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Summary: A Wonderfully Encouraging Book!
Review: ...so simple, so brilliant, and so effective. For all those who suffer from this compulsion, that few can understand, and that comes with so much pain, loneliness, shame and agony....please consider this book. It's hard to believe you can ever stop binging....but you can and go on to enjoy eating whatever you want....because you'll never want to binge again! With the help of this book, I kicked the habit 15 years ago and I've never had a problem since. Never. Good luck everyone!
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Summary: Thank God for Geneen Roth
Review: I am so glad to have found Geneen's wonderful and sensible books. After going through anorexia and then being very overwieght and binge eating, I have found healing. I am now my natural weight. One of the best parts of the whole deal is that now I can have my favorite foods in the house and actually forget about them. I WANT healthy foods not because some diet "expert" told me I had to eat them, but because I truly want them. Geneen Roth has written a classic. Anyone who has suffered from any type of eating disoder will find help here. Geneen has done groundbreaking work. Highly, highly recommended reading.
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Summary: I Keep Reading It Over and Over and Over.......
Review: I felt like this book spoke to me in so many ways. I am someone who spends a lot of time fussing over my body and I beat myself up for every bit of food that I ingest. I am not overweight and am extremely physically active. Yet - no matter how much I exercised and pushed myself, I could never find peace with my body. I felt that I was constantly battling an enemy and punishing myself for it. Although my struggle continues - I continue to read different excerpts from her book depending on how I feel and her words bring me comfort as well as sanity. This is not some 'diet' solution - it's introducing yourself to your body and realizing that the two are ONE - not separate entities.
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Summary: Read Roth's Books and Gain Weight
Review: I have read all the reviews and I agree that Ms. Roth's views are, indeed, revolutionary. When I first discovered her books, I was only about 20 pounds overweight; the fat was more in my head than my body. And yet, after reading each subsequent book (and allowing all "forbidden" foods in my home, as she suggests), I gained over 50 pounds in 4 years! These books do little to address sensitivity, or addiction to, sugar and refined carbohydrates. I had more success (and far fewer cravings) with "Protein Power" and "The Zone." They, too, don't restrict any particular food group, but they don't condone binging on chocolate chip cookie dough, either. If I could give all Geneen Roth books zero stars, I would---at least for people who need to actually lose weight. If the fat is only in your head, then these books will probably help you.
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Summary: EXCELLENT!!!!!
Review: I read the first print of this book 12 years ago and it changed my life forever!! I have truly broken free from the hold that food, weight phobias, dieting, anorexia and bulimia had on me for over 15 years. I have been free for 12 years now and am forever grateful to Geneen for her bravery to dare to eat only when she was hungry and whatever she really wanted. This book is a must read for women who suffer hatred for themselves and their bodies. Geneen helped me learn to trust myself and therefore love myself.
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Summary: A Wonderfully Encouraging Book!
Review: I read this book as part of an Overeater's Anonymous list of good reading material. If you are struggling with self-esteem and need support and encouragement then this book will amaze you and get you on the right path. Geneen Roth is very gentle and her own struggles have shaped her writing beautifully.
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Summary: best of it's kind
Review: In my opinion, this is the best book ever written on this subject. Geneen Roth's personal struggle with compulsive eating is heartfelt. The other personal stories are very helpful also. She covers so many areas that at first glance you would not consider to be tied in with compulsive eating. I read this book when it first came out and lost weight easily. After my last pregnancy, I again began to struggle with my weight. I used Weight Watchers to get most of it off, but then hit a plateau. It was then that I discovered that I was still eating compulsively, only I was eating healthier foods. I am now back with Geneen's books and feel like I'm back on the wagon. This book makes you reflect on all the issues you have experienced with your weight. She does it empathetically, but also with a touch of humor. I hope this book will touch others the way it has touched me.
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Summary: Some good points, but not for a busy schedule.
Review: One of the best books I have ever read. Because it affects you at the time when you need the most help. The best thing about this book is that it makes you aware of yourself. It helps you unerstand the reasons behind your behavior and how to take care of yourself. I would not pay attention to real ME this carefully before. If you know how it is like to FEEL FAT and uncomfortable about your body, reading this book is the best thing you can do.
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Summary: Good
Review: This book is good for the compulsive eater. However, there seemed to be just a little emotional detachment, making it slightly harder to pull someone into it. Granted, a compulsive eater may have a hard time with ANY book of this type, but there was just a little missing. Still, this is one of the best books on this subject, so this book should definitely be read for that reason.
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Summary: Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating
Review: This book is truly a gift from the gods.....at 31yrs old, I have tried EVERY diet known to man. In edition to this, I have swallowed numerous speed based diet pills to curb my appetite, taken pills that are supposed to get rid of fat from food (that made me virtually incontinent), taken chemicals to force myself to throw up after binges and taken laxatives, that on occasion caused me to have 'accidents' in most unfortunate places.If you, like me; have declined social invitation because you did not want to eat, refused to go out with friends because you 'felt fat', or lain awake at night with insomnia as you are worried because tomorrow is 'weigh day' - then this book is for you. Geneen understands EXACTLY what we have been going through and explains in an empathetic and compassionate fashion how you can stop judging yourself and get off the diet bandwagon. Throw all your diet books and scales away, feed your 'diet' food to your dog and start nurturing your body and understanding when you are hungry, what your body wants you to consume and when you have had enough. Am I 'cured'? It's an ongoing process, but one that at least I have taken the first few steps toward.
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