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The author speaks from experience about compulsive eating and describes how to put an end to the anguish of this eating disorder. A critically acclaimed Bobbs Merrill hardcover and Signet mass market book, now available in Plume trade paper.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Plume; First Plume Printing edition (September 1, 1993)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0452270847
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0452270848
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches

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Geneen Roth is the author of ten books, including the New York Times bestsellers When Food Is Love, Lost and Found, and Women Food and God, as well as The Craggy Hole in My Heart and the Cat Who Fixed It. She has been speaking, teaching groundbreaking workshops, and offering retreats for over thirty years and has appeared on numerous national shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, 20/20, the Today show, Good Morning America, and The View. She lives in Northern California with charms of hummingbirds; her husband, Matt; and Izzy, the fabulous, eating-disordered dog. For more information about her work, please visit GeneenRoth.com.

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Susan M.

It takes hard work to beat an ED, and this book can help.

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2010

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I bought this book a couple years ago after I acknowledged I had serious eating issues, and wanted to stop the destructive mental and physical cycle I was engaged in. I was a chronic dieter, obsessed with my mission to lose the last 10-20 pounds I believed was 'ruining' my life. I thought if only I was 130 pounds I would be happy, and I couldn't be happy at 150. I would regularly diet and binge, losing and gaining 20 pounds within a couple months. Everyday was full of anxiety and dread, eating was stressful, all I could think about was how wrong I was and how shameful my eating issues were, and of course how miserably 'fat' I was. I struggled with compulsive eating for 6 years-with the unending 'urge' to eat, until I found this book.
If you struggle with emotional or compulsive eating, buy this book! Read it, listen to the message, and most of all give yourself time to heal and make changes. The principles of this book essentially teach you how to tap into your actual hunger and fullness, while ridding yourself of the horrible deprivation mindset of dieting that leads to overeating. I am finally practicing the principles to the fullest (I used to sort of half practice the principles in the hope that I would lose weight, but I was still dieting and fell back into my former behaviors), and after 6 years of chronic binging, I haven't binged in months! But it took time, and I'm not completely free of my tendency to overeat, or my desire to eat when I'm not hungry for various reasons. This past week even I definitely ate too much and when I wasn't hungry. The key thing this book has changed in me is- that I accept it and I MOVE ON. I don't dwell or hate myself or desperately try a new diet. But even so, I am much happier, my eating disorder is not dominating my thoughts as it once was. I am improving daily, I actually feel my 'hunger' now, I actually do not 'feel' like eating when there is delicious food around. For me, this is a major breakthrough. I'm thinner then I have been in years, not 130 pounds, but for once- I'm fine with my weight. I'd rather stay this weight then potentially revert back to my old behaviors- without Breaking Free I would never be this reasonable!!! I can't emphasize enough though- it takes TIME. Be patient, you may gain weight, you may have setbacks, progress is GRADUAL. But if you embody the message of this book, you can overcome your ED!
This book will teach you how to accept, love, and forgive yourself in spite of your eating issues. It delves into the emotions and thinking patterns that fuel compulsive/emotional eating, and helps you escape the mental outlook that causes the eating disorder. This is not a dieting book! But it will teach you how to find the strength in yourself to solve your eating issues, and to move on with your life.

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It hits home!

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2013

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I read Paul McKenna's "I Can Make You Thin" (horrible title, but great advice). I really liked his four golden rules: Eat only when you are hungry, eat only what you want to eat, eat consciously and enjoy, and stop when you are full. Seems obvious, but hard to practice. I wanted to practice this instead of dieting. It makes sense and it feels right. But his book was missing something. WHY couldn't I do it?
Breaking Free has the same ideas as his book. But there are no rules in hers; it's about acceptance. And she fills in the gaps that his book left. His is a small, digestible, analytical book, and hers goes into more depth. What is our goal? We think it's to be thin, but why? Because we want to be satisfied, happy. But that doesn't have to equate to being thin.
Her book helps you cut yourself some slack. I still want to lose weight, but I don't need to stop living my life and berate myself because I'm not doing it perfectly and I'm not there yet.
She touches on connecting with your body and trusting it. And if you do decide to eat when you are NOT hungry, why? Are you trying to avoid thinking about what's bothering you? Are you bored? If you know that eating when you are not hungry will not nourish your body, what are you hoping to accomplish?
She points out that all of this is okay, but these are decisions that we need to make consciously. When she first started trying to come to a balance between her emotions and her body, she put on a lot more weight. And that's frightening. But in the long run, it was worth it to be able to eat only when she was hungry, or to not beat herself up when she ate anyway because she recognized that food was performing another function that she wanted.
Her observations really hit home with me. It was a relief to hear someone put my thoughts and feelings into words that I could directly relate to.

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H. Alt

It's like being inside my own head

Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2014

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I was amazed as soon as I began to read this book. It felt immediately like someone understood me, because everything that was written there echoed so well in my own life that it was eerie. As though I had grown up, written a book, and then transported back in time to read it without knowing I had written it. It was just odd. But in a great way; in a way that made me felt understood, and NOT crazy.

This book has helped open a lot of perspectives to me as a woman, as a lover, and as an eater. It reminded me that I am but one person, despite how easy it is for us to separate ourselves from ourselves; it's easier to imagine two different people inside of you than it is to realize that it's one person with different needs that are constantly changing.

I found the exercises, list-making, and other points of discussion very helpful. I made the lists for my own benefit and felt like I had accomplished something at the end of each chapter. It was a very enjoyable read, very smooth; like reading a food therapist's words on paper.

Geneen's rule of only eating when you're hungry only works, of course, if you are able to keep to it. But I found that when I broke this rule, and when I was extremely conscious of my eating when I wasn't hungry, that it made me feel worse. Not in a way that I was talking down to myself, calling myself worthless or something; it physically made me feel ill. I didn't want to keep eating and I found myself asking myself why I was anyway. I'm getting in touch with myself and my own needs and desires and I have Geneen's book to thank for that.

I intend on reading more of her works.

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Karly

dedicated to treating it like a workbook and taking every lesson seriously

Reviewed in Canada on May 31, 2018

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i read this book absolutely fed up with my eating disorder, dedicated to treating it like a workbook and taking every lesson seriously. i did, and i felt like i was making huge breakthroughs, but then i binged the day after. and the week after. and again. i know these things take time, but must they? i certainly don't have everything figured out yet, but i suggest reading kathryn hansen-brain over binge immediately after this or any other book in the school of thought of traditional emotionally-rooted E.D treatment, for balance. kathryn's book made me skeptical of this one. at least, for binge eating disorder and bulimia. i do feel that geneen roth's book was helpful in examining body image & food anxiety issues and would be good for someone who is truly just an "emotional eater" and not someone with severe binge eating disorder/bulimia. i also really appreciated that it was fairly short and with lots of bullet points, not a lot of rambling, concise but still a warm and kind tone.

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Alona

It was OK

Reviewed in Canada on May 16, 2021

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Honestly I wasn’t too impressed, it would be good for someone who has been depriving self from certain foods for years and people who follow fad diets which i never did. For someone who struggles with overeating and or episodes of binging this book is not likely to help much. I mean the exercises are good but i think if i choose a book with this title you already know that you eat due to your emotions not due to being hungry. It basically Says eat only when you hungry, eat whatever you want and as much of as you want and love yourself regardless of your weight...was not helpful to me but i can see how it could be helpful to some people.

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Katie

Wish I Had Read It In My Teens

Reviewed in Canada on June 2, 2021

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This one is for everyone. Really. I mean, I have had an ED, and for the most part I am recovered - so recovered that I now realize how much the average person is weird about food. Geneen proposes to go “all in”, which, of all the things I have tried, has been the only thing to bring my sanity back. So yes, get it. It’ll probably be some of the best money you’ve ever spent. I also have to add that this book goes unexpectedly in depth as to the reasons why we need to stop dieting and become mindful, etc. Loved.

Mr.TOB

Good starting book for binge eaters

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2010

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Overall, I felt the book was worth reading but, in my opinion, there are some negative points. Firstly, I felt it could of been writen more to the point as sometimes I found the writer to waffle on. Secondly, the book made me feel quite isulated as it clearly only addresses women. This made me frustrated on times as binge eating is very prevalent in men.

I'm only 21 years old but have suffered greatly from binge eating (although you would never believe it if you met me). Although this book seemed to be centered on issues about "women's" dress size, I personally benefited from some of the hypotheses presented.

Aside form the negative points, I feel this book is definitely worth a read for ANYONE with binge eating issues, as it will benefit your perception towards food and provide simple tips to help you break free from the vicious binge cycle.

N.B Binge eating is intrinsically linked to OCD. Therefore it's beneficial to read further books specifically on OCD and it's treatment

13 people found this helpful

Celebrating wildness

hits the raw spot

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 20, 2010

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This book is not the easiest to read, but it speaks to me and examples the author gives are as if I gave them to her to use. It is very revealing and very useful to realise how many issues one has with the compulsive eating. It opened my eyes wider and made me think. I made notes while reading the book, as there are lots of points, which are worth remembering and re-reading again and again if you have a problem with binging and compulsive eating. I am going to use exercise and examples in the book for a long time and I really hope it will speed up my recovery from this demon, which is binging and overeating. I am tired of going round in circles. I would recommend this book to anyone with these issues. The author talks about her own experiences and they are the same as mine.

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