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		<title>Shades of Hope to be featured on ABC&#8217;s Nightline</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, September 7th  ABC 10&#124;9 C Back in April of this year, Yale University released a ground breaking study on Sugar Addiction. What did the study conclude? That yes, one can in fact be addicted to sugar. Ashley Gearhardt, is a clinical psychology doctoral student  from the Yale &#38; Rudd Center for Policy and Obesity. She suggests that an addiction to sugar is quite similar to an addiction to cocaine. On the cusp of Yale&#8217;s study, Toronto&#8217;s York University released similar findings. Two major universities may have just confirmed what many of us already know, that when we eat sugar&#8230; we just can&#8217;t stop. The producers of ABC&#8217;s Nigthline and Cynthia McFadden took notice, and of course they had some questions. Shades of Hope was honored to host the producers of Nightline and Mrs. McFadden as they respectfully documented a group of our Six Day Intensive clients. The Six Day Intensive is a phenomenal week of inner exploration and realization into one&#8217;s core issues. The majority of clients who attend the Six Day are seeking treatment for their eating disorders, many of them being sugar addicts. The producers hung on every detail as the group came together, shared their stories and let go the illusion of control.  On Wednesday, September 7th, Tennie McCarty, CEO and co-founder of Shades of Hope,  will share her personal story and take you &#8216;behind the scenes&#8217; into the treatment of eating disorders and the deadly disease of addiction. My name is Brock Cravy and I&#8217;m ...]]></description>
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		<title>The new science of Sugar Addiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ashley Gearhardt, from the Yale &#38; Rudd Center for Policy and Obesity explains the science of Sugar Addiction. Ashley, is a clinical psychology doctoral student at Yale University. She received a BA in psychology from the University of Michigan. Through her research on addiction and her clinical work at the Yale Center for Eating and Weight disorders, she became interested in the possibility that certain foods may be capable of triggering an addictive process. To explore this further, she developed the Yale Food Addiction Scale to operationalize addictive eating behaviors in collaboration with Dr. Kelly Brownell and Dr. William Corbin. The scale is being widely used internationally. Currently, Ms. Gearhardt is examining cognitive and neural processes associated with symptoms of food addiction.]]></description>
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		<title>Economic insecurity will slip away&#8230;Really?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is the beginning of the month or the end for some, and that means bills are due, or past due.  Yesterday, I paid all of my bills (rent, gas, water, electric &#38; cable) on time and had enough money left over to float me until the next payday.  It didn’t hit me until I got home what had happened, I wasn&#8217;t afraid to pay my bills anymore. I wasn’t stressed out. I had been monitoring my spending, I understood my financial responsibilities and had arranged for all my utility bills to be grouped into one payment, an arrangement that’s proving to work with my busy schedule. If my father is reading this, and I’m sure he is, you can pick your jaw up off the floor now. You see it wasn’t always this way. To be honest with you, it was never this way. It is written that as we work the 12 Steps of recovery we will be blessed with certain promises. Promises that in the beginning seemed so unimaginable. These Promises are: We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in ...]]></description>
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		<title>Lifestyle Intervention guest pass giveaway</title>
		<link>http://shadesofhope.com/2011/07/lifestyle-intervention-guest-pass-giveaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come and be a guest of Shades of Hope! Do you live in the Las Vegas area? Join us at the Four Seasons! Fit-RX and The Change Institute are introducing the first national conference on Obesity, Intervention and Treatment. Shades of Hope will be there, and we want you to join us! WWW.LIFESTYLEINTERVENTION.ORG Hello friends! So, this is the deal. I have only a few event passes to give away to our friends and Alumni. The thing is, I want everyone to go! So this is what I need for you to do, I need you to e-mail me your NAME, CONTACT INFO and YOUR STORY (please keep it short)  Then Tennie will draw the winners names from a hat If you live in the Las Vegas area, heads up! We&#8217;re coming your way!NOTE: In the subject line of your email put &#8220;Your Name &#38; Lifestyle Give Away&#8221;.  For example,  &#8221;Brock Cravy &#8211; LIFESTYLE GIVE AWAY&#8221;. THIS IS WHAT THE  GIVE AWAY INCLUDES: A three day all access pass to the Lifestyle Intervention Conference at the Four Seasons Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada A small private reception with Tennie McCarty and Executive Director Cam Balcomb. A private  group therapy session with Tennie McCarty. Our special Shades of Hope client tote bag complete with addiction/recovery literature. NOTE: This package does not include travel and accommodations! You have until August 8th to submit sooooooooo, you better hurry!  Please e-mail your submissions to brock@shadesofhope.com  Good Luck! My name is Brock Cravy and I&#8217;m ...]]></description>
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		<title>Acceptance is the answer&#8230;Ouch.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 08:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I hear the word &#8220;acceptance&#8221;, I think about Coach Ham, yellow squash and this little thing we deal with called, LIFE. Last night I was lamenting beautifully to my  Sponsor about my day. I was explaining to him the many trials and tribulations that lay ahead of me… and how, if ever, anyone would understand or know what it was like to be Brock Cravy. Self absorbed much? He fired back, unsurprisingly, with “You need to lower your expectations. While you’re at it you might want to lower your expectations of others.” I gasped! He obviously did not know whom he was talking to. Friends, I’m currently enrolled in “Recovery” as a second language… and I take the short bus to class. After what I THOUGHT was a compelling argument filled with talking points about setting standards, never giving up and how high expectations can help you reach your goals, I thought we were going to break up. He calmly suggested that I read “Acceptance is the Answer”, a chapter in the big book, then he politely bid me goodnight. I thought to myself, That man is a serenity show off! I did read the chapter he suggested and I now suggest to you, that you do the same. Now, I could summarize the chapter for you, but where would be the fun in that? If I’m not special, and that&#8217;s according to my sponsor not me,  neither are you… read it. I will however “quote” my point. “The higher my ...]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Oz: The FLAB card, what&#8217;s in your wallet?</title>
		<link>http://shadesofhope.com/2011/07/dr-oz-the-flab-card-whats-in-your-wallet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  F-L-A-B (Frustrated &#8211; Lonely &#8211; Anxious &#8211; Bored) Yesterday on &#8216;The Dr. Oz Show&#8217; the famed health guru and friend of Oprah asked TV land,  &#8221;Are you addicted to food?&#8221;. &#8220;Why yes, yes I am&#8221;, I replied back emphatically. The focus of the show was on three women who thought, but he knew, they were addicted to food. After we watched  their  oh so familiar back story he gave us the warning signs of &#8216;Food Addiction&#8217;. CONTINUE READING TO WATCH DR. OZ His warning signs are: You hide food in your car, home or office. When food becomes a secret, there is shame associated – a cornerstone of addiction. You think about food more than 1 hour a day. Food addicts use food as a diversion. They turn to eating instead of dealing with their emotions in a healthy way. You eat after arguing with your spouse or a friend. Again, in this situation, food becomes a drug used to become numb to painful emotions. You experience withdrawal symptoms when you are not eating. Addicts experience visceral symptoms such as shaking, dizziness and sweating. You can’t stop eating even when you’re not hungry. Dr. Oz stresses that if you recognize 3 or more of these signs in your life, you may have a food addiction. Please remember, ONLY you can diagnose a food addiction. Only you. Addiction is a self diagnoses.  That&#8217;s my two cents on the matter. He goes on to give us FLAB! Frustrated &#8211; Lonely &#8211; Anxious &#8211; Bored.  Now, the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Jamie Oliver: Why We Need to Learn to Cook &#8211; by Jilian Michaels</title>
		<link>http://shadesofhope.com/2011/06/3301/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Who speaketh the truth? It is I, Jamie Oliver!&#8221; I stumbled across an article this morning. I&#8217;ve heard his name, this Brit, this Jamie Oliver and his &#8216;Food Revolution&#8217; seem to be quite the talk. Another diet show? Now, I know the show isn&#8217;t new&#8230; but it is new to me. You see, I don&#8217;t watch TV. I youtube and read the online news. I&#8217;m so boring. Anywho, since my understanding of eating has changed forever, thanks to Shades, I&#8217;m apprehensive about entertaining discussions about dieting. Not that I&#8217;m an expert or anything, I mean&#8230; please, I just found out recently corn was a starch. I thought it was a vegetable. In the tradition of accountability, I blame the public school system for my ignorance &#60;&#8211; If you&#8217;re working the program you&#8217;ll get the humor in that. My point, and I have one, is that Jamie said something that kept me reading.   &#8220;I&#8217;m not the food police or a diet guy. I am trying to teach people about cooking skills and choosing fresh food over processed. Eat a wide variety of things, in reasonable portions.&#8221; He didn&#8217;t say eat only protein and cheese. He didn&#8217;t say use a detox of lemon juice and cyan pepper. He said a &#8220;Eat a wide variety of things, in reasonable portions.&#8221; Love it! The reason why I&#8217;m posting this article, it&#8217;s not to promote the show, it&#8217;s not to plug Ms. Michael&#8217;s and her shows, it&#8217;s that the truth (quoted above) needs to be spoken ...]]></description>
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		<title>Meal plan safe smoothies, thank you higher power!</title>
		<link>http://shadesofhope.com/2011/06/meal-plan-safe-smoothies-thank-you-higher-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, okay. I live in Abilene, TX&#8230; a place short  on &#8220;Smoothie&#8221; shops. Apparently the Smoothie King closed down before I moved here. Bummer. Oh, how I dream of my big city Jamba Juice&#8217;s and such! Oh well, let&#8217;s stay in today, shall we? In my addiction I was a huge ice cream and milk shake  addict.  I would black out and  the whole gallon of Blue Bell Rocky Road would be gone. WTF just happened,  I would ask myself? Was it the sugar that sent me into a  Euphoric trance? Hmmmm, I wonder? At Shades of Hope we were asked to think back to our food rituals&#8230; When I would grocery shop, the last item I would always grab would be ice cream. Always. A) I loved Ice cream. B) It was all about timing. You see, the timing had to be perfect so that the experience could be perfect. Once I checked out, drove home and got all the items on the counter, the ice cream would be at optimum readiness.  There would be perfect rings of meltedness with a soft delicious core. I&#8217;d take my spoon and score the edge of the ice cream  around the rim&#8230;. then I&#8217;d wake up and it would be all gone. I think I was just as addicted to the ritual, as I was to the sugar in the ice cream. Now that I have adjusted my meal plan&#8230; I miss that ritual. I looked forward to it every time I went to the grocery store. ...]]></description>
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		<title>81 million views&#8230;and they keep Rolling In</title>
		<link>http://shadesofhope.com/2011/06/81-million-views-and-they-keep-rolling-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I heard her voice in the store, I heard the melody in my car, who Is she? Who sings that song?! I could never catch the name of the artist or retain the lyrics long enough to make it to the all knowing Google.  When I heard the song playing at work I grabbed the co-worker next to me and shook the crap out of them until they muttered her name&#8230;  &#8220;Adele&#8221;. &#8216;ROLLING IN&#8217; MUSIC VIDEO   Adele&#8230; Staring at her beautiful face on youtube, I became hypnotised by the melody of &#8220;Rolling In&#8221;. I began to think&#8230; &#8220;Finally, finally they took a chance and gave us a voice. They gave us someone with talent. Not an image.&#8221;  81 million views people&#8230;  Awesome. Give this girl a shout out ya&#8217;ll!! My name is Brock Cravy and I&#8217;m addicted to me. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Shock Therapy on TLC&#8217;s &#8216;Freaky Eaters&#8217;&#8230;Expolitation anyone?</title>
		<link>http://shadesofhope.com/2011/06/shock-therapy-on-tlcs-freaky-eaters-expolitation-anyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so my Google alert on food addictions went off with a bang this morning! Salon.com posted an interview they did with the nutritionist for the show &#8216;Freaky Eaters&#8217; on TLC. Now, don&#8217;t get me wrong, I love me some TLC. Why they brought the show &#8216;Horders&#8217; into my life, the show that makes me gasp every 2 minutes! That  being said, I don&#8217;t feel the same way about the show &#8216;Freaky Eaters&#8217;. Did someone just call me a hypocrite? Let me explain&#8230; The huge difference between the shows &#8216;Addicted To Food&#8217; and &#8216;Freaky Eaters&#8217; is the solution offered by the producers of the show. Both shows claim there is an &#8220;addiction&#8221; to food. Only one offers a real solution to the problem of addiction. In Drew Grant&#8217;s interview with JJ Virgin, the nutritionist explains the shows approach. &#8220;You know, behavioral therapy is really more what we do at the end of the show, what I call the &#8220;lateral shift&#8221;: having people make small changes in their lives. When someone is an addict of any type, the classic thing is to deny the problem or the extent of it. Shock therapy is to show these people their problem in a way that makes it impossible to deny or to downplay it.&#8221; Explains, JJ Virgin. What does JJ mean by &#8220;shock therapy&#8221;&#8230; &#8220;&#8230;we had a guy who ate 3-6 burgers a day, so we backed a truck filled with burgers right up to him and dumped out all the patties, just covered him up.&#8221; Hmmm&#8230; Good luck with that, ...]]></description>
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