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The Thin You Within You: Winning the Weight Game With Self-Esteem

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In the classic Twerski style, this book avoids the usual self help "psycho babble" and presents the topic in an easy to digest format.(pardon the pun) It is full of wonderful stories, and colorful verbal illustrations. Twerski does not examine what we eat, but rather the reasons behind what we eat. He does not "preach" nor blame you but lifts your spirit and encourages you to care for yourself as a means to permanant weight loss.(He sites the main reason for any compulsion is a lack of self-esteem.) He explores ways to cope with everyday life and situtations that can lead to overeating. This is refreshing and rare in books of the genre. I have found it personally very helpful. A book to read time and time again.

" Thin You" is filled with insight that can only come from someone who understands the compulsive mind. I reccomend it as a solid book of advise for anyone regardless of their eating disposition. It is gentle but honest wisdom everyone can use.

Dr. Twerski is a legend! I am from Pittsburgh. (as is he) where his work is highly respected. He is ever revered as a wise advisor. I reccomend this booK! Read it and be well!! Thank you Dr. Twerski !!

A great book for helping the lifelong diet addict find the true reason for losing the weight. If you have never succeeded in losing weight, this book can help you find the mental blocks that stand in your way and help you get the true success that is waiting.

I just finished this book and I am not sure why, but it felt like it was missing something. I am reading alot of books about this issue right now and I didn't find anything new in this book that I haven't read in many others. But I will give him credit about the self esteem that he is constantly reminding you is the root of all of this - I just feel he failed to give you any really good advice, except for some affirmations, on how to improve it. I guess you would have to buy his other books.

I found this book to be full of silly metaphors (as if that's the only way we could relate to Dr. Twerski). It just didn't get me the information I needed. Perhaps others would find it motivational.

Twerski warns against 'miracle- diets' at the outset of the work. And he shows a great deal, it seems to me, of common sense and professional wisdom in not urging one single simple answer to the complex question of compulsive eating, and overweight. Among the tips I may in the future find useful are those which warn against 'eating while doing something else' 'eating when standing up'.Another major point is that it is often through some kind of 'group- support' that one is able to overcome the urge to overeat.
Twerski has great sympathy for those who compulsively overeat, sees it as a kind of disorder and compulsion similar to alcoholism and drug - addiction. He does not offer a cure- all but rather much good and sensible advice.