Not Your Mother's Diet

Eating Disorders Book Review on Amazon

2010-04-13T16:03:00.000-07:00

http://www.amazon.com/Not-Your-Mothers-Diet-EATING/dp/1419689908/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246628715&sr=8-1

Use the above link to order this bestselling book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a special book on eating problems!, August 6, 2009
By Dr. David Shaw (Jupiter, Florida) -

This review is from: Not Your Mother's Diet: The Cure for Your Eating Issues (Paperback)

Kathleen Fuller's, Not you Mother's Diet: The Cure for your Eating Issues, is an amazingly well written book on the very complex topic of eating problems. As a Psychologist in the field for thirty years I have come across many interesting books on this subject, however, most were either too complex or too basic for the average reader. This book on the other hand is the perfect balance. It is very specific with numerous real life examples and easy techniques that are really helpful. It's a type of workbook that doesn't read like a typical workbook, which are often too difficult to read and digest. Dr.Fuller's book is a sweet,loving, and gentle read, easy to get through, yet, packed with so many practical hands on techniques that are so useful. I have already recommended this fantastic book to many family,friends, and patients/clients, and have found it useful as a psychotherapist myself in my own clinical work with patients. In addition, the techniques in this book are easiy generalizable to other problems like stress, anxiety, and depression. I give this fantastic book my highest review/recommendation!

Eating disorders

2010-04-13T16:02:00.001-07:00

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Tools for Your Feelings

2010-01-25T10:29:00.000-08:00

A Feelings Tool
Journal Questions to Ask When You’re Stuck in Your Emotions

Remember when you do this questioning part of the exercise, you need to
make the effort and be persistent. Results will follow.

Question 1: What are my thoughts in connection to this feeling?
Question 2: What did I think next? How did I feel about it?

Keep asking the above questions and write down as many answers as you get,
boiling it down for as long as it takes, until you get to the bottom where there are
no more thoughts and no more feelings.

A Second Feelings Tool

Drawing Can Uncover What’s Hidden for You

Next draw a stick figure or something else that represents where you are after the last question. Put a dialogue balloon over its head and let the drawing speak to you. What would it say if you drew anything else?

Write three sentences that begin with, “I am _____________” underneath the picture and finish the sentence with a different characteristic of what you felt when you drew the picture.

Remember to do the best you can. There is no right or wrong way to do this
drawing. The important thing is to take action and do it. When you draw, use symbols and images—-the easiest language for the subconscious to understand. This exercise is valuable in beginning to clear out feelings that are blocking you.

After you do this exercise, wait a few minutes and see if you start feeling better. Then check again later in the day to see if the feelings have decreased in intensity. Learn to look for shifts and little steps that will lead you to feeling better. You’ll find as you check in with your feelings, you’ll learn which ones lead to overeating, bingeing, starving or other compulsive eating behaviors.

Acknowledging unconscious habits and fear of feelings, rather than denying them, puts you on your way to balancing them and finding out what will truly make you happy. Feelings are the key to your truth.

An Exercise to Stop Being a Victim

2010-01-21T04:16:00.000-08:00

When I was a little girl, I used to enjoy the Highlights for Children Magazines where there were pictures and I was asked to find, ”What’s wrong with this picture?” I loved finding all the out-of-place items in the drawing.

When things start to change in my life and I get uncomfortable with the change and the unknown, I ask, “What’s right about this picture?”

Look at the change that might happen after wherever is your stressful situation, and write down all the things that are blessings in disguise.

When you get tired of the victim game (which either “Poor ME” or “Angry ME”), you take the first step toward mastery of change and mastery of your boundaries.

Exercise to stop Being a Victim

2010-01-18T14:11:00.000-08:00

When I was a little girl, I used to enjoy the Highlights for Children Magazines where there were pictures and I was asked to find, ”What’s wrong with this picture? I loved finding all the out-of-place items in the drawing.

When things start to change in my life and I get uncomfortable with the change and the unknown, I ask, “What’s right about this picture?”

Look at the change that might happen after doing the previous questions, and write down all the things that are blessings in disguise.

When you get tired of the victim game, you take the first step toward mastery of change and mastery of your boundaries.

Dynamic Re-Patterning for Changing Your Feelings or Your Attitude

2010-01-13T11:46:00.001-08:00

Connect Your Energy Circuits

EDU-K- Go to this link under the title of Education and click on Brain Gym site: http://www.notyourmothersdiet.com/resourses.hmt

What is the value of the following article? The re-patterning exercises and information can change your life, your feelings and your attitude if you are willing. Be willing is the key to your success. How do I know, because this how I overcame many challenges in my life and learning.
WHAT IS EDU-K?

Educational Kinesiology teaches specific movements of the body that can improve mind function. It uses techniques such as re-patterning, which is the integration of the left and right hemispheres of the brain through specific movements; stress release techniques; and balancing the energy/meridian system of the body.
The two brain gym exercises I want to share are renamed from emotional stress release points from Touch for Health to Dr. Paul Dennison’s Positive Points & Cook’s Hook Up, and now I will rename them “Change Your Feelings Points” and “Connect Your Energy Circuits”.

“Change Your Feelings Points”

1. Take a break for 3 minutes and go where it is quiet.
2. Close your eyes and look upward at a point between your eyebrows and tell yourself to relax.
3. Lightly hold the points about an inch above your eyebrows for 1-3 minutes.

These points bring gentle energy to your frontal lobes where rational thought is available without emotional distractions. These are the neurovascular balance spots for the stomach meridian in Chinese Medicine. Thus the tension you experience is eased and decreases a nervous stomach.

“Connect Your Energy Circuits”

1. Sit in a chair and study the illustration above.
2. Cross your left leg over your right leg so that the ankle is over your right knee.
3. You grasp your left ankle with your right hand.
4. You put your left hand around the ball of your left foot.
5. You sit in this position, taking 3 deep into your belly breaths. You put your tongue against the roof of your mouth on inhalation. Relax the tongue as you exhale.
6. After 3 minutes uncross your legs
7. You can let the finger tips of your hands touch together.
8. You can continue to breathe deeply and exhale twice as long as you inhale.
9. If you are more comfortable to begin put your right leg over left leg and so on-

This was invented by Wayne Cook, an expert in electromagnetic energy and enables you to activate all the Chinese acupuncture meridians into a more balance and harmonized state. As Dr. Paul Dennison wrote “Excessive energy to the receptive (right or back) brain can manifest as depression, pain, fatigue, or hyperactivity.” This figure eight pattern that the body makes when doing this exercise; is a benefit to transform the emotional stress and help learning difficulties.

Personally, I have consistently used these exercises after attending one of the original seminars in the early 80’s. I have had amazing breakthroughs myself and so have my daughters along with many others that I have helped in my clinical private practice. Thus, I urge you to do them and do them consistently each day. You can look at it adopting an attitude that it is like playing. So have some fun with these two life changing exercises.

Answers for Compulsive Overeating, Binge Eating, & Un-Healthy Food Choices

2010-01-13T09:24:00.000-08:00

When you set a goal or commit to a purpose you may feel overwhelming intimidation. I have found this in my own personal experiences in dealing with my diet and my non healthy food choices. Making an inner goal about food scared me because deep in my subconscious mind, I believed I did not deserve good or a successful goal. The best way to process this type of fear is to develop trust in your gut instincts and follow their direction. For many years, I silenced my fears by compulsive overeating or binge eating on sweets and carbohydrates. Then I felt bad or guilty, which caused me to fall deeper into binging, gaining weight, and used these feelings like a stick to beat myself up while confirming to myself that I was unworthy of achieving my goals.

I share this with you for two reasons. The first reason is because I believe that you can relate to my story and my experience. The second reason is when I was researching the material for this article I asked myself a question. The question is, how I could write to you about this subject. I found that the answer is always found within the question. You have the answers to any problem that you might have. Think about that for a moment. I know that statement caused me to stop and pause when I first heard it. Ever since then, I have been testing that statement; that the answer is always found within the question. I have written several articles sharing the process of catching answers.

When I finally got to my breaking point, I asked God to help me establish healthy food choices and my food boundaries. Well, the answer was within the question. The answer was I had surrendered my ego; or I call my ego that part of my mind that wants to do whatever it wants without thinking about the consequences or my over all well- being. Another way to look at the ego is reading it as an acronym that says, ‘Easing-God-Out’.

The following questions are for you to answer and look for the answer within the question. The driving force behind boundaries with food is the desire. The following questions are designed to help you gain insight so that you can build a stronger and stronger desire. So let's begin. Take a piece of paper or use a journal and write the following questions along with your answers. After answering them, share your questions and answers with a supportive friend or therapist.

1. Ask yourself, “When did you experience knowing that it was the right thing to do; while realizing what is right is also good for you. Did this help you do the right thing? Be specific.

2. Where are you when it comes to boundaries? Do you understand setting and maintaining is right?

3. How often does your pain help you see that something is good for you? How
has your pain added to your realization that boundaries are good for you?

4. Ask yourself, ”Why should I expect to have to fight for my growth?”

5. What specific things do you think or believe you have to do to work out or work on your spiritual consciousness of yourself-image?

Yes, you desire a better relationship with your food, a healthy diet, and healthy lifestyle. However, it doesn't just magically happen without some work. We often in today's world think that world owes us an immediate gratification. This doesn't work. Because when we start doing boundary work with food we will begin to deal with a war like situation. There will be skirmishes, battles, disputes, and losses.

Please read question four again.

What can help, is to say to yourself, ”I am worth it because God loves me. I am Soul.” I have another very important tip to empower you, and to help you have spiritual insight, but it doesn't come overnight. You have to develop it like any other skill or muscle. So what I'm going to share is a word that you can chant or sing that can help uplift you, calm you, and help you gain spiritual insight. It is the word that is an ancient word for God. Sing it with love and with reference. Look for the light, and listen for the inner sounds of all life. The word is HU in hu-man.

Eating Disorders- What’s Your Inner Child’s Story

2009-11-17T10:21:00.000-08:00

Choose To Be A Hero/Heroine? (Article 3)

There is power in writing and telling your story because it helps you discover and begin healing your inner child. This can then lead to healing your eating disorder or other painful behaviors. What are you going to choose, victim consciousness or hero/heroine?

I was lost in the freezing cold -I couldn't breathe- I was underwater –thrashing. This image haunted me in a way that I could never understand. I only feared men and any anger they displayed in the slightest twitch of their lips or jaw. In my subconscious, unknown to me, this memory ruled every interaction I ever had with men.

In my early 40’s I did intuitive drawings that revealed an image of a toddler drowning underwater. Trekking deeper into my past, as I wrote my story I found this; the memory of my father who was an alcoholic still in the backwoods of the Olympic Rainforest bordering the Puget Sound Bay. He had been drinking and had taken my older brother and myself in a small rowboat to fish. I had said something that angered him and he hit the side of my head tumbling me into the frigid cold northwest waters.

As I processed through this memory I was able to speak up to men and authority figures. I am ever grateful for my past and the new found strength and awareness.

Start to choose to begin your story by writing what it was like when you were a child, write what happened to you , and what is it like for you now. It is a process of trusting whatever comes to mind and writing it without judging it, without thinking about all the could haves, just begin to want to trust the process of clearing your soul. In other words you can view your story as having a heart to heart talk with yourself. In telling your story write about what is important and meaningful, confusing, conflicting or painful in your life. You can choose to courageously risk sharing inner thoughts on paper and discovering more about yourself. And by doing this you begin to heal yourself and your inner child.

Furthermore it has been documented that sharing your story with supportive others can increase the healing. Dr. Charles Whitfield talks about this process as giving a gift to yourself, in his book A Gift To Myself. According to Alice Miller, “Problems cannot be solved with words, but only through experience, not merely corrective experience but through our revisiting of early fears, sadness, and angers.” And so taking your time and writing your story is the next step in inner child healing.

John Bradshaw, in his book Home Coming -Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child, calls this work original pain work. He states that if original pain work was understood and used as treatment it would revolutionize the treatment of neuroses in general and compulsive addictive behaviors. From my many years of clinical practice and using the very techniques I'm writing about I agree that it is the most effective treatment.

So what would you need to begin to write your story?

1. Find a supportive person to hear your story or group or therapist.
2. Make a strong commitment to write and finish your story in approximately four weeks.
3. Find a private place to write.
4. Set a time aside each day at the same time.
5. Take your time each day to write and invite the feeling s to come up and write about them.
6. You can have your childhood pictures near to help you remember.
7. Have a support person or accountability partner available to talk with you as needed.
8. Be willing to share your story many times, even though your feelings are hard to express.

If you commit to writing and working through your pain and grief by sharing, participating and experiencing the suffering from your past, you then can begin to release it. When you complete your story it is the hero/heroine’s journey. Or you may choose to remain unaware and this can lead you to resenting others, or blaming yourself, or blaming others. Or even choosing to stay unaware can lead to stress related illnesses. If you choose to stay in unawareness it can prolong your suffering and keep you in what is called the victim cycle or even the martyr/victim consciousness. Is that really what you want to do?

Yes, this work can be emotionally painful, and yet when you complete it you truly will be able to be pain free.

Eating Disorders- Speak Those Bad Feelings & Gain Control

2009-11-08T12:50:00.000-08:00

Get Out of Your Head & Into Your Heart

By Kathleen Fuller, Ph.D.

A recent story illustrates the concept of getting out of your head and into your heart, which is vitally important to help prevent destructive behaviors such as eating disorders. A fourth-grade teacher shared with me the following story: The coach came to the teacher and said,” I can’t get one of your girls to come in, would you go get her? The teacher was on her lunch period and sent another girl. This didn't work, so the teacher called to her in a commanding voice and the girl came directly. Now this teacher is a very unusual teacher; she, like most teachers, is caring and yet she also has a deep wisdom about the importance of expressing feelings.

As reference in Dana.org latest brain research an article by Alexis Madrigal says naming feelings takes some of the emotional impact out of them by engaging a brain region that aids self control, according to this new research.

Experiments, at the University of California Los Angeles, site that Matthew Lieberman found verbally saying person looks angry while looking at a photograph reduces the negative emotional feeling that the viewer would feel.

Let’s go back to the teacher who began talking to the little girl of eight years. The little girl passionately yelled, “I hate this school. I wish I was dead!”
Shocked at the intensity of this little eight-year-old, the teacher said,” You sound very angry. Do you really hate me because I'm part of the school?”

The teacher found by talking further that this little eight year old was so frustrated she didn't know what to do. Her little mind went to hate and suicide. Frustration is indeed an intense hostility. Let’s follow how that frustration is birthed.

Frustration can start as an irritation that grows into anger, then hurt, and finally into the hostile feeling of frustration. This little girl came from a poor family with many addictions and had no way of learning or permission to express her feelings. Because this experienced teacher understood this girl’s background, she taught her to stomp her feet when she's angry and to come and talk to her in private as soon as she could.

Let's suppose that this young eight year old girl does not get any help with expressing her feelings. She may go through the next few grades with inappropriate anger expression. Furthermore anger expression is viewed by most teachers as disruptive and she could be labeled as Bi Polar. Clinically she could develop further features of a personality disorder and even turn to drugs or alcohol or develop an eating disorder because no one was able to talk or teach her at an earlier age. Just as good habits are formed bad habits are formed that then dictate our behaviors.

As referenced in my clinically researched book Not Your Mother's Diet The Cure For Your Eating Issues most little girls are taught it isn’t nice to express or feel anger. Most little girls learn to swallow it. Yet the hostility can flash deep inside for a moment before it’s swallowed. Even the hurt and betrayal you may feel in your work day world may also be swallowed so fast that that anger is nearly forgotten. And almost without a thought, the swallowed anger seems to magically go away.

Yet the result of swallowing anger (or any other strong emotion for that matter) is that eventually it comes out sideways in unconscious, uncontrolled behavior. The primal feelings of anger and betrayal that are swallowed become scattered through the subconscious, resulting in confusion. What happens to a little girl who grows up and thinks it’s paramount for her to focus on the feminine diversion of diet worries or the hunt for the perfect body? This confusion first born of denied anger becomes in many women or men a personal dieting cycle, because anger first has been denied over time and then stuffed down with food.

As a clinical mental health therapist I teach my patients of all ages and genders how to recognize and name their feelings. This is one of the first simple coping skills. The most basic feelings are irritated, angry, hurt, betrayed, frustrated, scared, sad, lonely and depressed. You could try this technique, it works to help you be more aware of your feelings. At the end of each day have a little note book by your bed, and write down all the feelings you had during the day. That's it, it's so simple. See if you feel better or if you feel worse because of so many negative feelings. This is a clue for you to reach out and ask for help from a professional.
The Wisdom of Honoring Your Emotions (Feelings) is taken from my book Not Your Mother's Diet-The Cure For Your Eating Issues available on Amazon.

The following is a brief quote:

Emotions are often misunderstood. They are seen as negative outbursts that are best repressed. But strong emotions can be a way for your intuitive self to get your attention when you’re in the midst of a situation.
Your intuitive self uses emotions to flag a situation and bring it to your attention, so that you can take a deeper look at the truth.
Not Your Mother's Diet Dr. Fuller, a leading eating disorder expert reports on little-known tips too many tragically ignore in her breakthrough book
Not Your Mother’s Diet
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Eating Disorders- Can’t Stop Eating at Night? What Do You Do?

2009-10-15T10:32:00.000-07:00

What if this is you? Imagine you have enjoyed a good dinner. However, in a short period of time the cravings start. You’ve had a nourishing dinner, but emotionally you are still feeling empty. Later you decide to sleep but you toss and turn trying to go to sleep but instead you lay awake with your stomach craving something. Can’t sleep? So you get up and go for favorite high calorie snack. This doesn’t happen just one time it happens infrequently throughout the night. By morning the extra food intake during the night inspires guilt and shame, which can again lead to avoidance of breakfast, helping to keep the cycle going.

Many individuals have feelings of shame because they don’t have control over food; night eating syndrome is a real disorder and you can get help. If something similar happens to you, you probably have night eating syndrome.

More Information on what is Night Eating Syndrome?

A person with night eating syndrome experiences a daily cycle with respect to food intake Understanding this cycle is the first step to being able to plan the gentle changes. After a large amount of food consumed during the night (33% or more of daily calories after dinner according to Stunkard AJ, Grace WJ, Wolf HG: The night-eating syndrome Am J Med 1955; 19:78–86), the person has no desire to eat much for breakfast. Minimum food intake continues through the day, while depression becomes more pronounced at the end of the day. A significant amount of food is consumed for dinner, but 33% or more of the food intake occurs after dinner and at one or more times during the night. This eating does not normally qualify as binging because it is usually occurs over several hours during the night.

During the nighttime, individuals with night eating syndrome have a decrease in the hormone that accompanies sleep, melatonin. Researchers have found that the drop in melatonin contributes to their sleep disturbances. (Go to my products page and click on Our Health Coop and order Melatonin. Our Health Coop has the best price you’ll find anywhere. http://www.notyourmothersdiet.com/products.html )

Who is at Risk of Developing Night Eating Syndrome?

Night-eating syndrome is thought to occur in 10% of obese people seeking treatment for their obesity.

Researchers have found that the triggers are:

1. Depression

2. Anxiety

3. Interpersonal stressors

4. Boredom

5. Prolonged dieting

6. Body image dissatisfaction

How is Night Eating Syndrome different from Binge Eating and Bulimia?

Relatively small snacks are frequently eaten that are high in calories at night. Individuals with binge eating disorder and/or bulimia consume large amounts of food in a short time frame. The binges may be infrequent.

Check out the Treatment Tips to decrease or eliminate night eating:

(one – two percent of the population has night eating syndrome, but the rate is as high as six percent among those who are obese. The emotionally charged eating tends to run in families with addictions according to The American Journal of Psychiatry.)

Progressive muscle relaxation with affirmative healing statements have been shown to reduce symptoms associated with night eating syndrome Go to Food Impulse Control Hypnosis Mp3 downloads on my products page. http://www.notyourmothersdiet.com/products.html This MP3 download Food Impulse Control has shown to be successful in reducing symptoms associated with night eating syndrome
5 HTP has shown to be helpful in reducing the carbohydrate cravings that can be a part of the night eating syndrome and 5-HTP addresses the stress by reducing the body’s need to release the stress hormone cortisol. The food consumed at late hours is often high-calorie, starchy food. Carbohydrates adjust the chemical balance in the brain, increasing serotonin levels. Increased serotonin, in turn, helps the person to sleep. 5HTP can do this without the weight gain and can be ordered here: (Go to my products page and click on Our Health Coop Banner at the top far right of that page and order 5-HTP. http://www.notyourmothersdiet.com/products.html Our Health Coop has the best price you’ll find anywhere.)
For hormonal issues, one way to combat night eating syndrome is to administer tryptophan. Tryptophan has a similar effect to carbohydrate consumption; it ultimately results in a raised level of serotonin. This is 5HTP and the link to order is: (Go to my products page and click on Our Health Coop Banner at the very top right of that page and order 5 HTP. http://www.notyourmothersdiet.com/products.html Our Health Coop has the best price you’ll find anywhere.)

· Of course, it is also helpful to address the issues that create stress. This often calls for some form of mental health counseling. http://www.notyourmothersdiet.com/counseling.html

· Structured nutritional meal plans are a means of reducing the episodes of dietary restriction and the urges to binge and purge, plus natural weight loss can happen. (See article link at )

1. Skipping meals is a trigger for night eating. Make a commitment to change and plan three meals a day.

2. Spread your calories out evenly over the day to avoid feeling overly hungry

3. Eat breakfast even if you don't feel like it

4. Plan a healthy after dinner snack in a pre-portioned package

5. Eat a serving of whole grains with dinner

6. Adequate nutritional intake can prevent cravings and promote satiety (See article at)

The following are more practical suggestions to curb night eating

· Brush your teeth after dinner and after any snack

· Freeze dinner leftovers for lunch or next dinner so you don't snack on them later

· Chew XyliChew Gum - Peppermint from a health food store (order from my resource pages scroll down to Peggy’s Natural Foods Banner http://www.notyourmothersdiet.com/resources.html

· Keep your kitchen free of junk food by making a grocery list of wholesome choices and buying them

· Find other activities like drawing, knitting, to keep your hands and mind preoccupied or go for a walk

FOOD MATTERS

2009-07-27T13:41:00.000-07:00

Food Matters and this is a powerful 3 minute video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4DOQ6Xhqss

Prime Eating Basics to Get You in Control

2009-07-26T13:38:00.000-07:00

The Basics of Eating Healthy & Dropping Those Extra Pounds
1. Three meals a day- sounds easy and it is easy when you become willing to do whatever is needed to create this healthy habit.
2. Sit down to a pretty place setting and allow yourself to enjoy the meal. It is called loving your body by calmly making a space just for your eating pleasure.
3. Plan a menu- make it fun and jot down a grocery list to organize your grocery trip.
Here are some meals in minutes that could be so easy to throw together to feed yourself well. The eating basics include the healthiest food choices possible, opting for fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and lean cuts of meat instead of processed and refined foods. Eating basics is not complicated, nor is it expensive.
Breakfast (be willing to set a fairly regular time for your breakfast)
1. Smooth start- ½ cup yogurt, your favorite fruit, and one cup ice cubes and blend
Drink water in between
Lunch
2. Make a whole grain roll up and put your favorite ingredients inside. (you can buy already washed organic greens) Mix it up with different ingredients.
3. Pack a favorite healthy drink (green tea is a healthy substitute for coffee or soda)
4. Whole grain roll ups make a wonderful melted pizza like meal with cheese and veggies
(You can use almond cheese instead of milk based cheeses.)
Drink water in between
Dinner
1. How about stir fry using pre-washed vegetables with onions and garlic, add cut up meat or tofu or shrimp, scallops or other fish with ½ cup water with soya sauce or other. Five-ten minutes to be ready to eat. Make it simple and throw it all in together and stir fry it.
2. Buy sea food that the grocery store steams for you. Add sauce and a steamed vegetable. Brown rice can take longer to cook but it cooks by itself.
3. A real quickie is buying an already cooked chicken. Add a salad. Plus you can have left-overs for lunch the next day.
Grocery List (you can print this out)
1. Lunch carrier and make it the best with thermos.
2. Bright plates and glasses that are place setting for two with a placemat that makes you smile.
3. Yogurt for seven days
4. Pre-washed vegetables in a bag
5. Frozen vegetables that you love
6. Onions two
7. Garlic already chopped and fresh herbs to throw into meals for finishing touches.
8. Favorite meats for at least seven days and freeze until needed
9. Favorite fruits and buy frozen ones so you can add them to your smoothies three bags
10. Brown rice -- you can cook three servings and store the rest for quick stir fry
11. If you like sea food get some to freeze and a favorite sauce (read the label too)
12. Add what you like as your favorites here and don’t forget the salad dressing.
Benefits to eating basics, include:
· Fat loss
· Weight loss
· Energy increases
· Clearer skin
· Healthier and shinier hair
· Better quality of sleep
· Increased positive attitude
· Clearer thinking

Hands to Help You Feel Good
All hands, your hands and others
Round the table share
The food is spiced
With smiles and love –
A joyous meal is here.

Excellent Video of Anorexia

2009-07-03T09:50:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKUSGOB-0V8&feature=fvw

The set point — reprogramming your genes and cells for healthy weight

2009-07-03T08:17:00.000-07:00

This is an excellent article and I posted it with you in mind.
by Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN NP

Everyone goes through life with a certain amount of “baggage” — an inheritance that’s both physical and emotional in nature. When it comes to our physical inheritance (our genes), many women feel that there’s not much they can do to change matters. But “DNA” doesn’t spell “destiny” — and we do have the ability to influence how our genes respond to our environment.
The conversation between your genes and your environment is particularly encouraging when it comes to weight loss. Women who struggle with their weight often feel as though they are pre-programmed to be heavy. So let’s learn how the metabolic “set point” works — and how we can change it.
What is the “set point”?
The job of a healthy metabolism is to keep a woman’s body at a set point, which is a body-to-fat ratio within a 10- to 15-pound weight range that optimizes her chances of survival. Set points are individualized and stubborn — your body likes stability — and your metabolism defends your set point by slowing down or speeding up when your weight approaches the outer limits of your set point’s range.
When the idea of a set point was first introduced, scientists believed it was immutable and determined by genetics. If your parents were “wired” to be skinny people, then you would be, too — and likewise, if you came from heavy-set people, it would be your eventual destiny to become overweight no matter how hard you fought it.
But in the past few decades it has become clear that the set point isn’t predestined and unchanging. In fact, your set point is also governed by your environment, even from the time you are growing in utero.
Research shows that a disturbed intrauterine environment (for example, due to the mother’s stress levels, a high-carb diet, nutrient deprivation, and drugs) can negatively influence the metabolism of the developing fetus, raising the potential for serious adult conditions like insulin resistance, diabetes, obesity, coronary heart disease, hypertension, and more.
In other words, obesity does run in families, but it has as much or more to do with the mother’s health and weight during pregnancy than her genetics.
Obviously, you can’t do anything about what your mother did when she was pregnant with you, just like you can’t go back and exchange your genetic makeup. But what you can do — even if you have struggled with a high set point since before you were even born — is take steps that help your genes reset your metabolism. Such steps include lowering your stress burden, changing your diet, losing extra weight, and protecting your health long-term.
Has your lifestyle upset your set point?
In recent decades there has been an explosion in artificial foods and preservatives. The average American diet is also extremely high in sugar, refined grains, and bad fats. Our growing and harvesting methods strip our food of its nutrients, and pollutants, pesticides, and dangerous chemicals are all around us. We drive instead of walk, sit at desks instead of working outdoors, and the average food serving size has doubled. In short, we have lost a good quotient of our nutrition while dramatically increasing our toxic load and reducing our activity levels.
The modern American diet and lifestyle have sent the average set point soaring. We all hear it and see it on a daily basis: obesity is an epidemic. And not just in this country — over 300 million people worldwide were deemed “grossly overweight” in the year 2000, leading the World Health Organization to coin a new term: globesity. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
New research into the body-wide phenomenon of metabolic syndrome, or syndrome X, is proving that weight is a vastly more complex issue than measuring calories. Conventional ideas about weight loss are being supplanted by another school of thought — one that understands weight loss as a “universal” process and treats the body’s major functions, including neurochemistry, immune function, digestion, detoxification, musculoskeletal function, and hormonal balance, all at once.
Communicating with your genes: emotions, exercise, and food
In functional medicine, changes in health — good or bad — often reflect communication between your environment and the tissues, cells, and genes of your body. “Environment” in this sense means the physical world you live in; the food, air, and water that you take in as nourishment; and your emotional surroundings, past as well as present. Certain forms of communication can be healthy for one person but profoundly unhealthy for another, depending on our genetic blueprint. All this potential variation explains why some people can eat gluten or dairy and have no ill effects, for example, but others cannot, or why an acute illness or other stressor can precipitate all kinds of health problems where before there were none.
Yet while our genes may be tuned toward frequencies that promote ill health, including toxic weight gain, these communications can also be dialed down, or even turned off. The question my patients always ask me is, How?
Emotional buttons — switching genes on or off
We’ve always known intuitively that laughter is the best medicine, but before now we haven’t really grasped why. Some of the most interesting research being done today is showing how gene expression can be altered by emotions. Studies of laughter therapy in type 2 diabetics showed that as many as 23 different genes were altered as a byproduct of laughter. Not only that, but the activity of several blood enzymes and their precursors changed as well, in ways that were beneficial toward preventing a range of metabolic imbalances.
So one of the ways that we can send positive signals to our genes, cells, and proteins is by cultivating positive emotions. At the same time, addressing sources of negative emotions — particularly trauma from our past that is a continual source of sadness, guilt, shame, or anger — can reduce the flow of negative messages to our genes and cells. (For further guidance, read Dr. Candace Pert’s Molecules of Emotions.)
Exercising regularly — and having fun
Exercise, too, has been shown to affect gene expression. When you start using your muscles more, genes within skeletal muscle cells respond by programming the production of different amounts of proteins and new muscle cells, along with changing metabolic processes. These changes are beneficial, for the most part, although it’s also possible to over-exercise — and when we do, that’s actually stressful for the body, and triggers cell damage.
I would also add that doing less intense exercise that you enjoy is probably more beneficial than too much high-intensity exercise that just isn’t fun, not only because you’re more likely to continue exercising regularly if you like what you’re doing, but because the boost you get from having fun adds to the benefit on all levels.
Food as information
Today there’s an entire field of research called nutrigenomics, or “nutritional genomics,” investigating the effects nutrients have upon genes in both disease and health. The information our genes receive from our food can be a powerful way to “convince” them to respond in ways that are healthy — and it’s not so much about how much we eat (although obviously, overeating isn’t going to help anyone) than about what we eat. Food that is rich in phytonutrients and low in added sugars and chemicals speaks differently to our genes and cells than processed foods. A healthy diet of whole, organic foods reminds our genes and cells of how a healthy body should respond and supports smooth functioning of the body’s systems.
A recipe for “re-setting” your set point
It’s a revelation to many women that they can influence their genes and aren’t doomed to being overweight because of their heredity. For many women, this means changing long-standing ways of thinking or acting, and that can be difficult — but it’s far from impossible, and the benefits last a lifetime.
If you’re ready to have an enrolling conversation with your genes, there are several actions you can take to help fine-tune your set point:
Look for the core imbalances that may lie at the heart of your original weight gain. It’s important to identify these health issues and imbalances, because until they’re addressed, you will have a tough time resetting your metabolic dial.
Examine your emotional inheritance, particularly if you’re an emotional eater. Very few women in our culture go through life without ever experiencing a powerful, and often unhealthy, relationship with food. Understanding the feelings that trigger unhealthy eating habits can take you a long way toward changing those habits.
Look for enjoyable ways to fit exercise into your routine — even if it’s for only 20 minutes or so. During that 20 minutes, try “bursting” four to six times — ramping up the intensity for about a minute — to boost your metabolism without over-exercising. Your body is built to move, so begin gently if you need to, and work up from there.
Optimize your nutrition. Eating healthy doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing effort — simple changes to your diet can reduce your toxic load and increase your nutrient intake. Taking a quality multivitamin–mineral and essential fatty acids will help fill common gaps. Emphasizing specific nutrients appropriate for your metabolic type will provide additional benefits in the long-term.
Prepare yourself for change. Many women struggle with their weight because the day-to-day priorities of work and caring for others interfere with the changes they want or need to make. Often women get discouraged when their initial efforts fail. Luckily, we can make a fresh start with each new day. Our article on making life changes can help you learn to prepare for changes to improve your health.
Laugh! Studies have shown again and again that a positive attitude and good sense of humor help many health conditions — and many of the imbalances that lead to weight gain have a strong stress component.
Start a healthy dialogue with your cells
It’s so important that women realize that we can communicate with our genes and get them to change their behavior — we talk to them all the time through our nutritional choices and the patterns of our emotions, whether we realize it or not. Where our metabolic set point and weight are concerned, we can start by having a conversation with our body — paying attention to our emotions, our nutrition, and our exercise.

Sky-High Calories in Some Restaurant Meals

2009-06-20T08:20:00.000-07:00

The following article I found to interesting and helpful so I am posting it.
Restaurants Are Piling on Fat, Calories With Larger Portions, Group Says

By Elizabeth Lee
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

June 2, 2009 -- Restaurants are serving ever-larger portions of super-bad food to entice customers to start eating out again, according to a consumer watchdog group.
In a list of the most over-the-top, unhealthy restaurant foods, the Center for Science in the Public Interest singled out some dishes that provide more saturated fat or sodium than most people should eat in three days. The foods were also high in calories.
U.S. dietary guidelines call for healthy Americans to get less than 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day, about the amount in a teaspoon of table salt, to lower blood pressure and reduce risk of heart disease, stroke, heart failure, and kidney disease. But for the 70% of Americans who are middle-aged or older, African-American, or have high blood pressure, no more than 1,500 milligrams a day is recommended.
Federal nutrition guidelines also advise that less than 10% of daily calories come from saturated fat, about 20 grams for a 2,000-calorie diet. Eating lots of saturated fat can lead to increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
The group’s Xtreme Eating 2009 dishes, listed in the June issue of its Nutrition Action Healthletter, include:
• Chili’s Big Mouth Bites with French fries (four mini bacon cheeseburgers with fried onion strings): 2,350 calories, 38 grams saturated fat, 3,940 milligrams sodium.
• Olive Garden Tour of Italy, with lasagna, chicken parmigiana, and fettuccine alfredo: 1,450 calories, 33 grams saturated fat, 3,830 milligrams sodium.
• The Cheesecake Factory Fried Macaroni and Cheese: 1,570 calories, 69 grams saturated fat, 1,860 milligrams sodium.
• Chili’s Original Half Rack of Baby Back Ribs: An add-on for entrees, with 490 calories, 12 grams saturated fat, and 2,050 milligrams sodium.
• Red Lobster Ultimate Fondue shrimp and crabmeat in a lobster cheese sauce served in a sourdough bread bowl: 1,490 calories, 40 grams saturated fat, 3,580 milligrams sodium.
• Uno Chicago Grill’s Mega-Sized Deep Dish Sundae: 2,800 calories, 72 grams saturated fat.
• The Cheesecake Factory’s Chicken and Biscuits: 2,500 calories.
• Applebee’s Quesadilla Burgerwith fries: 1,820 calories, 46 grams saturated fat, 4,410 milligrams sodium.
• The Cheesecake Factory Philly Style Flat Iron Steak with fries: 2,320 calories, 47 grams saturated fat, 5,340 milligrams sodium.
The examples are extreme, says Jayne Hurley, RD, chief nutritionist for the Center for Science in the Public Interest. But that’s the point.
“The problem is these oversized foods come with oversized calories, saturated fat, and sodium,” Hurley says. “It used to be you got a single entree, and now in some cases you’re getting three entrees on your plate.”
The typical restaurant entree, appetizer, and dessert contain about 1,000 calories apiece, Hurley says. The Center for Science in the Public Interest obtained the nutritional information in the report from restaurant web sites and menus.
Sky-High Calories in Some Restaurant Meals
Restaurants Are Piling on Fat, Calories With Larger Portions, Group Says
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“As a consumer-driven industry, we give our guests what they want,” says Shelia Weiss, RD, a nutrition consultant for the National Restaurant Association, an industry trade group. “Certainly there are indulgent items on menus, but there are more diet-conscious items on menus than ever before.”
Hurley believes diners don’t realize just how indulgent some items are. It’s a given that you’re splurging when you order Uno Chicago Grill’s Mega-Sized Deep Dish Sundae, a chocolate-chip cookie baked in a pizza pan and topped with ice cream, whipped cream, and chocolate sauce, she says.
“But how many people would guess there are 2,800 calories and 72 grams of saturated fat when that sundae hits the table?”
Weiss disputes CSPI’s contention that restaurants may be offering much larger portions to entice recession-weary customers into eating out again.
“If anything, restaurants are adjusting their portion sizes down as a measure of the economy,” Weiss says.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is backing a federal menu labeling bill that would require calorie counts to be listed on the menus and menu boards of chain restaurants. The National Restaurant Association is supporting a measure that would allow nutritional information to be listed in other locations -- such as a brochure or poster -- when a customer orders.
Providing more information on fat, calories, and sodium in restaurant meals would help diners trying to protect their health, says Dawn Jackson Blatner, RD, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. Blatner, who provides nutrition counseling, says helping her clients learn what’s in restaurant meals is critical.
“People do not understand just how high in fat and calories these things can range,” Blatner says. “We’re talking about a day’s worth of calories in some cases. And, this is not the only meal that most people are going to be eating in a day. It’s no surprise that two out of three people are overweight in America.”
Want to avoid restaurant meals high in fat, calories, and sodium? Try these tips:
• Check online for nutritional information before dining out. If your restaurant doesn’t disclose information, look for similar dishes at other restaurants that do provide that data.
• Downsize the portion. Order a lunch portion or half-portion. Split a dish with a friend. Or take half home to eat later.
• Try customizing. Ask if a food can be baked or grilled instead of fried. Substitute a vegetable for a side dish that may be high in calories and fat, such as a biscuit or mashed potatoes. If a food is laden with fatty additions, such as bacon, mayonnaise, and cheese, ask for it to be prepared without at least one of those high-fat foods.
I personally customize at every meal. It works!

1# Best Seller on Amazon for Not Your Mother's Diet

2009-05-30T10:57:00.000-07:00

I'll be signing books, and speaking locally at Peggy's Natural Foods on June 6th. The times will be 11:00am, 1:00pm, and 2:00pm.

Some of the topic quiz questions will be:

1. Does this describe the way you are feeling right now?
2. Would you be surprised to know most people feel exactly the same way?
3. Are you willing to spend 5-10 minutes to learn the magic?
4. Dr. Fuller will share one essential jump-start technique - but don't be fooled by simple it sounds.
5. How to change your eating by changing your mind.
6. Why following the tradional "Diet and Exercise" hype can't solve "Middle Aged or Any Aged Syndrome."
Barefoot Body Paradise Everyday,

Kathleen Fuller, Ph.D.

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Dr. Tami Brady's Review of My Book

2009-05-16T12:00:00.000-07:00

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Not Your Mother’s Diet is different from any other diet book I’ve read. The author doesn’t look at counting calories, eating only specific foods, or exercising x number of days per week. There are plenty of resources for that kind of thing, Instead, this book goes to the core of the problem. Simply put, unhealthy habits illustrate how we feel about ourselves. Are we stuffing emotions? Do we use that number on the scale to berate ourselves for not being perfect?

I really think that most people today have an inaccurate picture of what a woman should look like. Not only it is unrealistic for a grown woman to be a size 0 but it’s absolutely unhealthy. The really sick part though is that we as women actually try to make ourselves into these caricatures no matter what the cost to our health, our self esteem, or even our relationships.

I like the approach set out in Not Your Mother’s Diet. Essentially, learn and understand yourself so that you can love yourself and treat yourself with the care and respect you deserve. Let go of all the senseless babble that that only serves as an excuse to punish yourself for wrongs you never actually committed.

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2009-05-09T11:18:00.000-07:00

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Wellness Achiever Interview With Dr. Fuller

2009-04-25T10:49:00.000-07:00

Meet Ziquin's March 2009 Wellness Achiever:. Dr. Kathleen Fuller

“In modern America, the issues we have around the subject of eating food can be huge and very complex. Yet I enjoy making this topic easier for most people to understand.”

My interest in this subject is drawn from my own perplexing battles of compulsive overeating, binge eating and poor body image, which has trailed me for decades. This led me to a lifetime of researching the emotions, and the mental and physical challenges an individual might have. In my life I have experienced three types of eating disorders.

I was tired of being teasedAs a child – by the 5th grade and at the age of 11 – I had gotten very tired of being isolated and teased by my classmates. So I wanted things to change. I was a compulsive eater, considered obese, and challenged with food allergies that were undiagnosed. This made me gravitate to the worse kind of foods for my body and its immune system.

My mom took me to the pediatrician to seek help, as I was very determined to get thin. I asked the doctor, how do I lose weight? He looked at me, patted me on the shoulder and said “You’ll grow out of it.” Even though his medical specialty focused on children’s health that was the only advice he could give me.

Starving myself
Being willfully strong and committed to my goal, I said I would do it alone. I created my own diet. Based on what I knew, I decided the best way to lose weight was to restrict my diet of all foods. I would starve myself, and then later reward myself with a bowl of ice cream. That was my first experience in behavior modification.

In my teens, I had a passion for art and community service. However, my real dream was to go to the Olympics. I had rigorously developed my equestrian skills and even put in time training my horse, winning multiple championships in three states and Canada. This brought national attention to my doorstep. In the fall of 1965, the most popular magazine for teen-age girls, Seventeen, called and wanted to do an article on me. They had selected me as an outstanding teen girl in America. This created excitement for me and also an opportunity to model for them.
I was determined to be as skinny as Twiggy.

In my first year of college, I was eighteen years old, which was around the time the famous British model Twiggy hit America. She fast became a role model for thousands of young women, and was renowned for her gauntness and as a sensation in advertisements for Yardley make-up. I was determined to be like her—as skinny as Twiggy.

Striving for thinness, I kept restricting and reducing my food intake. This habit went forward for about two years and led to anorexia. It’s not unusual for this condition to lead to another eating disorder called bulimia. Like most people who have such a secretive habit, I wanted to stop and a part of me did consciously want to change. But until my mid 40s I would binge on various foods and then force myself to immediately expel it out of my body. Along with the shameful feelings caused by this, even exercising can become a compulsive part of the deceptive thinking surrounding anorexia and bulimia.

Always researching and looking for solutionsAlways looking for a deeper solution to my own eating disorders, as well as those of others, I did my undergraduate studies at a Methodist University in world religions and elementary education. Later in my forties I received two master degrees in mental health and human services with my doctorate in philosophy. I was fortunate to intern at Glenbeigh Hospital of Tampa, Florida. At that time it was the most innovative 12-step hospital for addictions in the US with a special eating-disorder unit. Looking back over my experiences I can say with faith there were no coincidences but only my Higher Power leading me.

An overwhelming physical melt downEating disorders can lead to a gradual but overwhelming physical melt down. I realized how unhealthy I had become as a result of three decades of residual nutritional deficiencies. By the time I had come to peace with the mental and emotional challenges of my past, my body began to react with some amazing symptoms that I could not ignore. There were constant fatigue, depression, swollen ankles, muscles aches and headaches. I lived with this physical condition for 4 ½ years before being introduced to Ziquin. Signals of intense gastrointestinal pain made my digestive system feel like it had closed down.
One day as I was working and writing my book, one of my co-workers, Coleen Rehm, who is a writer, editor and wellness coach in health, introduced me to Ziquin’s products. That’s when the next step to better health revealed its course. With her support, I went on the Ziquin foundational and advanced program.

Next step to better health - Ziquin products with educational supportZiquin and its educational process have been instrumental in my physical healing process and helping me reach a new level of vitality, mental alertness and relief from inflammation and nutritional deficiencies.
As I took some of the Ziquin products, Coleen’s coaching helped me to check in with my body, something I hadn’t done normally. During one session I realized how much I had been pushing myself (as if I were still competing for the Olympics) and needed to tell myself to slow down.

People really require additional information for their success. For instance, when I was going through a cleansing crisis or clearing process for toxins, though I understood it was part of a healing cycle, I still needed more insights about that condition because the experience could have fooled me into stopping.

I welcome you to read my book Not Your Mother’s Diet
What stands out when I look back at all my experience is that I always trusted the solution would appear in my life. So I asked, stayed connected and listened, from a deep spiritual connection to a higher power.

My book Not Your Mother’s Diet, which is coming out shortly, is a compilation of the insights I gained from my personal and many years of clinical experiences, plus creative tips and tools that have been successful for my patients from over 17 years of clinical practice. Much of the information in my book has never before been published for the benefit of the general public. I welcome you to read my book, ask questions and explore with me. If you want peace of mind, peace with your eating, peace with your body image, plus peace with your relationships, pick up my book by going to htt://www.notyourmothersdiet.com.

I look forward to participating in Ziquin’s educational process and helping others learn new ways to approach dieting and any type of challenges they might have around food.

Nothing to Do? Create a Fun Friends’ Study Group at Home

2009-04-12T12:31:00.000-07:00

Want something to do in the evenings when you’re bored or lonely? What if you could gather a group of your friends to your home after dinner once a week to have a fun friends’ study group? No special training required for a fun friend’s study group, only a favorite book of your choosing that is therapist recommended. Be sure you feel safe belonging to a group of this kind. If not, decide to seek professional help. The following are fun friends’ study group suggestions.
1. The Dance of Anger By Harriot Lerner
2. Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend
3. Co Dependent No More by Melanie Beatty
4. Emotional Blackmail by Susan Forward, Ph.D.
5. The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

The fun friends’ study group guidelines that follow can help you set the tone. A main purpose for a group like this is to have fun and share your learning experiences. There doesn’t have to be a leader when you safely set up a reading and sharing group experience. It’s been researched that when women get together as in a group, something chemically changes in their bodies that causes them to feel really good. How about that for fun?

1. Want to learn to speak up and be in control?
2. Want to basically feel good about yourself and not be such a pleaser?
3. Nothing to do after work and dinner?
4. Boyfriend problems or split?
5. Divorced and wanting to share?

What would be these fun friends’ study group guidelines?
1. Have a focus with the choice of book and clarify your goals.
2. Choose members that are stable enough to handle the confrontation and the fun.
3. Pay attention to feelings. Ask, “What are you feeling?”
4. Decide to learn to be flexible
5. Decide to be greedy in your sharing without monopolizing time
6. Level by openly responding when confronted and express your feelings. For example, “I feel frustrated when I hear your comment.”
7. Don’t expect to be understood by the fun friends’ study group. Make it enough for you to be heard.
8. Avoid advising, interpreting, and questioning; instead decide to share your feelings and your own experiences. Tell your personal stories.
9. Let the gossip go (gossip is a form of anger) and maintain a total confidential commitment within the fun friends’ study group.
10. Let go of band-aid help. By rushing in to help or be supportive or comforting someone expressing a painful experience, you disrespect their ability to fully express what they have to say. People grow by living through their pain.
11. Give feedback using “I messages”. If something touches you let them know your reactions whether positive or negative. For example, “I feel so connected to you when I hear your experience.” Be willing to be honest and level, which enhances the level of trust within your fun friends’ study group.
12. Be willing to discover your defenses.

The purpose of fun friends’ study group is to discover your feelings and to identify defenses that prevent honest expression of feelings. While change is a goal, look at the group as a tool to help you to discover yourself at a deeper level. Look at the fun friends’ study group as a place to try out experiential techniques or use new tools that can help you cope and even enjoy your life and your relationships more. Keep the fun friends’ study group light and have fun. 582 words

Must Do Feeling Chart That Can Add to Your Self-Awareness
Use this sheet as a homework assignment to practice being more aware of your feelings. Ask yourself, “What am I feeling? Ask yourself this question at the end of your day and place check mark by the feeling. People often fear their feelings. You need to feel safe in doing this exercise. Don’t attempt it if you feel unsafe. Seek a therapist to work with you. Feelings will become like a partner to be listened to, not feared. If not in therapy share your feelings with a trusted and safe person or friend who will listen, not give advice. Allow feelings to be part of you that can give you signals and clues to lead you to your truth.

Feeling Mon. Tues. Weds. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sun.
Angry
Sad
Guilty
Lonely
Bored
Embarrassed
Afraid
Anxious
Disappointed
Hate
Happy
Frustrated
Disgusted
Love
Lust
Compassion
Confident
Jealous/envious
Affectionate
Excited
Confused
Resentful

Award winning Dr. Fuller is a recovered eating disorder survivor and a leading eating disorder expert who can show you how to be free of guilt, self hate and eat normally with pleasure and peace of mind. What if you could have the relationship you want or the body you want? You can. Fuller’s Self Help Book, Not Your Mother's Diet can show you how. Launching soon for 24 hours only -FREE bonus gifts and prizes by signing up for email at http://www.notyourmothersdiet.com

Press Release for My Book Launch

2009-03-31T10:54:00.000-07:00

Eating Disorders the Absurdly Simple Brain Cure Can be Found in the Newest Book
Not Your Mother’s Diet- The CURE for your EATING ISSUES

Eating Disorders book launch: 12 clinical years in the making starting with 20,000 online users holding on to their keyboards to start this eating disorders book launch on May 12, 2009 on amazon.com. The eating disorder and eating issues’ brain cure unfolds like a long waited cool drink after days in a desert.

Kathleen Fuller, PH.D., eating disorder expert, award winner and author of Not Your Mother’s Diet – The CURE for your EATING ISSUES and President of Center of Life Health Inc., said, “Eating disorders and eating issues are ready to integrally change with pioneer edge tools and experiential techniques that can offer those that are ready to leap into change.”

Coleen A Rehm, Health Coach with Ziquin LLC, said, “I consider Dr. Fuller one of the foremost experts on eating issues in the field. What she addresses in this book can help everyone who wants to get a handle on the relationship they have with food. Her common sense and down-to-earth approach helps reveal the psychology behind many eating disorders and dispels the myths that perpetrate cycles of self-abuse. Her ideas and exercises are engaging and effectively lead readers to new states of consciousness where they can fully love themselves and face the future with joy and optimism about making their dreams come true -- sometimes for the first time in their lives. “

Those that reviewed Not Your Mother’s Diet – The CURE for your EATING ISSUES are:

• Rev. Nancy Julian, MSW, MPH Former Administrator of Rural Infant Care Project of Tulane Medical School Non-Denominational Minister and Counselor
• Debbie Johnson Best Selling Author of Think Yourself Thin and Think Yourself Loved
• Caroline Sutherland, Best Selling Author of The Body Knows
• R.D., Longacre, Ph.D., F.B.H.A., Author of Client-Centered Hypnotherapy
• Bill Wolcott Founder, Healthexcel, Inc., Author of The Metabolic Typing Diet
• Jason P. Schwartz, D.C., Holistic Chiropractic Physician
• Georgia Waterbury, Anorexia Survivor

At the same time, many professionals in the field involved with The Dana Foundation and TED.org are announcing the power of ideas to change attitudes and announcing research in brain science that confirms that one can change their DNA. Fuller as one eating disorder professional shows the reader in her book Not Your Mother’s Diet, how to change their eating disorder attitudes and their (DNA) genes.

The following is an account of the results using just one brain changing technique of many found in Not Your Mother’s Diet.
Dr. Fuller when you first mentioned the 5 Senses Technique I knew this was something I wanted to do even before I understood what the technique was. And then I had the experience with you. I was very comfortable and hungered for the correction of my DNA. Then when the technique began I felt changes immediately in my brain. With each answer I went deeper into my subconscious. I wanted to journey to the ending to experience the new beginning. And I did. My physical body responded with twitches and body releasing old patterns. I felt both excited and peaceful at the conclusion. One thing that stood out for me is how heavy fear is. It has a weight. The comparison of the feeling after fear was released is one of lightness and a feeling of freedom.
Thank you,
R.C. Retired Nurse

Not Your Mother’s Diet –The CURE for your EATING ISSUES presents the brain cure for all women with an eating disorder or an obsession with their weight and body image. Within this eating disorder book the reader may find that their own eating disorder experience is reflected in the book’s success stories that can lead them to a higher awareness, healing, and freedom. As a road map to an eating disorder cure, Dr. Fuller provides a credible voice.
For more information, please visit http://www.notyourmother’sdiet.com and sign up for Fuller’s emails and more book launch information.

For more information, contact:
Kathleen Fuller, Ph.D.
Award Winner
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Body Image Work Out and the 10 Step-Quiz

2009-01-29T09:02:00.000-08:00

What if the best possible work out was easy for you? ASK YOURSELF THIS AND EXPECT IT TO BE EASY. The following 10 step-quiz is for those of you who want to get in shape by addressing your body image. It encourages you to approach your body image with the expectation of success. Your mental attitude is the key. If you want to become fitter then these suggestions are from the pros.

Mark 1-10 with 10 being the highest possible.
1. _____What is your commitment level?
2. _____What are the times you eat?
3. _____What is the quality of what you eat?
4. _____Are your nutrients balanced?
5. _____Have you checked yourself for food allergies?
6. _____Do you know your metabolic type for carbohydrate & Protein Balance?
7. _____Have you checked yourself for Gluten Intolerance?
8. _____Do you know the right kind of exercise?
9. _____Have you checked your hormones?
10. _____Have you checked for Chronic Candida Yeast?
Scores: 10- 30 you need to put attention on your health, 30-50 you’re doing something keep going, 50 – 80 you’re almost there to great health for life, 80-100 this is the ideal to strive to attain.

Your Commitment - Say, “I’ll do whatever it takes to improve my body image and work out for better energy and well being.” For some you’ll need to build calorie burning muscle by lifting weights. Others will need to add an extra session or two doing something that increases your heart rate using a monitor.

The best way to find out what you truly eat every day is to keep a food journal for the week and write everything you put into your mouth. You’ll be surprised how much awareness you gain.
Your eating times? Have you ever said, “I got used to skipping breakfast so that I could cut down on the calories to lose weight.” For whatever the reason you may have convinced yourself, skipping breakfast backfires in many ways to sabotage your conditioning and body image. In terms of conditioning, even if you eat a low fat, balanced diet, if you eat most of your food in the second half of the day you are unlikely to burn off excess fat deposits. The body is busy digesting the carbs, and proteins and is not going to get to burn the body fat deposits before you eat again the next day.

When you reward yourself with food at the end of your long day this is what happens. It is just adding to the fat storage that nature automatically activates for your survival. If you must have an occasional treat do it for breakfast.

Quality of foods and are your nutrients balanced? Eliminating all carbohydrates isn’t wise. With your commitment in mind you will benefit from letting go of processed wheat breads, pasta, or gluten high grains. This alone can naturally let any extra weight drop. Adding more proteins and natural carbs like brown rice, millet, are those few grains that will by pass any food sensitivity you might have.

Why check for food allergies? This is one of the most important leading to poor health and weight gain. The five big offenders are: wheat, dairy, corn, soy, and yeast. The three to add are alcohol, sugar, & caffeine. Many people are suffering from the addictive/allergic response. What this means is a person can be allergic to the foods that they crave, and they have to eat these foods to stay off the withdrawal symptoms. This is a deadly dance of deception. This can drain your life energy and the result is an unmotivated depressed feeling. Forget that and decide to live fully and with vigor.

Know your Metabolic Type It is suggested for protein types 30% carbs, 30% fat, 40% proteins. The good quality fats are cold-pressed vegetables, olive oil, or coconut oil for cooking, nuts, avocado, oily fish oils. For Carb Type it’s 60% carbohydrates, 15% fats, and 25% protein. The mixed type is 50% carbohydrates & 30% protein with 20% fats.

Why check for Gluten Intolerance? There are four known enemies for your duodenum: gluten, casein, soy, and corn. Adhesives are made from these four foods. Powerful, industrial-strength glues are made from gluten, casein, and soy. Corn is also used to make adhesives. The glycoproteins from these foods are clearly very sticky by nature and it should be easily understood why they adhere to tissues of your duodenum (the first section of the small intestine.) Furthermore gluten comes from the gluten grains: wheat, barley, and rye. Casein comes from cow's milk products and is mostly absent in goat's milk

Do you do the right kinds of exercise? To be an effective conditioner and utilize your optimum work out, you need to have your heart rate elevated for a certain amount of time, with no breaks. If you are used to an exercise then step up to a couple of hard sessions or weight sessions to get your heart rate up. This increases the metabolic rate. For beginners start by vigorously walking for 30 minutes daily. Then add hand weights.

Check your hormones Something that directly impacts ones weight and well-being is insulin resistance. This insulin resistance condition is where the body has difficulty handling the carbohydrates because the hormone insulin which breaks down these types of foods isn’t working properly. The symptoms of insulin resistance include difficulty losing body fat despite concerted efforts, skin pigmentation, fatigue, bloating, and a family history of diabetes type 2 or infertility.

Why check for Chronic Candida Yeast? Most women have this yeast and don’t know it. We are used to eating carbs and sugars and these are the foods that feed this yeast. It can quickly proliferate and in its fungal form causing fatigue and sugar cravings. When this overgrowth is under control, these sugar cravings decrease and the body can then use up fat deposits for fuel.

So this is your 10 step-checklist in a nut shell. Each of the 10 points is crucial for your body image work out and ultimately for your good health. I suggest you take the time to look into each one and your body image and your energy will dramatically improve.

2008-10-23T14:41:00.000-07:00

I'd like to share with you further information about who I am and my exciting new book that will be released in a special 24 hour sale only on January 13th 2009. I have many best selling authors giving bonus gifts in the thousands of dollars for this special 24 hour only sale. If you go to my website http://www.notyourmothersdiet.com you can sign up for on my email list so I can send you free therapy tips & tools along with a reminder of my special book sale on January 13th.

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By Rev. Nancy Julian, MSW, MPHFormer Administrator of Rural Infant Care Project of Tulane Medical School Non-Denominational Minister and Counselor

Fuller’s self-help patients have affectionately called her The Surgeon of The Subconscious because she safely and gently clears the issues stored in your subconscious. 97% of everything we do, say, think is directed by the subconscious. Most are astounded by this researched statement. With Dr. Fuller’s help in her new book Not Your Mother’s Diet, you can clear your Mom’s mental and emotional leftovers so to speak and easily create a new paradigm for your own goals and intentions of being free from anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating, binge eating disorder and body image worries.

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Thank you Kathleen,

You really blow my mind with the work we did on Friday. Oh the self-defeating part of me still likes to shake me up. But when we are one on one, it says it's had enough. You’re great at what you do, and I’m envious of your close friends.

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Dr. Fuller is a recognized authority on self-help &eating disorders, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, compulsive overeating, body image, and dieting cycle behaviors which she addresses in her workshops to others, including 3,000 statewide professionals, and through teaching at Indian River State College. As a representative for the National Eating Disorder Association (3,600 members) and a Fellow of the American Association of Integrative Medicine (20,000 members), Dr. Fuller was interviewed on local television and subsequently was offered a regular program on eating disorders. She served as a professional liaison for La Leche International (40,000 members) and has connections to AARP (membership of 35 million). Fuller is also listed in International Who’s Who of Professionals.

Another testimonial:_________________________________________________
Since I have started my journey by coming to Kathleen Fuller, I have been and continue to process my eating disorder issues and behaviors that I have to change for my health. I have received the best help and care from you. Kathleen you have helped me to help myself become the person I want to be. When I look into the mirror now, the person I see is who I choose to be. I want to be me.

Thank you! Big hugs!
Sincerely with love, K. C., Teacher and Homemaker

With three graduate degrees in Mental Health Counseling, Human Services, and Philosophy, Fuller authored a self-published children’s book on nutrition with second printing in 1984 (Feel Great with Fun and Food). She has written for Vegetarian Times magazine, Health Science magazine and HealthWise along with writing an International Creative Arts Guide for Children. She has a new coloring book for 2-6 year olds called Where the sugar Sneaks Are. Sign up on Fuller’s self-help email list and get the scoop on where to download this enchanting children’s story plus even more information that’s like free therapy. Sign up now and you’ll be surprised at the quality of free information.Fuller draws on extensive training in the following additional disciplines:--- Psychosynthesis (understanding and healing the mind and spirit connection) ---Stress and Disease (divining the causes of the body, mind, and spirit disconnection) --- Psychodrama (using body motion to work out the cause of emotional and mental blocks)--- Transformational Hypnotherapy and Communications --- Alternative Medicine Workshops (herbs, supplements, homeopathic medicines)--- Chronic Cravings (drugs, food, and compulsive overeating behaviors, binge eating disorders, bulimia)--- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (revolutionary techniques)Fuller lives the keys to fearless eating and food freedom from the inside out in her daily life of abstinence and healthy food choices. She shares her secrets in Not Your Mother’s Diet.

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