Shrink Yourself: Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever
Shrink Yourself: Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever
Studies show that the reason why many people gain weight—and keep it on—is emotional eating, not physical eating. Now Dr. Roger Gould, a psychotherapist and a leading authority on emotional eating, shows how to overcome fear, anxiety, and other stresses and stop using food as an over-the-counter tranquilizer that can cause weight gain. With 12 practical ways to stop emotional eating and an eight-session program, Dr. Gould helps you become your own eating therapist and shrink yourself for good.
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4 Stars Looks good–haven’t read it yet
Have just flipped through this book, but I am anxious to read it—I think it will be very helpful.
5 Stars Shrink Yourself
I am very satisfied with the book. It was listed as used, but appears to be brand new. It arrived in a timely manner and I will order from this seller again.
5 Stars After 40 Years of Searching, Somthing that Works
I have spent 40 years trying to lose weight without success. But, after reading this book and doing the on-line course (I’m still in the final, 12th week) I can say that my emotional eating has been greatly reduced–as has my size. 30 pounds lost in a period that included Christmas and some of the sort of stressful events that, in the past, would have me gorging on food in order to zone out and escape the problems. During those 11 weeks, I followed no diet, just the advice in this book that enabled me to cut down on emotional eating. I also enjoyed all the usual Christmas fare–plum pudding, mince pies, chocolates–the lot–and I enjoyed them all the more because I didn’t stuff myself sick.
The journey Shrink Yourself encourages you to take isn’t necessarily an easy one. Honestly facing fears, seeing the benefits being overweight has brought you, working out more productive (or, at least, less damaging) ways to deal with problems than eating are called for and, at times, are highly uncomfortable. That, said, the process is an empowering one. At the end of the day, you are helped to take real control of your life. Losing weight is only one of the improvements you can make with the help of this book.
Best of all, I do not fear slipping back into my old patterns of emotional eating. Seeing through emotional eating’s empty promises of comfort is like seeing through the Emperor’s new clothes. You can’t go back. I’m not sure I ever would made these changes were it not for this book.
5 Stars Helped a lot
I have struggled with weight nearly all my life and finally found a way to start losing it successfully. However, there was always the draw of food-especially sweets. Since reading this book, I realized I was using food to hide behind and it only made things worse. After coming to this realization, food no longer has power over me. I have power over food to eat healthy and I simply do not have the food cravings that I had struggled with for years and years. If a person reads this book and looks honestly at themselves it will be of tremendous value to them and may literally change their lives. It has changed mine.
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THIS BOOK NEEDS TO BE ON THE BEST BOOK LIST FOR THE OVERWEIGHT
(OBESITY) ISSUE…ONE OF THE BEST I EVER READ IT STANDS WITH ANOTHER BOOK I LOVE ALSO “WHEN FOOD IS LOVE” BY GENEEN ROTH…..BOTH OF THEM ARE EXCEPTIONAL,,,, GETTING YOU TO EXAMINE THE GUT REASONS WHY WE OVER EAT AND STAY “FAT”.IT HELPS YOU TO LOOK “DEEP” INSIDE YOUR HEART,MIND,,,,AND SELF,,,,
FORCE’S YOU TO THINK AND FACE THE REALITIE OF WHY,WE DO IT…THEN GUIDE’S YOU TO GRADUALY,,, START YOUR RECOVERY. HELPING YOU TO STOP BEING HUNGRY
FOR THE OBSESSION OF FEEDING THE EMOTIONAL HUNGER WITH THE SUSTITUDE WE
USE TO COVER OVER,,, TO STUFF DOWN WITH FOOD THE HURT,, ANGER,,SADNESS, LONLENESS, DISSAPPOINTMENTS ETC. THAT WE DO NOT ADDRESS BECAUSE WE NUMB OURSELS WTH FOOD THE SHORT TEMPERARY FIX TO SUFF ALL OF THESE DOWN,,, DOWN ,, DOWN,, INTO OR BODYS. WHILE MAKING US BIG,, BIG,,,BIG,,, AND BIGGER !!!! THANK YOU ,,,, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE TOOLS IN HELPING ME IN MY RECOVERY!!!!!!
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