The Structure House Weight Loss Plan: Achieve Your Ideal Weight Through a New Relationship with Food

According to author Musante, admitted food addict Oprah Winfrey has lots of company: millions of people in the U.S. don't realize that they eat not to satisfy hunger but to deal with loneliness, stress, boredom and feelings of inadequacy. Founder and director of the 30-year-old Structure House Center for Weight Control in Durham, N.C., Musante believes these emotional prompts are behind many bad eating habits and, therefore, a huge factor in the U.S. epidemic of obesity. Understanding one's relationship with food is key to Musante's approach, which emphasizes overall health and fitness, and he lays out a proactive plan to do just that, without sticking to a diet or worrying about weight: "Weight loss is important but...I'm talking about changing how you view yourself, your relationship with food, your choices about how to live your life." Musante offers common-sense strategies that have worked for thousands of Center-goers, such as identifying one's food triggers and developing coping methods for each. He also includes easy-to-follow menu plans and ways to stay on track while eating out or on vacation. Both more and less than a traditional diet, this plan proscribes a lifestyle overhaul that appeals to mind, body and spirit.
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Review
"The Structure House Weight Loss Plan is purposeful, thoughtful, and rich in useful content on every page. If you have weight to lose, health to gain, and your life to reclaim and reorient toward a better destiny, then you definitely can, and most certainly should, try this at home!" -- David L. Katz, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.M., F.A.C.P., Yale University School of Medicine and medical contributor, ABC

"A life-changing program from the world-renowned weight loss center, The Structure House Weight Loss Plan provides thirty years of wisdom from a pioneer in the development of effective weight management strategies. Highly recommended. A no-nonsense approach that can help you take charge of your life once and for all." -- John Foreyt, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine