The Overfed Head: What If Everything You Know About Weight Loss Is Wrong? [Paperback]

Rob Stevens (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 30, 2004

Rob Stevens explodes the myths about dieting and reveals the truth about weight loss. If diets don't work long-term, what does? Tapping into your thintuition and never dieting again. Thintuition is about giving your body exactly what it needs, no more and no less. You can succeed permanently with it because it is in harmony with your basic nature.

Editorial Reviews

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... thought-provoking, sensible, and straightforward. This book may lead one to positive self-change, improved health and well being. -- Carla Heiser, M.S., R.D., L.D. - Medical Nutritionist and President, Center for Functional Nutrition

After overcoming his own weight struggles, Rob Stevens gives hope to those who are looking for a permanent solution. -- Laura L. Concannon, M.D. Section Head, Department of Integrative Medicine Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, and Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Illinois, College of Medicine

I have lost 25 pounds and kept it off, as well as my cynicism and resignation after learning about thintuition. -- Leslie A. McCloskey, M.D. - Obstetrics/Gynecology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Rob Stevens delivers a rare refreshment--an uncomplicated method to achieve freedom from the diet vice battling our minds. -- Katherine S. Cosgrove - President’s Council On Physical Fitness and Sports

This book is well-written and fun to read! I recommend that you read it, whether you’re overweight or not! -- John N. Sheagren, M.D. Chair, Department of Internal Medicine Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, and Professor of Medicine University of Illinois, College of Medicine

From the Author

In 1998 I was morbidly obese at more than 300 pounds. I was frustrated with my body and my weight. I was angry for having spent so much time and money on countless diet programs. They never gave me the permanent solution I was looking for. That’s when I vowed to stop dieting and discovered how to tap into my thintuition. Today I am a healthy and fit 160 pounds. I never diet or struggle with my weight. I never worry that I will gain back my weight. I wrote this book so others, like you, can experience the same freedom.

"Diets do work, says Stevens, until you go off of them; then you gain back all of the weight and more. Now, I never diet. I get to eat all the foods I love without gaining weight. That beats dieting any day!"

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Thintuition Inc (May 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974654205
• ISBN-13: 978-0974654201
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #569,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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51 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reclaiming your body, January 13, 2005

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Mary L. Wentworth (Houston, Tx) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Overfed Head: What If Everything You Know About Weight Loss Is Wrong? (Paperback)

I just finished reading the Overfed Head for the second time and I liked it even better the second time. I initially read the book in the context of my struggle with weight, the second reading was to assess the book as a resource for a psychotherapy client. The book reads well and the content is sound. On a personal level I felt the author was telling me the very thing I could never understand about my naturally thin friends. I knew they ate what they wanted and they seemed satified. I could not figure out how they experenced that satisfaction. I am now having that satisfied feeling with each experience of eating. It does require practice but what a joy to practice enjoying food!

On a professional level I will utilize this book with clients. The reason why I feel it is appropiate to use is the information is sound and seems to be based on a blend of positive psychology and cognitive theray principles. I work from a psychodynamic frame however, I find this quite compatable with the work I am doing. The author promotes being curious about ourselves, mindfulness and avoids transfering the responsibility for our bodies to anyone other than ourselves. The hunger and satisfaction tool is excellent. The author also alerts the reader to the positive but sometimes frightning side benefit of having the emotional issues we have been "feeding" present themselves for more direct and helpfull attention.

I guess I should have said I am a Clinical Nurse Specialist in psychiatry with 30+ years of experience.

This is a must read if you or someone you care about is struggling with weight control.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars farewell to the last 10, October 5, 2004

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Elizabeth Hurley "LH" (Chicago Il.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Overfed Head: What If Everything You Know About Weight Loss Is Wrong? (Paperback)

Coming from a triathlon background I thought I would never have trouble with my weight. I was wrong.. Don't get me wrong.. I'm not obese. I just have come to a point in my life where that 10-15 puonds has become a part of me. All of the workouts and all of the watching closly what went into my Mouth, just allowed me to not gain any more.

Then I read Rob Stevens book. the Overfed Head. I was interested in what Rob had to say since I knew he was a fellow triathlete and someone that I have watched compete in some of my very same races. What a great discovery. All of a sudden I'm still training, not freaked out about what I consume and I am starting to trim off that extra layer. What a relief to discover I don't have to shove down any more carrots and salads, if that is not what I want. What a feeling of liberation to be able to eat what sounds good and still feel in control. It's like this book gave me the green light to live again. I mean eat again. I think my body had forgotten how to listen and how to feel. I had lost a very inate concept of knowing when I was hungry and knowing when I was not. Rob Stevens laid it all out for me, inspired me and helped me become an internal, thoughtful eating machine. This book gave me the tools to guage my hunger and to really feel out what my body was asking for. I feel like I have choices and control over what I want, rather than munching on what I think I should put in my mouth.

Thanks for the lessons. I feell like I am more intune and will finally be able to say farewell to those last 10, just by listening to what my body needed all along.

46 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just not for your eating habits., December 31, 2004

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wolverine librarian (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Overfed Head: What If Everything You Know About Weight Loss Is Wrong? (Paperback)

This book discusses how diets screw with your body and your mind. Starving and depriving lead to your body going into starvation mode and your metabolism going to hell so you can't lose wait. Constantly thinking about what you can and can't eat gives you a food obsession so all you think about is food. This book is a guiding hand to lead you out of the swamp of emotional eating, unconscious eating, and food obsession. When you stop and think about it, the same can be said for shopping. You may actually need a pair of shoes, you may need four pairs of shoes, but do you really need 15, 20, or more. You have a pair of jeans that fit, do you really need 5?
This book discusses how to fill a need and not to overfill a need (much like filling a gas tank but not putting so much gas into that it spills onto the pavement)
Once you get a handle on this issue the weight (and credit card debt) naturally goes down.
Just wait until you stomach growls, eat carefully, and stop when you are no longer hungery. When the TUMMY is happy, not when the mouth is! If your not hungry don't eat!