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In This Issue (June 28th, 2007)

* Burn The Fat Inner Circle "Fit Tip" * Inner Circle Member Updates & What's New * Tom Venuto's Newest E-book: Pre-release copies now available for Inner Circle Members Only

::: The First Two Steps To End Emotional Eating :::

Fit Tip By Tom Venuto

In a study published in the American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition, Susan Kayman and colleagues set out to discover the difference beteen women who took off weight and kept it off succesfully (maintainers), and those who took off weight but eventually regained it all (relapsers).

One of the differences stood out like a sore thumb:

Relapsers were emotional eaters who lacked skills to respond to and cope with stress and unexpected problems.

While almost all of the women surveyed reported stressful issues or problems, there were major differences in the way the relapsers and maintainers coped with their problems.

Very few relapsers used problem-solving or confrontive ways of coping with their problems as compared with maintainers.

Instead, they were more likely to use emotion-focused or escape/avoidance behaviors for coping, such as eating more, sleeping more or just wishing the problem would go away.

Relapsers reported using food to make themselves feel better when they were upset. They also attributed weight gain to unexpected or unpredictable stressful life events.

Maintainers, by contrast, confronted their problems directly and looked for alternative ways to cope with them (other than eating)

These included relaxation techniques, exercise, focusing on productive work, seeking social support, getting professional help, or talking out their feelings with other people they trusted.

This confirms previous research in the area of addiction recovery which found that a person who has made a successful behavior change will return to a previous negative pattern if a stressful situation occurs but no coping skills have been developed to deal with it.

Another big difference between maintainers and relapsers was conscious awareness (or lack of it)

70% of relapsers surveyed ate unconsciously in response to emotions and they also tended to be unaware of creeping gains in bodyweight and the need to remain forever vigilant to keep what they had achieved.

Maintainers, on the other hand, were conscious of EVERYthing:

* They were conscious of the quanity and type of food they ate

* They were conscious about the amount of activity that they needed personally to maintain their weight

* they consciously worked to "keep in shape" after they reached their initial goal

* They were conscious of their weight by and they noticed immediately if they gained even a little weight such as a few pounds after a vacation

* They intentionally wore close-fitting clothes to keep themselves aware of their bodies, which prompted them to exercise more eat less if clothes felt tighter.

From these findings emerge two of the very first steps absolutely necessary for you to end emotional eating:

1. Develop greater conscious awareness 2. Develop alternative behaviors and coping mechanisms for dealing with stress

It takes courage to directly confront your problems and strength to overcome them, but you can't even begin to solve a problem unless you are aware you have one. It all begins with AWAREness.

Begin with these two steps, starting today, and you will be that much closer to becoming a "successful maintainer."

Train hard and expect success always,

Tom Venuto Founder & CEO, Burn The Fat Inner Circle

PS As you can see, based on research in both nutrition/obesity and psychological journals, and as your own instincts probably have already told you, emotional eating is not a "women's tabloid magazine" type of topic that can just be brushed over lightly. It's a very real problem, and it also affects men.

Fortunately, there are numerous real solutions for ending emotional eating. You now have two of the first and most important steps.

If you'd like to learn more, I just completed a short new ebook called, "THE A.W.A.R.E. Formula: 5 steps to end emotional eating" and it will be available to the public from www.EndEmotionalEating.com in the near future.

Pre-publication copies of "5 steps to end emotional eating" are now available as a special bonus with Burn The Fat Inner Circle membership Membership at the inner circle is still available at the charter rates (but hurry, charter memberships END in september on our one year anniversary). The emotional eating ebook is included as a limited time bonus when you join us as an Inner Circle member (and currently it's the only way you can get a copy)

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::: Latest updates June 2007 (member's-only area) :::

E-BOOKs

How To End Emotional Eating - Tom Venuto's new ebook just released (June 2007)... Fr ee for Inner Circle Members ($20.00 for non members) http://www.burnthefatinnercircle.com/members/322.cfm

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High Protein Diet - not low carbs - reduces appetite, decreases caloric intake and takes off the pounds, says well designed study http://www.burnthefatinnercircle.com/members/323.cfm

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