RE: CEA-HOW more info

[Guest guest]

Thank you for this information! I hadn’t

heard much about OA in a long time. I like the CEA name better—I hope it

spreads. Seems more accurate. I’ll check out their website. I don’t

think it’s the plan for me either, but I like to know what’s going

on…

Laurie

lbilyeu@...

From: SillyYaks [mailto:SillyYaks ] On Behalf Of cheryl in colorado

Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 1:04

PM

To: Silly Yaks

Subject: CEA-HOW more

info

Compulsive Eaters Anonymous also uses another name - H.O.W. which

stands

for Honesty, Open-mindedness, and

Willingness. Just to clear things up,

the CEA-HOW program does not require you to be on

a specific food plan.

They have one they offer OR you can follow one

approved by a qualified

professional. However, the program is

rigourous. You do not eat sugar.

They also require that you work the 12 step

program originally developed

by Alcoholics Anonymous. The program does

work, I lost 60 pounds and

kept it off for 4 years. Then I had kids and

stopped going to meetings

and using the food plan my nutritionist gave

me. I am using Weight

Watchers now, and the food plan seems more

reasonable and sustainable

with my current lifestyle. Here in Colorado it is just

called

O.A.(Overeaters Anonymous) H.O.W.

Cheryl in Colorado

This is from www.ceahow.org

http://www.ceahow.org/faq.htm

Do we have a diet?

No! CEA-HOW is not a diet club. However CEA-HOW

does have a food plan.

We ask that you follow this food plan or a

comparable one approved by a

physician or nutritionist.

a What about sugar? Do I really have

to give it up and why?

We have found that the

artificial sweeteners found in most

restaurants which are in the

blue and pink packages are good to use

in moderation. Our years of

experience show - and our food plan is

designed for - people who,

because of their addiction to refined

carbohydrates, need to abstain

from all sugars, flour, and refined

starches. Keep in mind that all

sugar and flour must be listed 5th

or greater in the ingredients

of all products consumed. Alcohol is

in fact sugar. It turns to

sugar when it is digested into the system

and sets us up for craving.

Other forms of sugar:

CORN STARCH, CORN SYRUP, CORN

SYRUP SOLIDS, DEXTROSE, FRUCTOSE,

HONEY, LACTOSE, MALTOSE,

MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, MOLASSES.

What about the foods we absolutely avoid and why?

Alcohol, sweets of any kind,

nuts, fried foods, sugared soft drinks,

cream cheese, specialty

cheeses, honey, and anything containing

sugar or white flour. Our years

of experience shows - and our food

plan is designed for - people

who, because of their addiction to

refined carbohydrates, need to

abstain from all sugars, flour, and

refined starches. Abstinence is

refraining from foods not included

in the food plan. Total

abstinence is an absolute necessity.

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Suzanne wrote:

3 weeks ago, I started with Compulsive Eaters

Anonymous and have lost

about 8 lbs. On this program, you can't eat

anything flour based

especially for the first 30 days and sugar has to

be the 5th

ingredient. Being Celiac, it was

actually easy to start this

program. After I've been abstinent for 30

days, I can have small

portions of the things we can have.