Eating well and living healthilythough vitaldoes not have a one-size-fits-all prescription. Heather K. Jones, by using Diet Types, now empowers each of ususing our own language and learning strategiesto get healthy. The marriage of personality type and diet is long overdue!
No more one-size-fits-all diets! This book gives every dieter what she really needs: A personalized plan for weight lossand the tools, tips and recipes that will help her reach her goal.
Heather K. Jones upbeat and practical diet guide taps into the key to diet success: finding a plan that fits you and your life! Readers will see themselves in the Types Jones describes, discover their weight loss strengths and find doable solutions to their specific diet trip-ups. We all know what to do to lose those pounds, Jones tells you how.
This eye-opening book will help you understand yourself and your eating habits a lot better. And thats key when looking to find a long-term diet strategy that works for you!
DISCLAIMER
The Diet Type program is not designed to, and does not provide, medical advice. This book and its program are intended as a reference and informational volume only, not as a medical manual. The Diet Type program is not intended as a substitute for the advice and/or medical care of your physician, nor is it meant to discourage or dissuade you from the advice of your physician. You should regularly consult with a physician in matters relating to your health, especially with regard to symptoms that may require diagnosis. Any lifestyle change should be undertaken under the direct supervision of your physician.
If you have any questions concerning the information presented in this program, or its application to your medical profile, or if you have any medical, nutritional, or psychological needs or constraints that may conflict with the information in this program, you should consult with your physician before beginning the program. The Diet Type program contains only the author(s) opinions, thoughts and conclusions. Again, it is for educational purposes only, and you, and only you, are responsible if you choose to do anything based on what you read, hear, or see. Should you choose to make use of the information contained herein without first consulting a health professional, you are prescribing for yourself, which is your right; however, the author(s) and publisher(s) do not assume any responsibility whatsoever under any conditions or circumstances for your actions and choices.
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The case studies, quotes, and biographical facts presented are actual and true-to-life, they are compilations of the thousands of patient interactions, survey results, and direct interviews performed by the authors. The names of all individuals mentioned in the case studies have been altered to protect privacy.
To my Planner, Aaron.
Without your love and support this book
would not have been possible.
H EATHER
Contents
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Chapter 1:
Chapter 2:
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Chapter 3:
Chapter 4:
Chapter 5:
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Chapter 7:
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Acknowledgements
S PECIAL THANKS TO Aaron Haesler, Tamara Goldis, R.D.; Beth Sumrell Ehrensberger, M.P.H., R.D.; Jennifer Curtis; June Eding; Anna Krusinski; Ryan Tumambing; Mary Woodward; Danielle Hazard; Namita Davis; Deborah Cohen, M.H.Sc., R.D.; Lauren Clark, R.D.; Andrea Au Levitt; Janis Jibrin, M.S., R.D.; Tracy Olgeaty Gensler M.S., R.D.; Jean Marie Miscisin; Crescentia Miscisin; Therese Schaaf; Tamela Moore; Lori Brennan; Cyndi McClave; Mary Jones; Janice Whiting; Louise Kutz; Diane Blair; Tim Hallbom; Kris Hallbom; Michelle Fong; Marie Elizabeth; Paulette Briggs; Victoria Laluz; Manuel Gill; Dave Eshe; Lisa Powers; Christine Troyano; Anthony Robbins; Richard Bandler; Don Lowry; Erica Lowry; and Mercy Medical Foundation.
A special appreciation goes to Otto Kroeger for his pioneering efforts and expertise in the ever expanding field of typology and for writing the foreword to this book; to Hile Rutledge, CEO of Otto Kroeger Associates; to all of the thousands of people who participated in the weight management survey and the participants of Marys A Colorful Approach to Weight Management workshops, who contributed their opinions, preferences and personality approaches; to many of Dr. Redards patients, whose names cannot be mentioned out of confidentiality; and to my agent Janis Donnaud, for believing in this book.
Foreword
Otto Kroeger
I F YOUVE EVER been discouraged about keeping your weight in control if youve ever thought dieting successfully is a hopeless cause if youve ever been over fed with the wrong food if you are fed up with diet programs if you are convinced that diets are intentionally made to be complicated and difficult just so youll grow weary and fail then this book is for you. Whats Your Diet Type? confronts, simplifies, and overcomes all these issues, and will give you the hope and encouragement you need to change your eating habits, drop pounds, and live healthfully. How? By helping you find a diet made just for your personalityyes: custom-made for your own unique personality.
As an expert on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and coauthor of four leading books on Type: Type Talk, Type Talk At Work, 16 Ways to Love Your Lover, and Personality Type and Religious Leadership, I have travelled the world sharing my knowledge on personality and guiding people to an understanding of the way personality shapes everything they do. At presentations for personal and professional groups, I have enabled participants to tap into their own strengths and navigate their weaknesses, so they could achieve maximum success, no matter what their goal.
The power of personality applies to the goal of weight loss, too. Our personality is so integrated with how and what we eat that failure to engage our personality preferences when we try to control our weight sets us up for weight gain rather than weight loss. It is like someone who is right-handed being forced to use their left hand; the result is frustration and wasted effort.
This book in a refreshing and affirming way changes all that. In the first part of the book, a detailed overview of personality differences helps us understand what our own personal nuances are all about, and how they shape our lives. Then, Heather explains how you can create a tailor-made eating and dieting plan that will work with your personal strengths and carefully work around your weaknesses. As you look closer at your strengths, and build upon them, you will come to an even more powerful understanding of how your natural physical and psychological motivations influence your efforts at weight control. You will be reminded that strategies that may have helped a friend or mate may even work