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Summary: To the person from Mendocino - you're lucky.
Review: How tragic that you are frustrated by the information presented by Ms. Roth. In fact, the mere issues you raise (no plans, no diets, etc.) are the issues Ms. Roth explains are unnecessary for success in the envelopment of this book. I have personally lowered my cholesterol by 50 points, and my weight by 35 pounds in four months by reading this book. In synopsis, I eat when I am hungry, eat what I want when I determine what that might be, and the rest goes on by itself. Perhaps I might suggest you read this book for sheer entertainment, and not the "answer" as we have all (women in America, and other bathingsuit consious societies...hahaha.) and maybe some of it will resonate with you. Obviously, you are a women of great integrity and intelligence, or you would not have taken the time to respond to Amazon.com, and I encourage you to step beyond the failures we have taken as being our "lifestyle", and give it another try. My life is so undeniably improved since my discoveries of Ms. Roth's candid approach to the masses. Please, give it a try.
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Summary: Dear Ms./Mr. Mendocino
Review: How tragic that you are frustrated by the information presented by Ms. Roth. In fact, the mere issues you raise (no plans, no diets, etc.) are the issues Ms. Roth explains are unnecessary for success in the envelopment of this book. I have personally lowered my cholesterol by 50 points, and my weight by 35 pounds in four months by reading this book. In synopsis, I eat when I am hungry, eat what I want when I determine what that might be, and the rest goes on by itself. Perhaps I might suggest you read this book for sheer entertainment, and not the "answer" as we have all (women in America, and other bathingsuit consious societies...hahaha.) and maybe some of it will resonate with you. Obviously, you are a women of great integrity and intelligence, or you would not have taken the time to respond to Amazon.com, and I encourage you to step beyond the failures we have taken as being our "lifestyle", and give it another try. My life is so undeniably improved since my discoveries of Ms. Roth's candid approach to the masses. Please, give it a try.
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Summary: It'll Let You Know You Aren't Alone
Review: I am sorry you thought this book was a waste of money. This is not the book to read if you are looking for a diet. "Where are the answers?" you say... Well, the answers are in the stories of these women who have struggled with the agony of a shameful addiction. This book is so totally anti-diet. Anti-depriving yourself. It's about being good to yourself, maybe for the first time ever. It's about figuring out WHY, so you can then work toward healing. The author was not whining. She was simply telling her story, her truth. She tells her story about food, weight, shame, dieting, and the torment of being teased by other kids, in a touching, yet humorous manner. Maybe you have not suffered the pain of addiction, possibly? I don't know. I am in a position to give some advice because I identified with many of the women in this book. I suffered for years with food problems and I am finally free. My heart aches for people who are still struggling. This book has helped me in my battle to start being good to myself. Do yourself a favor, forget about dieting. Eat what you want when you are truly hungry for food. Don't listen to people who tell you you are too fat. Make exercise fun. Enjoy your food, enjoy moving your body. Enjoy life. Be good to you. There's you answer.
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Summary: It'll Let You Know You Aren't Alone
Review: I first came across Geneen Roth's books in the early 1990s, as a college student. I'd gone away for school and gained sixty pounds. Deep down, I knew that I had a problem with food, and it wasn't something I could solve on my own. My problem was as serious as that of an alcoholic or drug addict, and food was my drug of choice. When I read Feeding the Hungry Heart, I learned for the first time that I wasn't alone, that I wasn't a freak, that other people, mostly women, had felt the same way I felt. And most importantly, that they'd come through the experience and found a way to be healthy with food. If you suspect that you have a problem with food, try reading this book. Don't expect to find diets or even suggestions for overcoming the problem. If you view your overeating as an addiction, this book is really the first step to recovery. Use it to help yourself admit that you're addicted to food, and then move on to Roth's other books, especially When Food Is Love and Breaking Free from Emotional Eating. They'll help you get a better sense of specific steps you can take. I did what I'm recommending ten years ago, and over several years, I overcame my obsession with food and lost the sixty pounds I'd gained. I didn't do it by dieting or restricting myself from eating anything. And it didn't happen quickly. I'm also fully aware that my relationship to food is just like an addict's relationship to alcohol. It doesn't go away. In fact, in stressful periods of my life, I've turned to food for solace and gained weight again. But this time, the difference is that I know what I'm doing and why. I know why I'm turning to food. And I know what it can't and won't ever be able to give me. Anyone who tells you that it's just a matter of calories in vs. calories out or who recommends that you "just get over it" doesn't understand that food is, for many people, not an issue of physical hunger, but of emotional hunger.
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Summary: How to overcome emotional eating; not a diet!
Review: I give this book five stars because I found it to be truly inspirational. The problem with diets is that they do not nurture the soul or help the dieter understand why he/she is overeating. Roth describes in a sometimes amusing and sometimes heart-breaking manner the reasons why some people overeat. The main reason why emotional eating is taking place is because your body feels that something is not right, physically or mentally, so instinct kicks in and you begin to eat in order to numb the pain. Roth has collected some stories from women in her conferences and has even used some of her own personal stories in order to show that you are not alone in this confusing, painful experience. The book tells you that you must realize that you are not eating because you are hungry; you are using food as a type of drug to numb the pain of scars on your soul that have not been healed. I recommend this to anyone who is overweight because of emotional eating, especially women since this book is directed towards the experiences of women with this problem. I highly recommend it, and it has truly touched me and changed me for the better.
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Summary: I read this book over 20 times
Review: I have struggled with my weight for most of my 31 years. I bought this book a few years ago and it showed me that I am not crazy - other women have had the same thoughts and actions that I have...Thank God! Whenever I start to feel overwieght or even THINK about going on another diet, I read this book and it puts me right back on track. I loved this book. LOVED it. It has significantly affected the way I view my body and the way I treat myself now.
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Summary: Stop punishing yourself! Learn to love yourself
Review: It has been said frequently that this is not a diet book. It is in a healing book. It takes the die out of diets. Many people as children or in some part of their lives have experienced having food deprivation as some part of a punishment system. Others have been deprived because of selfish parents. Others have been deprived of food when they are hungry due to some other emotional assault on their sense of self. This is an empowering book. It teaches us to listen to our inner being. We learn to approach food and eating differently. We learn why we want to eat. And we learn to nourish our inner and outer self so we can eat to truly care for ourselves in a healthy way, not a way that simply damages our emotional and physical selves. This book can help heal our emotional damage and lead to a more healthy self inside and outside.
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Summary: A Good Starter Book for Recovery
Review: This was the 1st book I read back in 1993 when at age 18, I realized I had an eating disorder. A close family friend gave it to me, and over the next few years, I read it over and over. It didn't "fix" me, but it made me realize I needed help and that starving myself wasn't the answer. I received professional help for my eating disorder, and now consider myself 100% recovered. I now following an eating plan similar to what Geneed Roth suggests (which isn't really a "plan"): eat what you want, when you want it, but only when your body's hungry for it. God gave you an appetite for a reason - I agree with Roth that your body will eventually ask for cookies AND vegetables. It happened that way with me.
This book doesn't have all the answers, and I don't agree with some of the writer's philosphies, but that's OK. It's a good place to start trying to understand your relationship with food. If you're looking for a "diet" or the quickest way to lose 50 lbs, this book is not for you. But if you're looking to stop the craziness you feel around food, and wanting to get over your struggles, then read this book. It doesn't have all the answers, but it's a starting point.
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