Guest guest Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 I have a female patient in her mid 50's who has been coming to see me for a couple of months. She compulsively eats refined carbohydrates and is unsurprisingly very overweight. The best progress she's ever made with controlling what she recognises as an addiction was when she attended " Overeaters anonymous " but unfortunately, the meetings locally ended and the nearest is now several miles away. I have used a number of main mixes to enhance her emotional well being and these have also included Gymnema. I've also given her a gymnema dropper which has helped with the sugar craving. However, she really isn't making much headway - I feel that she really needs to address the underlying emotional issues and have suggested several possible avenues such as CBT and NLP. Her son is training as an NLP practitioner and although i didn't feel this would be a good idea she has had some sessions with him. She belongs to a local Christian Fellowship church who apparantly don't encourage counselling or hypnotherapy so she can't follow these routes. Has anyone got any ideas either for Rxs or other therapies? I really don't feel I'm making much headway here. Regards Sue Salmon Huddersfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Sue, sorry this is a late reply and you may have already solved the problem. My sister is a Methodist minister and often suggests Christian counselling; it is available although not that widely but your patient could approach her minister for reference. Hope this helps. Boys URHP weight loss I have a female patient in her mid 50's who has been coming to see me for a couple of months. She compulsively eats refined carbohydrates and is unsurprisingly very overweight. The best progress she's ever made with controlling what she recognises as an addiction was when she attended " Overeaters anonymous " but unfortunately, the meetings locally ended and the nearest is now several miles away. I have used a number of main mixes to enhance her emotional well being and these have also included Gymnema. I've also given her a gymnema dropper which has helped with the sugar craving. However, she really isn't making much headway - I feel that she really needs to address the underlying emotional issues and have suggested several possible avenues such as CBT and NLP. Her son is training as an NLP practitioner and although i didn't feel this would be a good idea she has had some sessions with him. She belongs to a local Christian Fellowship church who apparantly don't encourage counselling or hypnotherapy so she can't follow these routes. Has anyone got any ideas either for Rxs or other therapies? I really don't feel I'm making much headway here. Regards Sue Salmon Huddersfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Hi Has anyone any ideas about helping with essential throbocythaemia?.. the patient has Jack Z enzyme? and a platelet count steady at 650 for about 8 years. Mild hypertension improved with herbs and is taking aspirin. thanks for any thoughts Sue Hawkey weight loss I have a female patient in her mid 50's who has been coming to see me for a couple of months. She compulsively eats refined carbohydrates and is unsurprisingly very overweight. The best progress she's ever made with controlling what she recognises as an addiction was when she attended " Overeaters anonymous " but unfortunately, the meetings locally ended and the nearest is now several miles away. I have used a number of main mixes to enhance her emotional well being and these have also included Gymnema. I've also given her a gymnema dropper which has helped with the sugar craving. However, she really isn't making much headway - I feel that she really needs to address the underlying emotional issues and have suggested several possible avenues such as CBT and NLP. Her son is training as an NLP practitioner and although i didn't feel this would be a good idea she has had some sessions with him. She belongs to a local Christian Fellowship church who apparantly don't encour! age counselling or hypnotherapy so she can't follow these routes. Has anyone got any ideas either for Rxs or other therapies? I really don't feel I'm making much headway here. Regards Sue Salmon Huddersfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 Hi Sue, Re the underlying emotional issues, have you looked into flower essences? there are some good Australian Bush Flower Remedies for various aspects of addiciton: 1. Peach-flowered Tea-tree for craving sugar. 2. Goat Plum for shame associated with addictive behaviour. 3. Five Corners for building up self-esteem, preventing sabotage of self or goals. 4. Boronia+Bottlebrush for breaking the habit or behaviour associated with addiction. Of course there are many other remedies that address other emotional issues that may be feeding her addictive behaviour. Also, you could try setting a series of small goals to wean her off the refined CHOs and to encourage weight loss. First, get her to switch to a whole food diet-no worries about calorie counting etc. initially, just getting to move away from refined foods and chemicals. She'll feel more sated and her blood sugar will be more balanced. Once she's got her head around whole food choices, then look at making Lower GI choices, which should be a fairly natural transition if she's already eating whole foods. Third step, start focusing on calories eaten vs. calories burned and start setting exercise goals. If she can find a partner to engage in exercise with, she'll be more likely to succeed with her exercise routine. Having an exercise goal in mind, such as training to walk the Breast Cancer Moon Walk or something like this, also supports success by taking the focus and drudgery off personal weight loss and channeling it into doing something positive for society. This is a pretty simplistic approach, the diet can be refined to rebalance the CHO:Protein:Fat ratio as well as encouraging portion control and small snacks between meals to help stabalise blood sugar. I hope there is some useful information here. Ultimately, it comes down to her willingness to make the changes herself. Cheers! Jeanette > > I have a female patient in her mid 50's who has been coming to see me for a couple of months. She compulsively eats refined carbohydrates and is unsurprisingly very overweight. The best progress she's ever made with controlling what she recognises as an addiction was when she attended " Overeaters anonymous " but unfortunately, the meetings locally ended and the nearest is now several miles away. I have used a number of main mixes to enhance her emotional well being and these have also included Gymnema. I've also given her a gymnema dropper which has helped with the sugar craving. However, she really isn't making much headway - I feel that she really needs to address the underlying emotional issues and have suggested several possible avenues such as CBT and NLP. Her son is training as an NLP practitioner and although i didn't feel this would be a good idea she has had some sessions with him. She belongs to a local Christian Fellowship church who apparantly don't encourage counselling or hypnotherapy so she can't follow these routes. > Has anyone got any ideas either for Rxs or other therapies? I really don't feel I'm making much headway here. > Regards > Sue Salmon > Huddersfield > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 I wonder if your patient would do well on a 'fast oxidiser's' diet, ie high in animal protein (with every meal). I have been on this diet for a couple of months, admittedly not for a weight problem but for hypoglycaemia, and have conquered my between meals food cravings and associated dizziness/nausea, and have also lost weight. It's not the Atkins diet, the general rule is for each meal to consist of 50% veg, 30% meat/fish/egg/dairy, 20% carb. see 'The Metabolic Typing Diet' Wolcott & Trish Fahey ISBN 0-7679-0564-4 best wishes, Isobel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Hypnotherapist Georgia has published a book called " The Weight Less Mind: why diets fail; the truth behind overeating " . Presents a good introduction to self-perpetuating negative mental patterns for people who've never really considered this area before, and comes with a cd of sessions. ISBN1903607612 jay --------------------------------- Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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