Making Peace With Food: Freeing Yourself from the Diet/Weight Obsession (Paperback)

~ (Author) "Do you often think about how ""fat"" you look?..." (more)
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"Read Making Peace with Food to get a more wholesome attitude about eating." -- --"Ask Beth," Boston Globe

Product Description

For millions of diet-conscious Americans, the scientifically proven, step-by-step guide to overcoming repeated weight loss and gain, binge eating, guilt, and anxieties about food and body image.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Revised edition (March 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006096328X
• ISBN-13: 978-0060963286
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #312,476 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars changed my life, November 24, 2000

By A Customer

I had a serious eating disorder and this book was a turning point for me in my recovery. One of the other reviewers said this book would only be appropriate for fat people who wanted to feel good about themselves. This was not the case for me. I had a serious problem and was very thin. The exercises were so helpful in this book. I believe that one cannot really recover until they deal with their attitudes regarding weight and self-acceptance. This book helps you to do that.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Food is no longer my higher power!, November 4, 2001

By	Namaste (United States) - See all my reviews

After years of learning negative behaviors around food, and years of an unhealthy relationship with food, I found a book that challenged my ideas about food and weight. I read a review on this book that mentioned how upset they were about this book telling you that it is ok to gain weight. Well, what this book really says is that we all come in different shapes and sizes and that is ok. Maybe it is not healthy to be the weight that we desire? I loved this book because it helped me to learn that food is no longer my God or my enemy. It taught me that it is ok to eat.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent (!!) book regarding food issues, June 25, 1998

By A Customer

This book was of great help in pinpointing my feelings that accompanied my food, attitude, and lifestyle choices and situations. The author writes from the heart, and puts her personal experiences into the book in order to be of more help. It really helped me to figure out some of the issues I'd been going through, but didn't know. Self tests help readers pinpoint feelings, choices, and issues. A great book to read over periodically to check how far one has gotten with food and body image.