GETTING READY FOR A NEW LIFE: HOW THIS PROGRAM DIFFERS FROM OTHER DIETS YOU’VE BEEN ON
GETTING READY FOR A NEW LIFE: HOW THIS PROGRAM DIFFERS FROM OTHER DIETS YOU’VE BEEN ONI am sure that what you want out of this program is to overcome your binge-eating problem, lose weight, and be able to keep your weight off and under control. All of these results are possible. However, this is a program of total change and not a diet.You must realize that your major problem, the problem that keeps you from losing weight and keeping it off, is binge eating. Binge eating and not being overweight is the problem we will focus on. Of course, the two are related and as you control your binge eating you will lose weight. You must remember that no diet will help you as long as you binge. This is very important because in the past you have tried to solve your problem through dieting. This program will help you control bingeing and lose weight but changing the binge eating is our first priority.Because of this, you will not be following a strict diet on this program. This will be new to you at first. Strict diets actually have been your downfall and have been responsible for your binges. There are three forms of dieting that have hurt you in the past. We must change all of these and not allow them to happen ever again. They are:1. Avoidance of eating for long periods of time2. Excessive restriction of total number of calories3. Avoidance of eating “forbidden” foods*58\358\8*
