The author speaks from experience about compulsive eating and describes how to put an end to the anguish of this eating disorder. A critically acclaimed Bobbs Merrill hardcover and Signet mass market book, now available in Plume trade paper.
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This book changed my life
Review Date: May 14, 2010
Reviewer: L. Roberts,
I had to comment on this book because Geneen is now finally getting the attention she deserves by appearing on Oprah. I have not read her newest book, which I am sure is wonderful, but this book changed my life and my relationship with food many years ago. I fell into a bad relationship with food and with my body early as a ballet dancer. Once I got to college it morphed into a full blown obsession that took over my life. I would starve and then binge and felt totally out of control and filled with self-loathing. It was a nightmare. Somehow I stumbled on her book (this was in the early 90's) and it literally changed everything. I was so desperate to quiet the voices in my head that I tried her method, despite how scary the concept of letting go and trusting my own body was. I didn't care anymore about not being ultra thin...I just wanted the madness and pain to stop. It works. It really does. I am now 39 years old and weigh 115 pounds (the last time the Dr weighed me) which is healthy for my height. I don't even own a scale. Eating only when hungry is automatic to me now. If I want to eat something, I do, because I am hungry and it sounds good to me. I never eat too much because I hate how I feel when I am stuffed...and why would I do that when I can eat whatever I want the next time I am hungry? It will shock and surprise you how trusting your own body's signals and learning to love yourself will break the bonds that have chained you to food. I was really ill when I found this book~ and now I never even think twice about food. It has truly been restored to it's rightful place in my life...as fuel and as a pleasure. No longer do I associate it with deprivation and shame. I have had 3 children, gained and lost weight due to pregnancy, grief, stress etc and never fallen back into the crazy cycle I was caught in back then. Geneen truly is a godsend and I hope she finally gets the credit she so richly deserves.
Breaking Free From Compulsive Eating
Review Date: November 24, 2009
Reviewer: Sandra J. Newcomb, Vancouver wa.
Thank You for sending this it is a big eye opener for people who Have a had time with eating.
It works if you're ready!
Review Date: February 9, 2009
Reviewer: Jennifer Kathryn Tibbs, Maryland United States
I am 43 and have been overweight and yo-yo dieting all my life. I was skeptical when I first read this. As a matter of fact, I first read one of her other books, Why Weight?, many years ago, but was not ready for all of the exercises. I can say that I was very frightened when I first started again with this book and the other about a year and a half ago, but over time, it has worked. I have lost 50 lbs since I starting reading Geneen's books again. It has been a little slow, but relatively painless. I can't believe that I eat whatever I want, whenever I want and have been losing all this weight!!! It is difficult at first and you may gain a little, but if you keep at it, you will lose the weight, just like she says. I never believed it, but it's true. If it can work for me, it can work for anyone. I had gotten myself to the point that if I even said the word "diet", I wanted to overeat. I still struggle with keeping a journal of what I eat, but I know I will get there. Let go and follow Geneen's books. I still have a way to go, but I am confident that in time, I will get there. Thank you Geneen Roth!!!!
When tired sleep , when hungry eat
Review Date: January 20, 2008
Reviewer: Shalom Freedman, Jerusalem,Israel
Surveying the reviews on this site I see how many people have been helped by this book. Its basic advice is that diets are not the answer to attaining and maintaining proper weight- the answer according to Geneen Roth is eating only when hungry, eating only those foods one truly desires. Her wisdom is the ancient wisdom of listening to the body, and not letting the problems of life , and outside matters determine one's way of eating. She rightly points out the that Eating provides a substitute, and crutch that it is the bit of pleasure we give ourselves when frustrated in other ways.
The problem is and I do not think it is my problem alone it is that it easier to listen to and even accept good advice rather than to take it.
My own sense also is a book of this kind while it may not solve the person's problem completely will give useful tips towards improving their situation.
Saved my waist and my sanity
Review Date: October 29, 2007
Reviewer: NurseyJ,
When I was 17 yrs old (I'm 23 now) and in the midst of an eating disorder, my counselor recommended this book. The author exposes the truth (rather, lies) about dieting, and the real cause of being overweight: emotional eating. I lost 45 lbs after reading this book--eating REAL foods like pizza, burgers, chocolate cake, etc.--and have never regained the weight. I highly recommend this book to anyone who struggles with their weight. It might change your life. You may also like "It's not about food," "The Weigh Down Diet," and "The Seven Secrets of Slim People" which all advocate and explain the same type of eating approach.
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