"A Model For Change"
A Four-Part Series
Based on materials developed for our book,
Imagine A Weigh Out;
An End to Diets and Out-of-Control Eating
(Release Date-End of 2006)
Facilitator:
Ellen Shuman
WellCentered's Founder and Executive Director
Over the course of this four-month, four-part Saturday Seminar series, Ellen Shuman will teach participants an exciting new process for behavioral change. Participants will have opportunity to:
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Explore new goals for healthy living
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Develop action plans
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Identify barriers to success and strategies
to combat them
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Determine what they are actually "Willing To Do"
verses what they think they "Ought To Do"
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Adjust and modify goals and behaviors accordingly--
so they can live the quality of life they wish to live
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While each seminar is designed to stand alone,
for full impact attendance at all four seminars
is highly recommended.
Each seminar is $40.00 or all seminars may be purchased as a package at the reduced rate of $140.00. Registration and payment to be made in advance.
To Register, Call (513) 321-4242
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Shuman received her training as a Life Coach from the
Institute For Life Coach Training and Diane Menendez, Ph.D.
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6 Strategies To Stop
"Out-of-Control" Eating
Written by Ellen Shuman, Executive Director,
A Weigh Out
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Ask Yourself, "Are You An Emotional Eater?" Emotional eating is the troublesome use of food to take
care of emotional needs (to manage stress, boredom,
anxiety, anger, loneliness, etc.). Here's how emotional
eating works...
Food and "food thoughts" are used as distractions from
uncomfortable feelings. For example...you have a fight
with a family member or with your boss. Suddenly, you
find yourself thinking about the chocolate candy in the
cupboard or in the candy machine down the hall.
As soon as you start thinking about the chocolate,
you are no longer focused on how angry you feel. People
use food thoughts and food because doing so helps
them manage their mood.
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Recognize "Emotional Eating"
When you reach for food, ask yourself, "Am I
turning to food to meet a physical need--am I really
hungry? Or, am I focusing on food to avoid feeling bored,
stressed, angry, or lonely, etc.?"
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Stop Dieting and Stop Weighing Yourself!
Diets don't work! Food restriction sets an emotional
eater up for more emotional eating...and the scale
makes people crazy! Why give a scale that kind of
power? Get rid of it. (If you absolutely must monitor your
ups and downs, the fit of your clothes will tell you everything you want to know.)
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Explore Why You Are So Obsessed With Weight
Does this sound familiar? "If I could just lose weight,
I'd be happy."
Think about that. Is your life really that simple or one-
dimensional? Or, is it possible that your focus on your
weight gives you an illusion of control? Blaming all of
life's disappointments on weight, body shape or size,
can feel safer than taking a good, long, honest look at
other life issues-like your relationship skills, feelings
about emotional and/or sexual intimacy, personal
or career change, etc.
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Develop New Skills and Healthier Coping Strategies
The use of food to manage mood is a self-reinforcing
behavior. Somewhere along the way (consciously or
unconsciously), you tried it and it worked. You learned
that it worked; therefore, it became a habit.
The good news is you can now consciously learn new,
healthier habits for emotional regulation (take a class,
hire a coach, or work with a counselor who specializes
in emotional eating issues).
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Shift Your Focus to Self-Care
Develop an extensive Self-Care List. On it, list
everything you can think of that gives you pleasure.
(If you can't think of anything, explore new ideas by
asking other people what they do to manage stress,
to self-nurture, and to have fun.)
Carry the list around with you. Pull it out every time you're
tempted to use food to meet an emotional need.
Eventually, these new habits that you're developing
will begin to replace the old one (emotional eating) and
will feel much better in the short and long runs.
For lasting behavioral change to occur, the focus must
shift from dieting and weight loss--to self-care and a
desire for improved health, eating well and being fit.
Remember, dieting and deprivation are traps for an
emotional eater. Self-Care is the way out.
Ellen Shuman is the founder and Exec. Director of the WellCentered Eating Disorder Treatment
Programs & www.aweighout.com, which conducts phone
coaching & groups about Emotional Eating to people
worldwide. A Peabody/Emmy Award winning journalist,
Shuman entered the wellness field in 1992 following an
appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Today, she
speaks nationally on the subjects of emotional eating, body
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