"The Body Knows" Loop
is a group of men and women who support each
other in food addiction recovery through an e-mail mailing
list managed by Yahoo. The group members use the
food plan designed by Kay Sheppard, LMHC, CEDS. Food
addiction is characterized by obsession with food,
obsession with weight and loss of control over the amount
of food eaten. It involves the compulsive pursuit of a
mood change by engaging repeatedly in episodes of binge
eating despite adverse consequences.
The loop members work each day on
"abstinence". Abstinence is achieved
by the elimination of compulsive eating, volume eating,
under eating, addictive eating, and all of the substances
that will trigger an addictive response, these include
sugar, flour, wheat, highly refined carbohydrate foods,
high fat foods, and personal trigger foods.
This loop is not a part of any 12-Step program, there
are many members who attend all types of meetings for
support. It is suggested that you obtain a copy of the
book called, From The First Bite, A Complete Guide
to Food Addiction Recovery by Kay
Sheppard, Heath Communications Press. Once you join the
loop we will send you a welcome letter along with the
updated food plan. Please feel free to join us in
abstinent recovery and we suggest you try the food plan for 90 days to see if this is for you.
Welcome and Happy Abstinence!!
The Loop is part of "Yahoo Groups" (www.yahoogroups.com)
and you'll have to create an account on Yahoo if you don't
have on already. Just click on the link below to get
started:
