The Food Addiction Recovery Workbook: How to Manage Cravings, Reduce Stress, and Stop Hating Your Body (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)

Isnt it time you got off the diet treadmill? In The Food Addiction Recovery Workbook, physician Carolyn Coker Ross offers the proven-effective Anchor Program to help you curb cravings, end body dissatisfaction, manage stress and emotions without food, and truly satisfy your soul. When it comes to addiction, abstinence isnt always the answerand with food addiction, this is especially true. And yet, for decades nutritional experts have dissected the problem of obesity, and the result has been a series of recommendations about what and how much to eat. When eating too much fat was thought to cause obesity, grocery store shelves exploded with low-fat products. Next came the low carb craze that led us to fear eating all carbohydrates, and with it came another assortment of fad products and diets. This pattern has repeated numerous timesand it never seems to be helpful! If youre struggling with obesity or food addiction, youve probably been told that you must deprive yourself of certain foods in order to lose weight. You may have also been convincedby the media and by our culturethat if you finally become thin your life will be better, youll be happier, and your suffering will come to an end. The problem isits not all about the food. Its about how food is used to self-soothe, to numb ourselves against the pain of living or to cope with stress and unresolved emotions. Even as your waist whittles away, the problems that caused your food addiction wont disappear. The Anchor Program approach detailed in this workbook is not about dieting. Its about being anchored to your true, authentic self. When you find your unique anchor, you will relate better to your body, you will know intuitively how to feed your body, and you will reach the weight thats right for you. Anyone whos been on the diet treadmilllosing and regaining lost weightwill admit that losing weight doesnt instantly bring health or happiness. Thats because losing weight is a red herring for the real issue, the misuse of food to solve a problem that has nothing to do with food. This book offers a whole-person approach that blends practical information on managing stress and regulating emotions without relying on food. If youre ready to uncover the true cause of your food addiction, youll finally be able to embrace a balanced diet and reach the weight thats right for you.