You as a personal trainer or a coach can and should guarantee results. Now, I know what you are thinking… “But, ...
Views: 2005 - Is it Self-Esteem or Self-Confidence or what lies in between? - by I was driven towards looking to the self-confidence and self-esteem in ourselves on a deeper level. How do we evaluate the two?
On a human level and perhaps whilst growing up, our religion, the influence of the culture of where we grew up in and our parents, are all factors that influence and ...
Views: 2002 - Bulimia Weight Loss: Does It Really Work? - by Submitted on May 21, 2008 from Dr. Irina WebsterThis article is for those who believe that she/he has found a magic wand to control their body weight and it is called bulimia. Many bulimics think they invented it and keep it secret for a long time because it feels shameful to admit about throwing up food. Bulimia as a weight loss strategy ...
Views: 1993 - Hunger Diseases: Eating Disorders, Self Injury and Compulsive Shopping - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2011 from Angela WurtzelHunger Diseases: Eating Disorders, Self Injury and Compulsive Shopping One of the major psychological commonalities in eating disorders, self injury and compulsive shopping is the underlying psychic hunger. In his book, Hunger Diseases, Raymond Battegay addresses this drive and defines ...
Views: 1993(1 vote) - Eating Disorders; A growing epidemic - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Debra mittlerHow one woman healed herself from a quarter of a century battle with an eating disorder by using Hypnosis Have you ever been on a diet? Most of you probably said you have. Why is it that certain people develop eating disorders and others don’t? When someone talks about eating disorders ...
Views: 1990(2 votes) - The "I'm Right, You're Wrong" Dynamic - by Submitted on May 29, 2009 from Jane ShureA few weeks ago my buttons got pushed. Oh yes, I sure did get triggered. In March, I was invited to be a guest on the NPR radio program, "Voices in the Family," hosted by Dan Gottlieb. I am a psychotherapist with 30 years of expertise in treating trauma, shame and eating disorders, and was ...
Views: 1983 - ***The Inconvenient Truth About Male Eating Disorders - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2014 from Rebecca CooperToday researchers find that for every four females with anorexia, there is one male, and for every 8-11 females with bulimia, there is one male. (American Journal of Psychiatry) The majority of men suffer with Binge Eating Disorder and the majority does not get treatment until they have ...
Views: 1980(1 vote) - Lean Dreams: Eating Disorders on NCAA Teams - by Submitted on May 16, 2007 from Adam JacobsWe see her running at cross-country and track meets every season; we watch her as she propels her thin arms and legs, conspicuous ribs, hollow cheeks and eyes, bulging veins and concave stomach forward. The visible markers on her body shout that something is not right, as her drive for ...
Views: 1979 - Is Your Mindset Making and Keeping You Overweight? - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2013 from Lianda LudwigMind/Body Medicine, the relationship between what you think (and feel) and how your body reacts is an accepted concept nowadays even with most traditional doctors. When you see your doctor with high blood pressure, besides a pill, they will tell you to “de-stress”. But although many doctors ...
Views: 1975(1 vote) - Eating Consciously To Help Prevent A Size Zero Eating Disorder - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2010 from Sandra Kim LeongThe most common types of eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, whereby the patient eats next to nothing and excessively losing weight, and bulimia, where the patient in this case goes binge-eating and forces the body the body to vomit all the food out after eating. A catch-all category, ...
Views: 1969 - Stop these 8 harmful eating habits to lose weight - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2017 from Anton ChuaModern living has replaced important rituals that were observed keenly and devoutly in the past. Before, eating is too important an activity to be taken for granted. Cultures and religions around the world put extra emphasis on mealtime—especially dinner. Even in American culture, most ...
Views: 1967 - Eating Disorders: Intuitive Eating or Structured Food Plans? - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2013 from Marty LernerInternal vrs. External Cues of Hunger Eating disorders almost uniformly involve a broken thermostat-like mechanism that governs internal cues [symptoms] of hunger and fullness. In other words, unlike our “normal eating” contemporaries, we are often confused when to eat, what to eat, how much ...
Views: 1965(1 vote) - Spiritual Depletion and Emotional Eating--Part I - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2011 from Julie SimonJust as a wholesome meal nourishes our body, spirituality nourishes our soul. The spiritual component of well-being involves a search for meaning, serenity and joy that goes beyond our day-to-day concerns. You may be sensing that some deeper longing or hunger within you is fueling your ...
Views: 1950(2 votes) - Toxic Conversations Vs. Bulimia Recovery - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2011 from Catherine LibertyWe’ve all been there. Your sister calls you to let you know how many calories she burned at the gym tonight or one of your friends fills their Facebook status with self-hating nonsense about how much they loath their body. It seems like something is always waiting to trigger us In ...
Views: 1949(4 votes) - FOOD ADDICTION VRS. EATING DISORDERS - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2018 from Marty LernerWHAT ARE EATING DISORDERS? Eating disorders are typically associated with various maladaptive patterns of behavior related to food, it’s consumption, and the ensuing effects on a person’s emotional and physical wellbeing. It may, or may not, include attempts to offset the “consequences” of ...
Views: 1947(2 votes) - Healing Your Hungry Heart: recovering from your eating disorder; excerpt from Chapter 4: how do I begin recovery? - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Joanna PoppinkHow Do I Begin Recovery? “What will open the door is daily awareness and attention.” --Krishnamurti ……Was this my starting point? I certainly thought so. But I had already chosen these people to be in my life. I created the opportunity for those events to happen long before I knew ...
Views: 1944(1 vote) - CBT - How It Works - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Dr GrayCBT is currently recognised by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (a government body responsible for deciding which treatment should be available on the NHS) as the most effective treatment for the a range of emotional problems including: * Depression * Low Self Esteem * ...
Views: 1937(1 vote) - EATING DISORDERS - STILL A MYSTERY - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2024 from Marty LernerLet’s begin this article with an important “disclaimer” – namely no one has a definitive answer as to what causes an eating disorder and, more importantly, one definitive approach to treatment that offers a cure or is “superior” to another. Although I tend to subscribe to the belief a blend of ...
Views: 1936(3 votes) - Bulimia, PTSD, and the Marines - by Submitted on May 21, 2014 from Abigail FazelatEating disorders are known to be prevalent inside the fashion industry, but what about the military? As the number of women who enlist in the armed forces increases, so do the rates of eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Eating disorders, at their core, provide an afflicted ...
Views: 1928 - Here many design are available of Bar Stools. - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2012 from jackk adomsKitchen Stools and Bar Stools are replacing the old style wooden furniture because of it so many advantages over bulky wooden furniture. This article will let you know the reasons of replacement of old furniture with trendy bar Stools. As it is available in so many designs, colors so its ...
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