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Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin & Free Hardcover – March 21, 2017
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Foreword by John Robbins, author of the international bestseller DIET FOR A NEW AMERICA
In this book, Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D. shares the groundbreaking weight-loss solution based on her highly acclaimed Bright Line Eating Boot Camps. Rooted in cutting-edge neuroscience, psychology, and biology, Bright Line Eating explains why people who are desperate to lose weight fail again and again: it’s because the brain blocks weight loss.
Bright Line Eating (BLE) is a simple approach designed to reverse that process. By working with four “Bright Lines”—clear, unambiguous, boundaries—Susan Peirce Thompson shows us how to heal our brain and shift it into a mode where it is ready to shed pounds, release cravings, and stop sabotaging our weight loss goals.
Best of all, it is a program that understands that willpower cannot be relied on, and sets us up to be successful anyway.
Through the lens of Susan’s own moving story, and those of her Bright Lifers, you’ll discover firsthand why traditional diet and exercise plans have failed in the past. You’ll also learn about the role addictive susceptibility plays in your personal weight-loss journey, where cravings come from, how to rewire your brain so they disappear, and more. Susan guides you through the phases of Bright Line Eating—from weight loss to maintenance and beyond—and offers a dynamic food plan that will work for anyone, whether you’re vegan, gluten-free, paleo, or none of the above.
Bright Line Eating frees us from the obesity cycle and introduces a radical plan for sustainable weight loss. It’s a game changer in a game that desperately needs changing.
- Print length320 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHay House, Inc.
- Publication dateMarch 21, 2017
- Dimensions6.25 x 0.96 x 9.25 inches
- ISBN-101401952534
- ISBN-13978-1401952532
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“I just finished reading Bright Line Eating—every single word. This book is not like anything else out there. Not even close. Dr. Thompson has illuminated the reasons why so many of us are so addicted to today’s food supply and why obesity is so common. Most importantly, she outlines the path to freedom, thinness, and health. Freedom from the tyranny of the scale, of fast foods, of carb addiction. All of it. This book is totally different—and if you read it—every word—like I did, your life will be changed. A light bulb of ‘aha’ will go off in your brain. This book is based not only on the personal experiences of thousands, but also backed up by solid brain science that has never been presented like this before. And I’m willing to bet you’ll be eager to start Bright Line Eating yourself so you too can start ‘living happy, thin, and free.”
— Christiane Northrup, New York Times best-selling author of Goddesses Never Age
“Bright Line Eating provides a groundbreaking perspective on persistent, undiagnosable weight-loss issues.”
— Mark Hyman, M.D., director, Cleveland Center for Functional Medicine and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Blood Sugar Solution
“I absolutely love the Bright Line Eating philosophy! It is totally consistent with everything I’ve learned about helping people change behavior. This is a book I would recommend to anyone who wants to lose weight or change their relationship with food.”
— Marshall Goldsmith, Ph.D., #1 New York Times best-selling author of Triggers
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- Publisher : Hay House, Inc.; 1st edition (March 21, 2017)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 320 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1401952534
- ISBN-13 : 978-1401952532
- Item Weight : 1.47 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.25 x 0.96 x 9.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #95,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #472 in Green Housecleaning
- #869 in Weight Loss Diets (Books)
- #1,200 in Other Diet Books
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Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D. is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester and an expert in the psychology of eating. She is President of the Institute for Sustainable Weight Loss and the Founder and CEO of Bright Line Eating Solutions, a company dedicated to helping people achieve the health and vibrancy that accompany permanent weight loss. Her program utilizes cutting-edge research to explain how the brain blocks weight loss and every day she teaches people how to undo that damage so they can live Happy, Thin, and Free.
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Brightline Eating was not a good program for me. I did two bootcamps, I joined brightlifers, I had a mastermind group and several buddies. I called in for coaching. I checked all the boxes. I got down to goal weight and maintained for almost 6 months. I did not have a binge eating disorder before starting this program but the severe restriction was difficult for me to handle and after initial success I began to develop very disordered eating. If you had asked me a year ago for a review I would also sung the praises, but this program is just not sustainable for most people. It does not teach a healthy relationship with food, it takes all of the joy away from food, cooking and exercise are discouraged. I saw many women struggle with immense hunger, binge and restrict cycling, beating themselves up for eating off plan, constantly struggling to stay on plan. In the end it was not worth it. It was torture on my mind and body.
The book will encourage you to join the BLE community by paying for bootcamps and brightlifers. These are expensive programs; between $500 and $1000 dollars. The book is simply a sales vehicle to get you to join these programs. You'll see many five star reviews here. Don't be fooled, these are all from authors band of faithful followers. During the release of the book, the author repeatedly asked for those in the program to come here and leave positive reviews. Anything review posted right after the books release should not be considered when you are thinking of buying this book.
The end.
This program essentially takes an ultra restrictive diet and turns it into a religion. It promotes the precise mindset that triggers eating disorders. It glorifies going hungry. It tells you that you are an addict, when in fact you're just in the throes of normal reactive bingeing, which is the natural outcome of trying to stick to such a restrictive diet.
Please be aware that eating disorders are more dangerous than being even severely overweight -- they are the deadliest form of mental illness. And they are much, much easier to trigger than they are to overcome.
If you want to know what actual scientific evidence has to say about weight management, read authors like Georgie Fear or Josh Hillis. They have books you can actually use, and programs that real people can follow.
Real scientific evidence is available to everyone. It's not locked behind the doors of $500 "bootcamp."
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Not only am I thinner but I no longer have aching knees and ankles and a bad back, I don't snore. I look, and most importantly I FEEL ten years younger.
What this book can do is give you the combination to a lock you've never been able to crack ... that's how it felt for me in June and reading the book I got that same feeling again.
SPT explains the science of why some of us struggle to lose weight, and what steps to take to overcome that struggle. She is a teacher by profession so this is so much ore than "just" another diet ... this is a life changing your whole attitude to yourself and your body. The writing style is like having Susan's voice in your ear - friendly, clear, encouraging, funny, self-deprecating and firm where needed. She explains the science of why, and then clearly lays out the food plan of HOW to get Happy, thin and free.
Whether you want to lose weight, or have a loved one that needs to lose weight or is addicted to sugar or flour I really urge you to buy this book - Bright Line Eating can change your life. It certainly changed mine.
*70 lbs is 5 stone (or a fully grown Labrador retriever !!!)



