Frequently Asked Questions and Concerns

Will I lose weight?  How long will it take to lose weight?

If you stopped binging and over eating, do you think you would lose weight? If you were making healthy food choices because you chose to not because you were supposed to – do you think you would lose weight? If the answer is yes to both of these questions, then you will lose weight.

As we make slow steady changes in our thinking process, we change how we respond in life, which changes how we approach food. As we make permanent lifestyle changes, we lose weight naturally. This is a permanent approach to out of control eating. The process works.

I’m different. It sounds like the program has worked for other people, but what about ME. I have tried everything and nothing has worked before. Why is this going to be any different? I don’t want to be hurt and disappointed again.

Most clients by the time they have reached us have tried everything out there and they’ve had it. The same behaviors that drive us to be successful in areas of our work and personal life lead us to having problems with the food. The reason is, when there is a problem we will give it 110% to fix it. If we don’t know how to fix it and don’t accept that we can’t fix it, we feel stuck. And when we feel stuck we use food to temporarily block out the pain and frustration of not knowing how to make the situation right.

As long as we need the food as a tool to deal with what is emotionally going on in our lives, it really doesn’t matter what diet or program you put us on, we will go back to the food because we need it. It’s that simple. That’s why, through this program you will learn to process your emotions, so you don’t have to turn to the food to block them. You will learn how to work through your emotions instead of beating yourself up for having them. By dealing with the core issues of why we are turning to food, we will no longer turn to the food to handle our lives, and we are then able to take care of ourselves and lose the excess weight naturally and permanently.

My daughter/son has issues with food. Would the program be effective for a teenager?

If your teenager is open to working through their issues with food, then yes, this program would be very effective for them. Young adults do very well on this program because they are typically open to learning and taking in new information and can make changes easily.

How long has the program been in existence?

The program was started in 1996 in Southern California. It originated as a one-on-one in office counseling service to clients in San Diego, Orange County, and Los Angeles areas. The cost of the program is $1,400 for eight sessions. Due to the high volume of interest by many people outside of these areas, we have created the program in its current format. This has been an efficient and cost effective way to allow clients to get consistent results and personal questions resolved as they go through the process.

How is this program different?

This is a permanent approach to ending our battle with food. We are going to take it one step at a time so we can make slow steady changes in our thinking process. This will change how we respond in life thus changing what shows up in our life, and changing our relationship with food. Through this process you can gain back the quality of your life, reach a place of inner peace and self-acceptance, feeling balanced, centered and focused.

We will deal with the core issues of what is really going on. For most of us, it doesn’t matter what diet or program you put us on, as long as we need food as a tool to deal with what is emotionally going on in our lives, we will keep going back to the food. It’s that simple. So we might as well deal with what is really going on. This is the end of the game playing. We’re done.

What can I expect from this program?

What would your life be like if you felt good about yourself and took good care of yourself? You are worth taking care of. Just think how your emotions affect the people around you and the things that you need to accomplish each day. Every area of your life will improve if your internal stability and self esteem improves. As you feel better about yourself, you are now in a position to make permanent lifestyle changes and lose the excess weight naturally.

I’m not sure I have even an hour or two a week to dedicate to this program.

We are so good at taking care of everyone else. We take care of our work, our family, our friends and we always manage to come last on the list. We have a tendency to put 110% towards everything and everyone and then if there is any time or any energy left we will squeeze in time for ourselves. We will even book over ourselves because somewhere we got the message that all these other people, or work, etc., take priority over us. That is why we turn to food. It is our way of taking care of ourselves. Through this program, we learn to start prioritizing and meeting our needs. Let’s start taking care of the person who is taking care of everyone else.

What will I be learning?

You will learn how to eat when you are hungry, stop when you are full and deal with your emotions completely independently. You will learn how to make healthy food choices because you choose to not because you are supposed to. You will learn how to take care of yourself, meet your needs, and be your own best friend, so you can stop the self sabotage and internal struggle and come to peace with who you are. Learn how to break out of the diet/binge cycle so you can lose weight naturally and permanently and learn to feel better about yourself, lose the insatiable appetite for food, and come to peace with your body.