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Think Thin, Be Thin: 101 Psychological Ways to Lose Weight

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i've purchased many books on weight loss because it is a facinating topic to me and this is definitely one of the best. the points are clear and concise and they make sense. there's something in the book that will appeal to everyone. they help you make the tips actionable with advice and guidance and helpful suggestions. i feel like it has helped my thinking on my "relationship" with food. before finishing the book i'd already abandoned some bad habits and started some good ones. i think this is a book i will refer to once or twice a year as a refresher and just to pick up some extra tips that i'm not already integrating in my life. even with all the good info the book is still a quick read in simple language and visually appealing (effectively uses bullet points and charts). this book is a great compliment to any weight loss program or just for anyone who wants to learn to eat better and be healthier. i highly recommend.

my only complaint is that they don't have a table of contents that allows you to go directly to certain helpful passages, you sort of have to flip through the pages to find what was helpful.

I've been trying to loose weight for several years but lacked discipline. This book has helped me follow easy steps to changing the way I think about food. Since starting the recommendations, I've found that I've been able to resist the foods I would normally eat while watching t.v. It's only been a few days since I read the book but feel very positive that this is the help I've always needed to loose weight and keep it off.

I've lost more than 25 pounds in seven months using the knowledge I've gained from this book. I had just about surrendered to being fat when I passed 60 and arthritis cramped my walking regimen, but Helmering got me focused on what I needed to know about food consumption for this new phase of life. I plan to lose ten more pounds to return to my ideal weight. I feel armed with information and techniques and confident of the future thanks to "Think Thin, Be Thin".

The book is a quick read, has short chapters, a single principle covered in each. It's not a mental taxation, but an expanded list of items to try as psychological reminders.

This book addresses all of those aspects surrounding food outside of calories alone, beyond controlling your food. The book addresses how food (and all aspects of food) intervenes - psychologically - into the rest of your life. Therefore it addresses how your lifestyle is affected, or changing your lifestyle will change your weight. If you are not ready for change, you will not be ready for what the book presents.

The book offers a large range of "technique" for becoming less food-centric in your life. It does not, however, elaborate on moving those techniques into permanent behavior change. (It felt more like I was reading a laundry list of options rather than recipes for change.) The techniques are provided in the short chapters (and it does cover an exceptionally wide range of techniques - from the simplest pause between bites to aroma therapy) but I did feel it missed the point on elaboration. Breaking out of the short chapter mold and providing a couple of at length discussion chapters might have proven a useful idea.

The book is decidedly geared toward women (i.e. only women's body fat charts are provided, etc...).

I didn't find it life shattering, but rather a "survey" of technique - and you get to choose which of those techniques might work for you.

One EXCEPTIONAL idea that was presented was "Know Your Weights" these are your Dream, Happy, Acceptable, Disappointed, and Never-Again weights. This consciousness can help you watch yourself - stay aware of creeping instead of waiting until you get to an OH NO point again.

Although the idea was not presented I do feel that eventually you probably want to move away from scale-centered measurement, and instead rely on a mirror to tell you how you feel about the shape or your body. This is true particularly if you are increasing muscle mass. The mirror approach allows you to feel comfortable with your body type, areas you want to accentuate - something that weight charts cannot do. Scales can still serve to supplement your self-review, but eventually lose their primacy as a clear means of feedback (again particularly if your muscle mass is changing).

Overall the book has good ideas, may include some very helpful techniques for you, but is probably not a seminal source for those moving toward mental health in this area. Your arsenal would probably include other material, more discussion oriented, and likely higher on motivational inspiration.

I consider myself an expert on weight loss books since I own so many of them! This book is one of the best. Instead of advcating a specific diet plan, the book suggests psychological ways to change the way you think about food. This is much more helpful, at least in my mind, since it promotes lifelong changes that do not depend on weight loss fads! It appears that the book is based on good science. (Luckily, the scientific basis for the techniques is explained in easy-to-understand language.) I've only had the book a few days but I've already noticed myself thinking differently, and have even lost a few pounds!!!! I highly recommend this book!!

I like this book's new approach to weight control. Think Thin, Be Thin stands out from all the other diet books because it emphasizes techniques to keep the pounds off after you lose them. In the past, I have lost weight on various diets, but I always gained it back. This book shows how to use your brain to lose weight and then break the cycle of losing and gaining.

I've become an expert at diets, healthy and unhealthy. I've learned how to diet in a healthy manner. I know how to count calories; I don't really have to look to know how much fat, protein, or carbs are in a given product. I've been burning at least 3500 calories per week for years and gaining fat. What I did not have was willpower. I could not walk past a donut, cookie, birthday cake, ice cream or any of that. Now I can because of this book. I read a chapter every day and internalize the lessons...not 100% but as they fit me. I've lost 5 pounds. I left a supper birthday party and took in less than 500 calories of relatively healthy food. I passed up ice cream and cake. I've learned it's all in your head. The book has helped me train my subconscious mind to eat properly. I really believe that I'm going to reach my goals because of this book.

A collaborative work by psychotherapist Doris Wild Helmering and author Dianne Hales, Think Thin, Be Thin: 101 Psychological Ways To Lose Weight is the perfect companion to any diet and weight-loss program. Each of the 101 tips addresses a key aspect of human behavior - the necessity of applying one's mind to a goal to make it reality. From "No More Negatives", which warns the reader away from negative self-talk and focusing on what one can't do, to "How Were You Scripted?" which encourages the reader to think about the eating habits he or she ingrained when growing up, to "Six Ways To Keep Off Weight" which include joining a "tribe", or group of exercise and health-conscious people, finding new emotionally satisfying foods that are low in calories, and the importance of looking for joy and meaning beyond one's food life. While not a complete weight-loss program, Think Thin, Be Thin is a vital supplement for recasting one's mental focus on a thinner, healthier, and happier self.

The authors come across as friends more than instructors. Some information is a no-brainer, (eat less, move more) but there are some psychological "tricks" that have been very useful. There is one particular passage titled "No More Negatives" that I found very useful in the beginning. I checked this book out of the library a couple of times and decided that it would be a positive book to go back to during my weight-loss journey.

I am a strong believer that you can do anything if you put your mind to it so when I saw this book I thought maybe this is the one for me. I can't follow food plan diets b/cs I don't have the patience to get every ingredient. But this book offers a new gimick every chapter to mentally achieve the goal you want- whether its limit portion size or exercise. I have lost 3 pounds in 7 days where usually it would take me 30 days to lose 3 pounds. Using the ol'noggin has proved to be my favorite tool.