Grey Sheet Overeaters Anonymous Food Plan Blue Sheet
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Grey sheet overeaters anonymous food plan blue sheet. Overeaters anonymous oa is an organization that helps people who are recovering from compulsive eating and other eating disorders. 12 step programs should be worked with a sponsor. Qualified sponsors can obtain copies of the grey sheet from their gsr or isr. The food plan eliminates the basic components of our binge foods.
I don t eat in between no matter what. The following is an exact copy of the original grey sheet distributed by overeaters anonymous. Oa no longer endorses this grey sheet food plan and it is now considered to be an outside issue. Gsaws is legally compliant in all matters concerning our copyrighted greysheet food plan.
The grey sheet released in the late 1960s became one of the most popular and controversial of all food plans distributed in overeaters anonymous. Plan a low carbohydrate. This is not a reducing diet because it is not severely restricted in terms of basic food groups. Page one of oa pamphlet.
The plan was designed to help control food addiction and promote weight loss. We do not distribute the food plan to those who are not willing to work with a sponsor to become abstinent. The purpose of this procedure is to ensure that greysheeters anonymous world services inc. The plan called for complete abstinence from man made sugars and starches and from any foods with more than a 10 carbohydrate content.
The food plan is a way of eating that is free of sugar wheat and flour. The history of overeaters anonymous and its food plans specifically the grey sheet which spawned greysheeters anonymous. Text of the grey sheet of overeaters anonymous food plan. All you need is a sponsor.
It s an entire way of life based on the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous. The greysheet food plan comes with a sponsor. Abstinence is the most important thing. Nothing has been removed or added to the sheet and it is as it appeared in 1972.
Recovery from an eating disorder can be difficult without the. Distributed by overeaters anonymous to its members until 1986 the grey sheet diet was a meal plan that received its name from the grey colored paper on which it was printed. You can get started without the actual food plan so don t feel you must wait. I weigh and measure three meals a day from the cambridge grey sheet write them down commit them to my sponsor or another qualified person.
My name is anonymous and i am a compulsive overeater. Discover ideas about food plan. Free shipping on qualifying offers.