Dr. Kushner's Personality Type Diet
by Robert F. Kushner, M.D., and Nancy Kushner, M.S.N., R.N.Edition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 2004-01-16
Publisher(s): St. Martin's Griffin
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Summary
Take the Quiz....Find Your Type....Lose the Weight 1. I rarely take the time to plan my meals 2. I often skip breakfast 3. I never feel full until it's too late 4. I do not like to exercise 5. I often eat when I'm stressed, lonely, or anxious 6. I've tried everything to lose weight and nothing works Dr. Kushner has already helped thousands of his patients lose weight. Now he tells readers how to craft a program to suit their individual style and needs. After taking the personality profile quiz, readers figure out what pat-terns are causing uncon-scious weight gain. So, whether you're an Unguided Grazer and Persistent Procrastinator or a Hearty Portioner and a Hate To Move Struggler, this book has a diet plan that will work for you.
Author Biography
Dr. Robert Kushner is the medical director of the Wellness Institute at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and has treated thousands of patients with this revolutionary program. He is the author of more than 95 scientific articles on nutrition and obesity and he is frequently quoted in magazines such as Good Housekeeping, Time, Mademoiselle, Men's Heath, Newsweek, and Reader's Digest. Dr. Kushner is a frequent lecturer and reviewer of medical journals.
Nancy Kushner, R.N., M.S.N. is a nurse practioner with 20 years of experience. She is a former director of education and program development for a health care agency.
Nancy Kushner, R.N., M.S.N. is a nurse practioner with 20 years of experience. She is a former director of education and program development for a health care agency.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. xv |
| Scaling Up Syndrome | p. 1 |
| Your Authentic Shape vs. False Weight | p. 3 |
| Scaling Up American Style | p. 8 |
| Scaling Down | p. 13 |
| Discovering Your Diet Personality | p. 15 |
| Diet Personality Quiz | p. 15 |
| Diet Personality Profile | p. 19 |
| The Seven Eating, Exercise, and Coping Patterns That Feed False Weight | p. 28 |
| How You Compare | p. 33 |
| Prioritize Patterns | p. 34 |
| Use Tools to Build Success | p. 35 |
| Shaping Your Eating Personality | p. 42 |
| Unguided Grazer | p. 42 |
| Nighttime Nibbler | p. 49 |
| Convenient Consumer | p. 56 |
| Fruitless Feaster | p. 64 |
| Mindless Muncher | p. 70 |
| Hearty Portioner | p. 77 |
| Deprived Sneaker | p. 84 |
| Making a Move | p. 88 |
| Shaping Your Exercise Personality | p. 89 |
| Hate-to-Move Struggler | p. 89 |
| Self-Conscious Hider | p. 95 |
| Inexperienced Novice | p. 100 |
| All-or-Nothing Doer | p. 107 |
| Set-Routine Repeater | p. 112 |
| Aches-and-Pains Sufferer | p. 116 |
| No-Time-to-Exercise Protester | p. 122 |
| Feeling Your Feelings | p. 124 |
| Shaping Your Coping Personality | p. 125 |
| Emotional Stuffer | p. 125 |
| Low-Self-Esteem Sufferer | p. 130 |
| Persistent Procrastinator | p. 137 |
| Can't-Say-No Pleaser | p. 141 |
| Fast Pacer | p. 146 |
| Pessimistic Thinker | p. 152 |
| Unrealistic Achiever | p. 157 |
| Staying on Track | p. 161 |
| Periodic Self-Monitoring | p. 161 |
| Troubleshooting | p. 167 |
| Taking Corrective Action | p. 168 |
| Recognizing New Patterns | p. 169 |
| Keeping Core Behaviors | p. 171 |
| Counting Family and Friends | p. 179 |
| Scaling Down with Super Food Recipes | p. 180 |
| Healthy Cooking and Grocery Shopping Tips | p. 180 |
| Super Recipe Basics | p. 192 |
| Super Starts | p. 194 |
| Super Soups | p. 200 |
| Super Meatless | p. 206 |
| Super Meaty Main Events | p. 224 |
| Super Sides | p. 230 |
| Super Sweets | p. 248 |
| Getting the Help You Need | p. 258 |
| Nutritional Help | p. 258 |
| Psychological Help | p. 259 |
| Medical Help | p. 262 |
| Formal Programs | p. 263 |
| Your Body Mass Index (BMI) | p. 265 |
| Three-Week Starter Plan | p. 269 |
| Resources | p. 282 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 288 |
| Index | p. 291 |
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