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There are still many things we don't know about eating disorders. But, we do know that people with eating disorders can find health and happiness in their lives with proper care and professional help.

Mine is a journey that has taught me that being fat is neither about lack of willpower nor lack of self-discipline. Fat is about issues of anger, self-esteem, families and the messages we all internalize about our own bodies. Being overweight is about loneliness, emptiness, and voids that we try to fill with food. Being fat is the price we pay for failure to live up to impossible, unattainable, and unreasonable standards that someone else has set for us.

I have devoted my professional career to helping people just like you and me. For a free consultation to discuss your situation and how I might help you, please contact me today.

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Solutions Program for Eating Disorders 
    
  
 
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            Question 1
Which of these eating behaviors would you consider bingeing?

A
eating larger portions than normal at your mealtimes
B
sitting down and eating a half gallon of ice cream
C
grazing all day long
D
all of the above
E
none of the above
Question 1 Explanation: 
 People binge in different ways, they can be low-grade bingers, or full blown bingers, but eating when one is not physically hungry, is considered a binge.
Question 2
What is the definition of emotional eating?
A
eating to avoid feelings
B
eating when you feel angry
C
eating when you feel sad
D
all of the above
E
none of the above
Question 2 Explanation: 
 Emotional Eating = the use of food or “food thoughts” to distract from any thought or feeling a person would rather avoid.  ANY uncomfortable feeling can trigger a “food thought”.
Question 3
People with eating disorders are:
A
always on a diet
B
always coming off a diet
C
always getting ready to go on a diet again
D
all of the above
E
none of the above
Question 4
Compulsive eaters:
A
Eat all day long
B
Eat when they feel upset
C
Eat slowly
D
all of the above
E
none of the above
Question 4 Explanation: 
 Most compulsive eaters eat when they are emotionally upset, they very rarely eat slowly, and people can graze all day long and not necessarily be compulsive eaters.
Question 5
What are the reasons people binge?
A
as a way to hide from their emotions
B
to fill a void they feel inside
C
to cope with daily stresses and problems in their lives
D
all of the above
E
none of the above
Question 5 Explanation: 
 People binge for different but similar reasons.
Question 6
The underlying causes of obesity are:
A
excessive amounts of caloric intake
B
due to obese people eating more than non-obese people
C
largely unknown
D
all of the above
E
none of the above
Question 6 Explanation: 
 According to the  NIH (National Institute of Health), the underlying causes of obesity are still unknown.  Most treatment models assume the obese eat considerably more than the non-obese and that daily food intake must be restricted in order to ensure weight loss. This belief is directly opposed by many experts: Stunkard, Cool, Lindquist, and Meyers (1980), and Garner and Wooley (1991) who contend that most obese people do NOT eat more than the general population. Therefore, the evidence would suggest that obesity is caused by a multitude of factors that are difficult to determine. There may be genetic, physiologic, biochemical, environmental, cultural, socioeconomic, and psychological conditions. It is important to recognize that being overweight is not simply a problem of will power as it is commonly assumed.
Question 7
Binge Eating Disorder is characterized by the following:
A
eating within any 2-hour period an amount of food that is definitely larger than most people would eat
B
not eating breakfast or lunch
C
pigging out at the family barbecue
D
all of the above
E
none of the above
Question 7 Explanation: 
 An episode of binge eating is characterized by of the following: Eating in a discrete period of time (e.g., within any 2-hour period), an amount of food that is definitely larger than most people would eat during a similar period of time and similar circumstances.
Question 8
What is the biggest stumbling block that prevents compulsive eaters from starting recovery (according to the Something Fishy website Poll started in June 1, 2005)?
A
fear
B
body image
C
not ready to commit to starting
Question 8 Explanation: 
 The poll showed that 20% were stopped by fear, 21% by their body image and 14% by not being ready.
Question 9
Overeating, compulsive overeating and binge eating disorder are:

 
A
exactly the same
B
completely different
C
all similar
Question 9 Explanation: 
 Men and Women living with Binge Eating Disorder suffer a combination of symptoms similar to those of Compulsive Overeaters and Bulimia. The sufferer periodically goes on large binges, consuming an unusually large quantity of food in a short period of time (less than 2 hours) uncontrollably, eating until they are uncomfortably full but do not purge.  People suffering with Compulsive Overeating have what is characterized as an "addiction" to food, using food and eating as a way to hide from their emotions, to fill a void they feel inside, and to cope with daily stresses and problems in their lives.
            
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