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Reclaiming your body, January 13, 2005
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.
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
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farewell to the last 10, October 5, 2004
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.
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46 of 52 people found the following review helpful:
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Just not for your eating habits., December 31, 2004
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!
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