Obesity Weekend Roundup, April 11, 2014
Sunday, April 13, 2014
As not everyone may have a chance during the week to read every post, here’s a roundup of last week’s posts:
- Reserve Your Spot At The Obesity and Mental Health Conference, Toronto, May 14, 2014
- Does Eating More Protein Help Keep The Pounds Off?
- Managing Weight Loss Expectations
- The Molecular Mechanism of Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Join The Crowd: Support Pom Pom – A Flightless Bully Tale
Have a great Sunday! (or what is left of it)
@DrSharma
Edmonton, AB
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Are you having trouble controlling the way you eat? Many of us with this problem have found help in Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA). FA is a program based on the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. The program offers help and recovery to those whose connection with food can be understood as a form of addiction. There are no dues or fees and the meetings include no weigh-ins. Membership is international and includes men and women, adolescents, and the elderly. All are welcome.
People who find help in FA vary greatly. Some of us have been diagnosed as morbidly obese while others are undereaters. Among us are those who were severely bulimic, who have harmed themselves with compulsive exercise, or whose quality of life was impaired by constant obsession with food or weight. We tend to be people who, in the long-term, have failed at every solution we tried, including therapy, support groups, diets, fasting, exercise, and in-patient treatment programs.
Some of our members have been in continuous recovery (maintaining a stable, healthy weight and enjoying freedom from obsession with food, weight, bingeing, or bulimia) for over twenty-five years. Members with five to ten years of recovery are increasingly common.
FA has over 350 meetings throughout the United States in large and small cities such as Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Charlotte, Grand Rapids, Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Austin, and Washington, D.C. Internationally, FA currently has groups in England, Canada, Germany, New Zealand and Australia. If you would like more information about FA, please check out our website at www [dot] foodaddicts [dot] org. If there aren’t any meetings in your area, you can contact the office, where someone will help you.