Fattitudes: Beat Self-Defeat and Win Your War with Weight [Mass Market Paperback]

Jeffrey Wilbert (Author), Norean Wilbert B.S.N R.N. C.H.E. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 15, 2001

What's keeping you from slimming down? It may be Fattitudes! Fattitudes are the thoughts and feelings that sabotage your weight--loss goals. Dr. Jeffrey R. Wilbert and his wife Norean, who have had personal and professional experience fighting the war against fattitudes, tell you how to stop self-sabotage.

Learn how to: Discover the feelings, thoughts, and unresolved issues that make up your fattitudes.
Invent new modes of thinking and feeling.
Extinguish your old, self-defeating patterns.
Transform your new, fattitude-free way of thinking into healthy living.

If you reach for the Ben and Jerry's when you're feeling blue, feel unable to stop eating, or find yourself dieting and failing, again and again, Fattitudes provides an easy-to-follow, step-by-step new "D.I.E.T." plan. With compassion and advice that really works, it enables you to transform both your body and mind, as you witness yourself becoming thinner, healthier, and more in control--of your eating, and your life.

Editorial Reviews

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As more and more Americans discover that crash diets and diet pills don't work, they are turning to self-help books that stress taking responsibility for one's weight and eating more healthily. Why Can't I Stop Eating? focuses on understanding how addictive substances, such as carbohydrates, sugar, and caffeine, react in the body. Danowski and Lazaro, a recovering food addict and a medical director of three addictions hospitals, respectively, believe that carbohydrate addiction is the main reason why 50 percent of Americans are overweight. The authors cite research illustrating physiological reasons for food cravings (especially carbohydrates) and downplaying the effectiveness of weight-loss drugs like Fen/Phen. They also provide exercises that clarify which foods trigger overeating and diets that emphasize low carbohydrate intake. Jeffrey and Norean Wilbert, a food therapist and a registered nurse, respectively, suggest that "fattitudes"Dself-defeating behavior that causes overeatingDare the main obstacles to maintaining ideal weight and present helpful exercises to identify them. This book's philosophy is that even people genetically prone to obesity have emotional (perhaps unconscious) reasons to be overweight. Because both of these titles are clearly written and will appeal to general readers, they are recommended for larger public libraries.DLeAnna DeAngelo, Springfield, MI
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

"Good things to come to those who wait...and the wait is over for a 'diet' book with real meaning."--Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Great insights for gaining control over your self-defeating behaviors. Highly recommended!"--John P. Foreyt, Ph.D., professor, Baylor College of Medicine

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; 1st edition (May 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312978812
• ISBN-13: 978-0312978815
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,173,610 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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52 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiration & Motivation, June 19, 2000

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Queenie "Book & Music Lunatic" (Camano Island, WA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fattitudes : Beat Self-Defeat and Win Your War with Weight (Hardcover)

Right into the book one of the authors (Norean) talks about the necessity of getting out of our own way in the battle to lose weight. She had my attention from that moment on. Most of us know how to lose weight, it's our attitudes that need adjusting. This book is easy to read, with helpful information on every page. I read it with a Magic Marker in my hand, marking passages to read again. It was pretty well marked up by the time I finished the book. AND, it's got to be the FIRST weight loss book I've ever read cover to cover. I highly recommend it. It's written with compassion.

47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Apprieiative Client's Reccommendation., April 24, 2000

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This review is from: Fattitudes : Beat Self-Defeat and Win Your War with Weight (Hardcover)

Thank you Dr. and Mrs. Wilbert for sharing your expertise and personal experience with Fattitudes! Following the process of self discovery defined by Dr. Wilbert has literally changed my life. I was at the end of my dieting rope when I joined the Fattitudes support group. I tried every fad diet, weight loss group, comercial diet center, starvation and bulemia. I measured my self worth by my body size. I had many temporary successes, but each time I regained the weight, it left me looking for the next quick fix. I felt out of control of my eating and was frustrated by my lack of will power. I grew to hate my body and myself. after a few years of doing nothing at all, I discovered the Fattitudes support group. With the help of Dr. Wilbert and fellow group members, I discovered that the war I was batteling with food actually had very little at all to do with food. I am in the process of discovering and addressing the issues which had for years led me to self defeating behaviors and attitudes. It isn't easy, it isn't fast, and my progress cannot solely be measured on a scale. I am facing my problems head on instead of medicating my heartaches with food.I highly recommend Dr. Wilbert's approach to healthy weight management. I am excited that many people with stories such as mine will find that there is hope beyond the struggle.

91 of 99 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Simple and Practical approach to weight loss, September 28, 2000

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This review is from: Fattitudes : Beat Self-Defeat and Win Your War with Weight (Hardcover)

The authors of the book are two practicing psychologist. They decided to write a book about what makes people tick when it comes to controlling their food intake and in turn what can you do to manage it. I am an avid reader and I also have had ups and downs with my weight so I have read a lot of health and diet books trying to find the solution that would work for me. There is nothing wrong, misleading or contradictory to any info they impart.

A lot of time is spent giving short, one page or less, case studies of people who fit a particular type of problem they find causes people to turn to food. Later on in the book, they provide short exercises for you to do to help identify your specific issues. I can find nothing wrong with this particular approach to weight management as they are trying to attack the root of the problem not the results. It's another way to go so you won't find any recipes in here. They quote the standard eat right and exercise motto everyone else does.

The short coming of the book is there is not enough problem solving info. I already knew why and when I eat. So parts I and II aren't going to buy me a lot. I suspect other women my age who want to get a handle on their eating are in the same boat as myself. How to effectively deal with the specific problems is not given enough effort.

If you are not sure about the underlying reasons people turn to food and which of those reasons is applicable to you then this book will certainly help you identify them. If you have that already figured out and want detailed solutions on how to overcome these reasons for eating then you may not be so happy with this book.