NORMAL EATER

(problems of obesity)

EMOTIONAL EATER

FOOD ADDICT
(chemical dependency)

The Problem is Physical:

The Problem is Physical and Emotional:  

• Binge eating, restricting, and/or purging over feelings
• Unresolved trauma
• And possible weight issues (either over-or- underweight)

• Abnormal response to specific foods
• Physical craving  (false starving)
• Mental obsession (false thinking)
• Self-will run riot (false self)
• And often trauma and weight issues                      

The Solution is Physical:

• Medically approved diet
• Moderate exercise
• Support for eating, exercise and lifestyle change

The Solution is Emotional:

• Develop skills to cope with feelings other than with restricting, purging or bingeing
• Resolve past emotional trauma and irrational thinking (healing trauma)
  

    . . . and Physical  

• Include solutions to the left

The Solution is Spiritual:

• Abstinence from binge foods and abusive eating behaviors
• Rigorous honesty about all thoughts and feelings
• A disciplined spiritual program, e.g. the 12 Steps
  

. . . and Emotional & Physical  

• Include all those applicable to the left

• Willpower

Using What Process?  

• Moderation  (along with expressing feelings)

• Surrender, i.e., deep acceptance