Eating Mindfully

Improve your relationship with food.

by Alexis Conason, Psy.D.

Doomed to Weight?

By Alexis Conason, Psy.D. on January 11, 2012 in Eating Mindfully

Two recent articles in the New York Times have painted a gloomy portrait of weight loss. To start off 2012, the New York Times Magazine ran a cover story by Tara Parker-Pope titled "The Fat Trap." The article essentially summarized the biological mechanisms that work against us in our battle of the bulge. Read More

It works if you work it

Submitted by On the Journey on January 11, 2012 - 1:07pm.

There is a twelve step group for overeating called overeater's anonymous. It is great. The website is www.oa.org.

I have found it very helpful.

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Thanks for your comment and

Submitted by Alexis Conason, Psy.D. on January 11, 2012 - 1:17pm.

Thanks for your comment and resource. Many people find OA very helpful in their weight loss journey. They are based on a 12 step-model, like AA, which is why they share many core tenants including their sayings.

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It works if you work it

Submitted by On the Journey on January 11, 2012 - 1:09pm.

There is a twelve step program for overeating called Overeater's Anonymous. The website is www.oa.org.

I find it very helpful.

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Alexis Conason, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist in practice in New York City and a researcher at the New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital.

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