A Smaller You
January 11, 2013
June 14, 2011
those who are influenced more by external
cues.
With a new year come the New Year’s
resolutions and one of the most common is
the goal of losing weight.
Come and learn which type of eater you are.
This may be the missing piece that explains
your struggles with eating and weight
management.
Family Enrichment offers a program which
is a radically different approach to weight
management.
Craving Change™ is not a weight-loss
program but rather a ground-breaking
program that gives you the background,
tools, and confidence to overcome your
eating struggles.
Craving Change™ is a licensed, psychoeducational program, where you discover
why you eat the way you do and learn to
take steps to change eating habits.
The program incorporates evidence-based
cognitive-behavioural techniques. Years of
research clearly demonstrate that these
techniques are an appropriate and successful
model for people who struggle with their
eating.
Everyone eats and, to some extent, most
people in Canada today have eating “issues”
such as; emotional eating, preoccupation
with weight and food, binging, or the
unhealthy weight-loss behaviour of skipping
meals.
With practice, participants learn to identify
the emotions and thoughts that serve as
triggers to eat and what to eat.
Although women are particularly at risk for
disordered eating behaviours, men also
struggle with emotional and problematic
eating.
In this program, participants will learn about
the external and internal factors that have
been clearly demonstrated by research to
affect what, how much, and when people
eat.
This program will give men and women the
self-confidence to improve their relationship
with food and eating.
You will learn skills that promote long-term
adherence to new behaviours and as such
Those who frequently eat in response to
internal cues have been shown to lose less
weight in typical weight-loss programs than
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Craving Change™ is an important adjunct to
any weight-loss program.
more attainable. Attending with a friend,
spouse, or co-worker is extremely helpful.
You will learn to choose from the range of
techniques shared in the program for
recognizing triggers and changing your
eating response.
Participants will not receive dietary advice
or education on specific health conditions.
However, the program is for everyone who
struggles with what they eat, how they eat,
food cravings, and their weight.
The program at Family Enrichment is a
skills-based program that uses selfawareness tools, guided group discussions,
brainstorming activities, brief written
exercises, and thought-provoking homework
tasks.
The program has been shown to enhance
weight-loss
and
long-term
weight
maintenance when combined with a weightloss strategy. This program is not for
someone diagnosed with an eating disorder
(bulimia, anorexia nervosa) or with a
significant psychiatric condition. However,
it is for the significant number of people
who are concerned about their eating habits.
Craving Change™ is the number one
cognitive-behavioural
program
for
problematic eating in Canada. The activities
encourage participants to reflect on their
personal relationship with food and
determine a strategy for change that is
specific to their needs.
Ensure the success of your new year’s
resolution to lose weight by joining a
program that is going to help you with more
than just food choices. The program is
offered over eight, one-hour sessions, on
different days of the week and at different
times. For more information and to register
contact Family Enrichment at 458-8211 or
email [email protected] .
This individualized focus is sensitive to the
fact that participants may be at various
“stages of change.”
The key points of the program are
summarized in a workbook, provided to
every participant, with “how to” guidelines
for change.
The group format helps you to recognize
that others share similar struggles and
frustrations with their eating.
This
knowledge lessens the guilt and shame
associated with problematic eating and can
make the prospect of changing eating habits
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356 Queen Street, Fredericton NB E3B 1B2
Tel: 506-458-8211; Fax: 506-451-9437
www.familyenrichment.ca
[email protected]