Runaway Eating: The 8-Point Plan to Conquer Adult Food and Weight Obsessions [Paperback]

Cynthia Bulik (Author), Nadine Taylor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 23, 2004 | ISBN-10: 1594860386 | ISBN-13: 978-1594860386 | Edition: 1

The first book to address a disturbing new trend: dangerous eating patterns in midlife women that can have serious health consequences.

Struggling to cope with the stress of menopause, empty nest syndrome, caring for ailing parents, work overload, and the cultural emphasis on youth and beauty, more and more women find themselves eating compulsively to ease tension, manage anxiety, quell depression, and distract themselves from what's really eating them. Others obsessively follow strict diets or exercise excessively.

In this groundbreaking book, clinical psychologist Cynthia M. Bulik, Ph.D., and dietitian Nadine Taylor team up to present a patient-tested 8-step program to help women regain a healthy relationship with food. Readers also will find:
o A thorough explanation of the full spectrum of
Runaway Eating behaviors, from occasional lapses
into binge eating to restrictive dieting to compulsive exercising
o Alternative ways to alleviate anxiety and defuse
depression
o Practical strategies for managing the menopausal symptoms that often lead to disordered eating

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

CYNTHIA M. BULIK, PH.D., is the William R. and Jeanne H. Jordan Distinguished Professor of Eating Disorders at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the director of the UNC Eating Disorders Program. She currently resides in Chapel Hill.

NADINE TAYLOR, M.S., R.D., a registered dietitian, is chair of the Women's Health Council of the American Nutraceutical Association. Author of Natural Menopause Remedies and If You Think You Have an Eating Disorder, she lives in Los Angeles, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books; 1 edition (December 23, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594860386
• ISBN-13: 978-1594860386
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #923,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wake-up Call, October 14, 2005

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Dan Garlington (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Runaway Eating: The 8-Point Plan to Conquer Adult Food and Weight Obsessions (Paperback)

If I didn't know better, I would think that the authors of this book had hidden cameras in my pantry (and in my subconscious). In just the first few pages, they perfectly described my over-eating episodes as if they'd been there with me while I devoured an entire bag of chocolate chips. And in the subsequent chapters they revealed the lies I've been telling myself in the back of my mind, helping me get honest with myself about my distorted view of my body, my eating, and how to find happiness. Although the book is clearly aimed at women in their mid-life (one of the 8 points in the plan is specific to menepause), I found most of the book applicable to me as a 30yo man who has fluctuated between over-eating and restricting my whole life. I feel like, for the first time in my life, a veil has been lifted that has revealed all the ridiculous lies I've been telling myself that keep me unhappy. I'm just starting out, trying to regain my ability to know when I'm really hungry (not tired, angry, bored, or depressed), and when I'm full (rather than eating until I'm sick). I already find I'm eating more than I convinced myself I should eat (though surely less than I was eating, since I'm not gorging on cookies anymore). I also have more energy and find myself able to deal with work and home with a smile, rather than succumbing to tension. If you've ever told yourself that your happiness is dependant on losing a few more pounds, or you've ever started eating a cake by taking a small slice, then rationalized another small slice, then another, and another and another, until the cake is nearly gone -- this book will be a kind, gentle wake-up call and help you take rational steps toward a healthy relationship with food.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a psychologist loves this book!, January 27, 2005

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Kathleen Cairns "psychologist in CT & CA" (west hartford ct) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Runaway Eating: The 8-Point Plan to Conquer Adult Food and Weight Obsessions (Paperback)

As a psychologist, I love this book! The perfect title for a great book on our culture's obsession with food and appearance. Even though it addresses eating disorders in menopausal women, two of my teenage patients have told me they feel it describes them in details not found in other books. The concrete solutions offered have helped them to change their thinking. They feel understood by the compassionate tone of the authors. I like the stress reduction techniques and their understanding of how thoughts lead to behaviors. Change your thoughts, change your behavior. This book can clearly help to heal.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple, Effective AND Evidence-Based!, January 25, 2005

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Hilde - See all my reviews

This review is from: Runaway Eating: The 8-Point Plan to Conquer Adult Food and Weight Obsessions (Paperback)

Modern culture is certainly in no danger of a shortage of "solutions" claiming to solve eating and weight related problems. However, most of these options present a "solution" that may ultimately contribute to the problem---Dieting. Such plans are NOT supported by scientific research, which has clearly proven dieting to be an ineffective approach to food and weight issues.

Runaway Eating takes a novel perspective. Striking an unusually elegant balance, it presents an evidence-based, self-treatment that is extraordinarily readable, simple to follow AND rooted in science.

This groundbreaking, 8-point plan arms anyone who has struggled with eating and weight issues with an indispensable set of tools to pursue a future free of disordered eating.

If you are tired of the latest DietRevoltionSolution, and seeking a real treatment option, buy this book!