by Carolyn Ross | May 19, 2009 | Anorexia, Bulimia, Carolyn Ross MD, Compulsive Overeating, obesity
If you read the previous blog, you will know that the predisposition to obesity is overwhelmingly genetic. What does this mean to you? Well, if you come from a family of overweight individuals, it will undoubtedly be more difficult for you to lose weight and keep it...
by Carolyn Ross | Dec 14, 2008 | Anorexia, Bulimia, Compulsive Overeating, Depression
Finding your anchor The Anchor process is a technique I’ve developed in my practice to help people make changes which are difficult. It is a way of finding your safe place, your place of stability in the stormy seas in our lives. Perhaps you’ve had some trauma or...
by Carolyn Ross | Nov 17, 2008 | Anorexia, Bulimia, Compulsive Overeating, Depression
If you don’t feel you eat large quantities of food in one sitting, but you have struggled with your weight and have been on and off diets most of your life, you may be a compulsive overeater (CO). The main difference between binge eating disorder and...
by Carolyn Ross | Nov 15, 2008 | Anorexia, Bulimia, Compulsive Overeating, Depression
There is a code that is much like the genetic code in your DNA that may make you more prone to being overweight, for example, because it’s in your genes. However this code is the code of your soul or spirit. It is what makes us have a passion to do something...
by Carolyn Ross | Nov 10, 2008 | Anorexia, Bulimia, Compulsive Overeating, Depression
Binge eating disorder (BED) affects between two and five percent (Spitzer 1993) of adults in the United States (over four million Americans) and is the most common of all the eating disorders. Up to 25 percent of overweight or obese individuals seeking treatment for...
by Carolyn Ross | Nov 7, 2008 | Anorexia, Bulimia, Compulsive Overeating, Depression
Maryann felt overwhelmed. Her youngest child was home sick, her boss was upset with her for missing work and her father was just rushed to the hospital. She couldn’t take one more thing happening! John did not get the promotion he had worked so hard for. His...