Habits Not Diets
The Secret to Lifetime Weight Control: 4th Edition
Published on 1. September 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
338 pages
978-0-923521-70-7 (ISBN)
Description
This easy-to-follow workbook teaches readers how to differentiate between psychological and physiological hunger, and identify the thoughts and feelings that trigger the desire for food. The authors show how to keep a food diary, take a more active approach to daily life, and maintain weight loss through self-observation. This new edition discusses the pros and cons of the latest diet drugs and offers a proven weight-loss program that is based on changing behaviour. Filled with illustrations, charts, tables and worksheets that help the reader succeed, the guide is a truly unique tool.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Illustrations
tables
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm
Width: 235 mm
Weight
598 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-923521-70-7 (9780923521707)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
12/1997
3rd Edition
Bull Publishing Company
€40.43
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Persons
James M Ferguson MD, is a nationally prominent clinical psychiatrist specialising in weight control and the treatment of eating disorders. Cassandra Ferguson, his daughter, is currently in research at the University of California, San Diego.
Content
Introduction to Habit Awareness; Home Decalorisation; Cue Elimination; Being Active; Fitness Versus Fatness; Maintenance: Keys for Survival; Behaviour Chains; Eating -- Changing Your Style; Planning: Heading Off the Urges; Cue Elimination (Part Two): Switching More Signals; Time to Eat Out: How to Do It; Maintenance Week; How We Think Is How We Eat; Dealing with Feelings; Stress: Excess Pressure; Couples; Problem Solving; Maintenance Week; Living and Personal Goals; Snacks, Cues, and Holidays; The End and Beginning.