Immaculate Consumption

Immaculate Consumption details Dr. Deena Solomons program that is designed to extinguish all the guilt and shame and banish all the judgments and negative self-talk about eatingespecially overeating. It acknowledges that food can be legitimately be used in moderation to self-soothe without feeling guilt. The focus of the IC program is to help you learn self-management, particularly the management of the major contributing factor to overconsumption: those non-hunger eating events. It incorporates neuroscience research on habit formation that helps train the brain and makes positive choices easier, as well as insight and tools to help you recognize and get your needs met. And where this program really shinesand takes off where most others failis in helping you recover from those inevitable moments when you fall short of meeting your expectations and goals about food choices and/or weight management. Instead of abandoning your program and beating yourself up, as you have probably repeatedly done in the past, youll be able to quickly reframe what happened, take responsibility for your decisions and regain control with your very next bite. For over three decades, I have successfully treated hundreds of overweight patients, helping them to attain and manage their weight loss. My specialty is the application of classical and operant conditioning behavior modification principles specifically designed to permanently alter each patients relationship with food. U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona has stated, Obesity is greater threat than terrorism. William L Weis, a management professor at Seattle University states that the obesity industries, including commercial weight-loss programs, weight-loss drug purveyors, and bariatric surgery centers will likely top $315 billion this year, nearly 3 percent of the overall U.S. economy. Indeed, recent data shows that over 68% of U.S. adults are now overweight or obese. The book will present a methodology that readers can personalize t