A workbook that will help you stop compulsive eating from the #1 New
York Times bestselling author of Women Food and God.
With the publication of her ground-breaking books, Feeding the Hungry
Heart and Breaking Free From Compulsive Eating, Geneen Roth has
helped hundred of thousands of people win their battle against the
destructive binge-diet cycle. Now this remarkable companion workbook
shows compulsive eaters--in a constructive, non-judgmental way--how to
stop using food as a substitute for handling difficult emotions or
situations...and how to enjoy eating and still lose weight naturally. By
using the liberating exercises and techniques developed by Geneen Roth
in her highly succesful Breaking Free(R) workshops, dieters, who've
tried every conceivable diet--losing weight again and again, only to
gain it back--and bingers, who are harming their health, can learn
wholesome, beneficial ways to achieve their goals. This proven program
offers reassuring guidlines on:
- Letting food become a source of pleasure rather than anxiety
- Kicking the scale-watching the habit--forever!
- Recognizing the difference between physical and emotional hungers
- Learning to say no
- Listening to, and trusting, your body's hunger and fullness signals
- Distinguishing "forbidden foods" from those you truly want
- Uncovering the conflicts that stand between your desire to lose weight
and your urge to eat compulsively
- Discovering other pleasures besides food