The Spider Diet: Breaking The Vicious Cycle Of Constant Weight Gain: A Guide To Healthy Living Through Self-Assessment And Change - Paperback

by Jodi A. Aaronson (Author), Michael L. Aaronson MD (Author)

The Spider Diet is a self-help tool designed to help you lose weight. You first identify a bad habit you have that causes weight gain and create a case study, describing the situation. Next, you dissect the habit into its component parts, creating a vicious cycle. You discover the real reasons behind the perpetuation of these bad habits and intervene, breaking the vicious cycle. Your altered behavior results in permanent weight loss and maintenance of goal weight. You will soon realize that you can have many vicious cycles occurring simultaneously in your life. We show you a method to manage your vicious cycles--the spider diagram. You will need the proper analysis tools to track your progress on The Spider Diet. Therefore, we teach you how to create a spider diet progress chart and graph. We have included 15 case studies to help you learn the process. We have also included a questions answered chapter to facilitate understanding. More information: www.michaelaaronsonmd.com

Author Biography

Michael attended Bowdoin College. He received his medical training in Connecticut and Minnesota and is board certified in internal medicine and nephrology. He travels all over the country speaking to physicians about obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol. He has been interviewed by local television and radio stations. His practice area includes the following states: Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. He is an assistant clinical professor of medicine. He has published many research articles. Jodi works in the sales industry and is responsible for calling on physicians. She has extensive training in sales and marketing. Jodi is an expert on the DISC personality assessment. Depending on whom she is speaking with, Jodi has the ability to change the level of complexity of her conversation so that information is properly conveyed. She has insight into how doctors and patients really think and is astute at motivating them to act. She brings these talents to the book so that anyone can pick up The Spider Diet, understand the concepts, and execute them. She has ensured that the medical community will embrace the book by means-testing the process to many physicians.