An article about faith based diets caught my eye the other day. Anyone know of a Jewish counterpart to the program featured below?
The Light Weigh is a Catholic -based weight-loss regimen that teaches people to turn to God, instead of food, for their emotional needs. The program features Bible study, prayer, and a 12-week video series that is shown to small groups in churches or neighborhood homes.
"A lot of people have challenges with emotional eating ... eating replaces some void in their life," says Jubilee, a licensed dietician with Living Proof Nutrition/Fitness in New York City.
"Religion has benefits because it can fill the void," she says. "And the positive benefit comes mainly because it's a lifestyle change." And that, she says, is the key to losing weight and keeping it off.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,591150,00.html
http://www.koshertorah.com/PDF/eatingyihud.pdf
ReplyDeleteRead Chapter 30 - on Dieting and Speech (lashon hara)...from Women's Wisdom by Rabbi Shalom Arush (newly translated to english by Rabbi Lazer Brody) available at local Jewish bookstores or Breslev.com
ReplyDeleteLoosing weight will happen by observing the laws of proper speech. What's the connection? The Mouth!!!!!
And it works!!!