In April of 2008, 108 women participated in "The Pleasure Diet" with me. For an entire month, we focused on Physical Pleasures, Mental Pleasures, Emotional Pleasures and Spiritual Pleasures. Because I am a Health Scientist, I wanted to conduct research to discover what the effects of such a diet would be on the lives of the women who participated. The results were astounding!
Because there has been so much demand for another month of The Pleasure DIet, I will be forming a group this Fall. If you are interested in knowing about the next group, make sure you have subscribed to my e-newsletter. I will make announcements through that letter.
What The Pleasure Diet is: The Pleasure Diet is a way of living in which you are seeking and receiving pleasure throughout the day, every day. It is designed for women who spend their days working hard and taking care of everyone else at work, in the community, in the family – even the dog- first.
The Pleasure Diet is not the kind of restricted eating plan you have come to associate with the word ‘diet.’ In 2003, when Dr. Karen Wolfe and I wrote the book “Create the Body Your Soul Desires” we wrote about the misuse of the word ‘diet’ in popular culture. The real meaning of the word diet is “a manner of living.” But Karen and I joke that when a woman says she’s going on a diet, she doesn’t mean she is adopting a new manner of living. She means she is going on a diet-induced path to disordered eating that will likely lead to low self-esteem, health problems, obesity and an eating disorder.
The Pleasure Diet is not a restrictive diet. It is “a manner of living” that increases your ability to receive pleasure. And when you increase your ability to receive pleasure, you radiate joy and freely give pleasure to others.
Here are the preliminary results of "The Pleasure DIet"
Questionn
Original Survey
Follow-up Survey
Change
Questions
Mean
Max
Min
SD
N
Mean
Max
Min
SD
N
Mean
Area 1
6.17
9.00
1.00
2.36
72
7.04
9.00
1.00
1.93
25
14.16%
Intimate relationship, if you have one
Area 2
3.23
9.00
1.00
2.24
44
5.50
9.00
1.00
2.51
10
70.42%
Dating life, if you do not have a relationship
Area 3
5.54
9.00
1.00
2.03
100
6.46
9.00
1.00
2.08
28
16.68%
Career
Area 4
6.07
9.00
2.00
1.68
102
6.83
9.00
2.00
2.05
29
12.51%
Family life
Area 5
6.29
9.00
1.00
1.82
103
7.34
9.00
4.00
1.47
29
16.75%
Health
Area 6
4.41
9.00
1.00
2.78
99
5.71
9.00
1.00
2.83
28
29.45%
Sex life
Area 7
6.39
9.00
2.00
1.59
102
7.17
9.00
1.00
1.87
29
12.21%
Overall happiness
Area 8
5.97
9.00
1.00
1.86
103
6.93
9.00
1.00
2.02
29
16.08%
I wake up with enthusiasm for the day.
Area 9
6.66
9.00
2.00
1.80
103
7.07
9.00
3.00
1.68
28
6.17%
I eat when I am hungry.
Area 10
6.47
9.00
1.00
2.24
103
7.34
9.00
2.00
1.99
29
13.59%
I draw comfort and support from my spiritual life.
