Stephen Gullo - Thin Tastes Better

Ground rules for living in a house full of food

The ten commandments of going food shopping

Times of the day and week when you are most likely to meet a food trigger

How to handle a dietary slip

Discover your Eating Printyour unique history with food

Eliminate the craving for treats and goodies that make you lose control

Self-talk that works a diet miracle and even

Excellent weight loss centers if you need a jump start on your way to thin

The only new thing to come along in the field of weight control since the word diet was invented.
Dr. Austin Kutscher, Administrative Chair, National Obesity and Weight Control Education Institute, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center

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The information and guidelines in this book are not intended to replace professional medical advice. Before starting this or any other weight-loss program, consult with your physician, and continue to be monitored by your physician while you are losing weight.
The case histories recounted in this book are all based on actual clients. However, to protect their privacy, names and some distinguishing characteristics have been changed.

Copyright 1995 by Stephen Gullo Food Control Center

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To my late mother, Rose Pernice Gullo, whose
unconditional love and caring was the source of my
inspiration to help others

To Joseph Amodio and Catherine Heusel, whose
gifted intellects and pens helped to make this
book a reality

To the women and men, my clients, whose
continued strivings and successes in self-mastery
with food are the source of my strength and renewal

Many people have nurtured both my life and work and I will always be grateful to them. Truly, if I had every success in my profession and every material comfort and I did not have these deep abiding relationships, my life would be incomplete.

My family has loved and supported me unconditionally, and to my sisters, Angela Barna, Marianne Froelich, and Antoinette Pahlck; my nephews and niece, Christian Hanny, Matthew Touron, and Maurene Levine; and my brothers-in-law, Joseph Barna, Allan Froelich, and Robert Pahlck, I say thank you. I have also been blessed with a loving second family in a special woman, Choi Ping Roland, and Mathew and Lee Love, along with Florence Lazar, Al Galleau and Wendy, Kurt and Lance Barnard. You have all been and always will be a source of inspiration for me.

Along the road of my life many friends have made enormous contributions to my growth: David and Marilyn Kohn, Drs. Daniel and Justine Carr, Michael and Marjorie Francis, Jason Capuano, Dr. Dan Cherico, Dr. Marc Shatz, Dr. Henry Berger, Will Geurts, Peter Swersey, John Contint, Lenin De La Cruz, Gloria and Louis Flanzer, Steve Zubkoff, Fran Brody, Andrew Lassman, Ronni Janoff-Weinstein, Scott Yacker, Bernadette Baer, Diane Handler, Madeline Batagliese, Dee Kerner, Jaron Eames, Paul Ortiz, Mike Nelligan, Janet Goldman, Carol Ginsburg, and, of course, my dear friends and associates Edoardo Danilan, Rosemarie and Tom Passaro, and Norbert Bogner. I am particularly grateful for the personal and professional support given to me and my work by my esteemed friends Jack Rudin and Nuno and Muriel Brandolini.

Michael Swiander, my research associate and colleague, did so much of the painstaking and outstanding work that helped me formulate my theories of Food Control Training.

At critical points in my development, I was able to call on the wisdom of several professors who enhanced my life with their guidance: the late Dr. Boyd McCandless, Dr. Rosalea Schonbar, Dr. David Peretz, the late Dr. B. Schoenberg, Dr. Ivan Goldberg, and, most of all, Dr. Austin Kutscherall brilliant educators who inspired my career and my life. I am also grateful for the counsel and wisdom shared with me by the Rev. Harold Robertson, Dr. R. Corriere, and Dr. L. Hatterer.

I want to express special words of appreciation to Cindy and Gary Wattenberg, who have introduced me to many products and nutritional supplements that are helping a large number of people.

Each week I call on the professional expertise of a group of gifted advisors: Dr. David Kohn, Michael Kalnick, and Marvin Weinstein. Their guidance has enabled me to navigate around so many of lifes pitfalls.

Susan Knightly provided invaluable assistance with recipes and cooking skills, and Dr. Shari Lieberman, distinguished nutritionist, served as nutritional consultant, sharing many important insights. I am grateful to these two leading professionals for their caring and assistance.

In recent years a number of outstanding people have entered my life and shared their friendship and expertise with me. Their insights have left an indelible mark on my professional and personal growth. No words can ever express the gratitude I feel to my dear friend Alexandra Penney, whose rare generosity of spirit and professional brilliance have so meaningfully shaped the present and future course of my career. Ruth Edelman has been one of the worlds best teachers and loyal friends. Her words guide me in so many of the steps I will take into the future. Daniel and Rene Edelman have also been very generous with their time and expertise, and I have great appreciation for all that I have learned from them. Nancy Novogrod was the first person to encourage me to bring this book to Crown/Carol Southern Books; her wisdom helped me at a most critical time and I will always be appreciative of this support.

In the writing and marketing plan for this book so many individuals shared generously with me their invaluable guidance. Carol Southern has been a most gifted editor, counselor, and friend. This book would never have become a reality without her vision and support. My respect for this singular human being is boundless. I have also found in the executive and professional staffs of Crown/Carol Southern Books gifted leaders and individuals who supported and shaped this book: Michelle Sidrane, president of Crown Publishers, Barbara Marks, Robin Strashun, Eliza Scott, Camille Smith, Laurie Stark, and Joy Sikorski, all of whom have been enormously helpful.

Robert Barnett, Esq., of Williams & Connolly, was the erudite and gifted attorney who made possible the sale of this book and who once again proved the wisdom of our mutual friends, Ruth and Daniel Edelman.

Richard Rubinstein and Carolyn Carter helped enormously in selecting the title for this book and in graciously teaching me so many of the fundamentals of marketing. I also thank Melanie Radley for her guidance and insight during the years of our friendship.

Bob Bender was my first editor in writing a book for the lay public. He encouraged my writing and I will always feel a bond of great esteem for his talents and humanity. Catherine Heusel and Joseph Amodio were the most talented writers who shaped this book and made it possible.