"Fat Boy, Thin Man"
"This book should not only interest individuals who have failed classical diets and are looking for answers, but also for physicians who are interested in helping the obese subject lose weight." — Dr. Richard Johnson, University of Colorado researcher and professor, and author of "The Sugar Fix, The High Fructose Fallout That Is Making You Sick and Fat"
Above: a contemporary photo; Below: the "before" picture.
I had a fat and troubled childhood that lasted almost 35 years. Then I started to understand that I might have a more substantial problem than just being a weak, slovenly misfit. I started getting standard addiction treatment, and now I'm approaching 20 years in a normal-sized body. In that time, public acceptance of food addiction has barely moved, and insurance support for treatment has regressed.
Both of those need to change, and my story tells why. I'm no diet guru, and this isn't a diet book, but if I escaped more than a decade above 300 pounds, lots of others can find relief too. That's why I'm writing, to pass ideas to others as they were shared with me.
The book will be self-published within a few months (as of 2/10/10). If you want to be notified when the book is published, please leave word here.
Or just return here soon: In addition to being for sale, the book will be available for free download. Though I'm investing money, as well as five years-plus of writing time, it's more important to me that the ideas get out than we recoup our investment.
Excerpts are available here and here.
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Public appearance
The second annual conference on "Promising Practices in Food Addiction Recovery" will be at the end of the month in Houston. The focus this year will be on assessment — refining how the standards measures of addiction can be recognized in problem eaters.
Sponsors include Kay Sheppard, Renaissance Nutrition Center, Turning Point of Tampa, Shades of Hope Treatment Center of Texas, Milestones Eating Disorders Program of Miami, and ACORN Food Dependency Recovery Services of Sarasota. Essentially, these are the, uh, heavyweights of food addiction treatment.
I helped to organize the conference last year, and participated in a couple of panels. This year, I'll be master of ceremonies.
The dates are the 29th through the 31st. You can get other information at foodaddictionprofessionals.org.
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Green heroes
In my series "Green people," I ask everyone to name a green hero, and this compiles their answers. The link is to the interview, but you can click through for more information on each:
