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Diet Disruption: The Weight Loss Solution for the Chronic Serial Dieter
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- Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press
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- Dec 4, 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781950367887
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Descrizione
Trying to lose weight but it just keeps coming back?
Your inability to lose weight and keep it off drives you insane. Being a chronic dieter makes you feel like a crazy woman with a nasty voice in your head that gets louder and meaner and you’re desperate to find the right solution. It’s not like you’re lazy; you’ve tried all of the diets. They work for a while, but it’s just so hard to live life feeling deprived and constantly on guard. You go to bed at night wondering what’s wrong with you. Is your body broken? Will you be stuck like this forever? There has to be a better way – an easier way. And there is.
In Diet Disruption you will:
• Get to the root of the issue and learn the real reasons why weight loss hasn’t happened for you yet • Get the mean voice in your head to finally shut up • Uncover the biggest mistakes women make when trying to lose weight • Release the shame and guilt you suffer from so you can regain your emotional energy • Learn how to break the habit of dieting • Adopt simple tweaks to your lifestyle to keep the weight off
Informazioni sul libro
Diet Disruption: The Weight Loss Solution for the Chronic Serial Dieter
Descrizione
Trying to lose weight but it just keeps coming back?
Your inability to lose weight and keep it off drives you insane. Being a chronic dieter makes you feel like a crazy woman with a nasty voice in your head that gets louder and meaner and you’re desperate to find the right solution. It’s not like you’re lazy; you’ve tried all of the diets. They work for a while, but it’s just so hard to live life feeling deprived and constantly on guard. You go to bed at night wondering what’s wrong with you. Is your body broken? Will you be stuck like this forever? There has to be a better way – an easier way. And there is.
In Diet Disruption you will:
• Get to the root of the issue and learn the real reasons why weight loss hasn’t happened for you yet • Get the mean voice in your head to finally shut up • Uncover the biggest mistakes women make when trying to lose weight • Release the shame and guilt you suffer from so you can regain your emotional energy • Learn how to break the habit of dieting • Adopt simple tweaks to your lifestyle to keep the weight off
- Editore:
- Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press
- Pubblicato:
- Dec 4, 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781950367887
- Formato:
- Libro
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Diet Disruption - Jennifer Powter MSC
Diet Disruption
The Weight Loss Solution
for the Chronic Serial Dieter
Jennifer Powter, MSc.
Copyright © 2020 Jennifer Powter, MSc.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, digital scanning, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.
ISBN: 978-19-5-036788-7
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Advance Praise
It’s not often you come across a book on weight loss that feels so incredibly fresh and personal yet is rooted in the science and psychology of transformation. Jennifer Powter approaches this age-old struggle in such an empathetic and human way (while at the same time bringing her deeply impressive scientific expertise to bear) that you feel like you’re in a one-on-one conversation with her – and that she understands what makes you tick better than you do. If you want to disrupt your habitual pattern of dieting and learn a different way to create healthy changes in your life, this book is a must-read.
—Jonathan Bailor,
New York Times Best Selling author and founder of SANESolution
This book is a must-read for all of the ladies out there who have been caught in the diet trap. It teaches you effective and sustainable techniques to not only lose the weight, but to also adopt a new lifestyle and learn to love your body again. I think everyone should take Jennifer’s advice and ditch the diet for good!
—Dr. Renee Wellenstein,
founder of Kaspira Eilte Health Consulting, LLC
"Diet Disruption is my favorite new go-to book for simple strategies that work for real women who want to enjoy their lives and not live in restriction or deprivation. The number one thing that makes weight loss hard is how complicated people make it. Jen’s combination of science-based information with practical steps for optimal health and weight loss is genius. This is the book the dieting industry needs."
—Melissa Kathryn, CHHC, AADP,
HT. Int., best-selling author of Eat Right For Your Archetype and creator of the Wholeness Podcast
Jennifer’s down-to-earth, easy-to-read book gets straight to the point about why losing weight can be challenging and how to finally keep it off for good. These simple (not easy) tactics will help thousands of people finally find a sustainable weight that’s healthy for them.
—Eliza Kingsford, MA, LPC,
Amazon best-selling author of Brain-Powered Weight Loss
"Jen Powter puts everything on the metaphorical table in Diet Disruption. It is indeed, as the subtitle indicates, the solution for chronic dieters. By sharing her personal and clinical experience, Jen leads with empathy. Her training and references to that experience add credibility and science to back it all up. The book is filled with actionable and practical steps for letting go of a destructive and sabotaging mindset and reframing and reversing the blocks that prevent so many from moving forward. Readers will be inspired to embrace the possibility for lasting transformation. As a practitioner who works primarily with clients seeking to transform their relationship with food and their bodies, I can state that I am absolutely aligned with all Jen speaks to in this fantastic book and will be recommending it as a valuable resource."
—Mindy Gorman-Plutzer, FNLP, CEPC, CHC, author of The Freedom Promise
"In reading Diet Disruption, I realized that I’m a mini-kitty cat who has been eating like a lion for decades. I’ve always thought that I should get to eat as much as anyone else because that’s what’s fair. Thank you for disrupting this self-sabotaging thought. I’m already implementing the straightforward strategies (for myself and my clients) laid out in this genuine and fun read."
—Heather Aardema, NBC-HWC, FMCHC, founder of Root of Wellbeing
"Diet Disruption will guide you back to sanity and serve up ready-to-go, realistic solutions. With characteristic compassion and deep, scientific understanding, Jen gets to the heart of the modern being with weight, eating, and worthiness. For the love of life, let Diet Disruption show you how to stop doing what doesn’t work and start doing what does."
—Yvete Coleman, certified weight loss consultant, RTT therapist, founder of FreeForm
It’s like Jennifer knows me; my struggles were reflected on every page of this book. Unlike other weight loss books, this one gives me hope. Losing weight is a journey of personal development. This book makes what I thought was impossible very achievable.
—Di Ana Pisarri, Founder of The Parent Shift
"Diet Disruption: The Weight Loss Solution for Chronic Serial Dieter is a book that is long overdue. In these pages, Jennifer Powter not only demonstrates her astonishing expertise in the science of body transformation, she also engages her reader with genuine empathy and understanding so that this transformation suddenly feels wholly reachable, even for someone who has been dieting unsuccessfully for years."
—Bret Gregory,
chief customer attraction officer
"Jen makes one of the most common challenges of our time not only real and relatable, but solvable for many. Her book shines a light on the basics of nutrition and how most people become overweight. Jen truly brings it home with her ability to dive into the behavioral side of lasting weight loss in an honest and easy to relate to way. She guides readers through self-discovery and awareness, and sets them up with a method and plan to overcome the emotional side of overeating.
This book is for anyone who deeply desires to get off the psychologically and physiologically damaging journey of yo-yo dieting and lose the weight for good."
—Dr. Patricia Hort, BSc, DC,
owner and CEO of Dr. For Moms Perinatal and Pediatric Natural Health Center
"Jennifer Powter’s Diet Disruption gives hope to those of us who know how to lose weight but have not kept it off for the long run. She guides you to get in touch with your unique why
that can get you to be at your ideal weight for good and feel good about yourself while loving yourself."
—Kathy Cook, M.D., dermatologist
"Diet Disruption is a breath of fresh air in the otherwise murky and confusing world of dieting. Jen’s approach is grounded in science, tailored to the unique dietary and emotional needs of women, and based on the realities most women face day in and day out. She definitely walks the talk, and her brutally honest sharing of her own weight loss experience is both inspiration and revelation."
—J. Ross, client
I read the entire book in one sitting. It’s honest, humorous, and encouraging. The most important factors revealed are the emotional reasons why many of us struggle. As a mental health professional, I would highly recommend this book for anyone who faces challenges of not enough.
—Rosemarie Marotta, M.S., C.P.M.
I wish I had had this book more than fifty years ago when I started my first diet at age twelve, or when I continued to deprive myself during the next five decades, constantly searching for the magic answers that would work for me through the misguided diet and exercise trends of the day. Jennifer reveals a deep understanding of the female psyche and situation and provides a compelling argument for holistic change and a sustainable way to approach weight loss and good health.
—Penny Jadwin, former chronic serial dieter
"Diet Disruption is a must-read for any woman on this planet that struggles with the ‘why can’t I’ mindset around weight loss. Jennifer has a unique way of connecting with readers through her honesty, experience and science-based knowledge around dieting myths. She delivers a powerful message that any chronic dieter needs to read."
—P. Twamley, client
"Finally, someone who is telling women the truth about the dieting industry and how it has failed them! As a how-to guide, Diet Disruption is brimming with honest, straightforward knowledge and strategies every woman can use to overcome their past failures regarding weight loss. Jen is the real deal – no BS – and provides deep resources in this book with the whole truth about why this disruption is needed for all of us who choose to take control of our lives and lose the weight for the last time."
—A.J. Jones, client
"The diet industry is ripe for disruption, and that is precisely what Jennifer Powter does. Diet Disruption addresses the needs of people who, for years, have simply tolerated life carrying too many pounds or who are just plain tired of yo-yo dieting. It looks at why you have the extra weight not just how to get rid of it and provides a plan that is simple to implement and is sustainable for the long term. You will find yourself thinking, ‘I wish someone had talked to me like this years ago, my life would have been so different.’"
—Melissa Warner, life-long yo-yo dieter
"I’ve long suspected that it was more in my head than my stomach as to why I couldn’t lose weight. Diet Disruption confirms my suspicions and has given me some great suggestions on how to overcome these obstacles."
—Julie Wiseman, widowed mom of four kids
Ley, it has always been, and will forever be you.
I love our love.
I love you.
To all of our children, Olivia, Jacob, Sadie, Lee, Mason, and Spencer, you have brought more gifts into my life than you could ever imagine.
I am so lucky.
I love you.
Contents
Advance Praise
Chapter 1: Why Is Weight Loss So Hard?
Chapter 2: Don’t Worry, I Get I
Chapter 3: Lose Weight for the Last Time
Chapter 4: It’s Not Your Fault
Chapter 5: Kiss the Yo-Yo Dieting Cycle Goodbye
Chapter 6: Self-Sabotage Is Part of the Process
Chapter 7: Hunger, Hanger, and Habits
Chapter 8: Plan, Expect, and Create Your Success
Chapter 9: You Can’t Out-Run Your Fork
Chapter 10: I Know Better. Why Don’t I Do Better?
Chapter 11: Why Do I Eat My Feelings?:
Chapter 12: Back to the Basics with Food
Chapter 13: Pack Your Bags, You’re Going on a Journey
Chapter 14: The Real Reasons You Stay Stuck
Chapter 15: It’s Your Time
Acknowledgments
Thank You
About the Author
1
Why Is Weight Loss So Hard?
A strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink.
—Gina Carey
You’re a busy woman. As you were tackling life, slaying dragons, and becoming successful, you lost yourself along the way. When you look in the mirror, you don’t even recognize yourself.
Your life looks good from the outside – nice husband, great children, fabulous house, cabin, cars, and you go on vacations. But you’re a mess on the inside. Miserable. It feels like you’re in such a life-rut and you don’t understand why. You have everything you’ve ever wanted – except for how you look and feel about yourself.
You’re overweight. Fat, if you will. You used to run and be active but you’re now out of breath after a flight of stairs. How’d I let myself get this way?
you wonder. It started after having kids. You were just so busy and tired. You never lost the baby weight and then with all of life’s stresses and demands you put on even more weight. There are twenty-plus extra pounds on your body and you hate it.
It’s not like you’re lazy. You’ve done all the diets. You name it, you’ve tried it – Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Atkins, South Beach, Whole 30, plus a gazillion more. Maybe you even went keto or tried paleo for a while. Of course, all of the diets worked. You lost weight when you were on a diet but it was just so hard to stick to it. Diets are restrictive. It became more exhausting for you to be on the diet than to just be miserable with your weight. You couldn’t have a social life, traveling messed things up, and it seemed that by Thursday, you lost your willpower and discipline anyway. You seem to always cheat and fall off the wagon. Then the pounds came piling back on.
You are miserable and unhappy with your body. You hate going out; you feel embarrassed. You have nothing to wear and everything you do try on looks horrible. You can’t even shop in your favorite stores anymore – nothing fits you. There are five different sizes of clothes in your closet right now ranging from your skinny
ones to your fat
ones.
You hate being in photographs. This breaks your heart because you have few pictures of yourself with your kids. Then there’s your husband. He’s a good man. You were thin and fit when you met. You don’t know how he can stand the sight of you or feel attracted to you in a physical/sexual way, but he seems to. He tells you he loves you and wants you. But you constantly turn him down for sex. You pretend you’re asleep or tell him you’re too tired. You just don’t feel sexy. You don’t even get undressed around him. Eventually, you know you need to have sex to fulfill his sexual needs, but you hate the experience. The lights are off. You’re so self-conscious. There’s no way you can be on top. That used to be your favorite but it horrifies you to think of what he sees, all your rolls, your flabby body. You just feel so gross. Your sex life is awful, and you know you’re the one to blame. You’ve noticed he’s stopped trying to initiate things. You’re worried he’s going to go seek it elsewhere. He’s not as affectionate as he used to be. No hugs or handholding, no gentle touches as he passes by. It’s almost like the worse you feel about yourself the less he touches you. To be honest, you don’t even talk anymore. It’s like you’re roommates raising kids and running a household.
You don’t know what’s wrong with yourself. Your friend said it was hormones – that weight loss becomes impossible at this age. You don’t know about that. There are plenty of thin women walking around, so that can’t be it.
You keep wondering why this is so hard for you. Your mom had weight issues. You remember her taking you to her Weight Watchers meetings when you were a teenager and you learned how to count points. You weren’t even overweight back then. At least, you didn’t think so. And, you were at a good weight in your twenties too, before kids. A weight that you felt sexy at, strong, confident, and fit at.
Admit it. You like food. And wine. At the end of a long day, food gives you everything you need. You get to have a break and just sit and eat and you don’t have to think about anything. You don’t eat all the time or binge every day. Not at all. You think you and your family eat pretty healthy. You like cooking but you don’t have a ton of time for it, so often you get takeout when life gets busy and the kids have activities.
On work trips, you know you eat and drink more than you should – it’s like a little escape for you from the busyness, the responsibilities. It’s an easy way to forget about all of life’s stresses.
You need to get back in control. It’s like you’ve said before, Screw it, I don’t care.
But deep down, you do. You know this is affecting other areas of your life. It’s like your self-loathing is oozing into everything – your health, your marriage, even the relationships you have with your kids. They ask you to do things with them like go for a bike ride or pass a ball around and you always say no.
You make excuses up – too tired, your knee hurts, maybe on the weekend – but they’ve heard this for years. You feel guilty. Like you’re a bad role model.
You feel like you’re in survival mode, just doing what you need to do to get by and that you simply don’t have the energy for anything more. Start another diet? You don’t have the strength. Besides, the weight just comes right back on anyway. Workout? Forget it. There’s no way you’re putting on exercise clothes or going to a gym. That whole experience would be humiliating. You walk the dog though and that’s got to count for something, right?
Let’s talk about the wine and the ice cream, candy, and chocolate. You can fully admit that those items are a major way for you to numb. You look forward to that glass of wine in the evening, but it’s never just one. It’s always two (or sometimes three) glasses. And no matter how many times you tell yourself that you’re not going to eat anything bad, you always do. You get out one square of chocolate, but then before the night is over, you’ve eaten the whole bar. And there are times you don’t stop there; you still feel like something to eat, so you’ll grab some cheese and crackers or chips. And then you feel awful. Bloated and lethargic. Irritated and disgusted by yourself. Guilt, regret, and shame seep into your soul. And after those extra bad nights, the worst part is waking up the next morning and having to get dressed.
You have nothing to wear. You hit snooze twice before you get up because you’re exhausted. You lie there and your hands travel over your body feeling your fat, squeezing it, grabbing it, hating it. You’re in a bad mood before you’re even out of bed – especially the days you have to be seen. You’re sure everyone is talking about how you’ve let yourself go. You used to love wearing jeans and a t-shirt, but now jeans look horrible on you and a t-shirt just clings to
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