Product Description

Originally published in 1989, a book offering advice on conquering food obsessions and compulsive eating in order to give up dieting and bingeing, claiming this will lead to increased self-esteem.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9593 in Books
• Published on: 2000-01-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Synopsis
Originally published in 1989, a book offering advice on conquering food obsessions and compulsive eating in order to give up dieting and bingeing, claiming this will lead to increased self-esteem.

Customer Reviews

These women really understand
I read Overcoming Overeating several years ago and was relieved to find a book about overeating that was written by women who clearly understand what it's like, who don't patronise or prescribe. I didn't actualy see myself as an overeater at the time, I just thought I needed to get a grip, summon some willpower and find the right diet - this book showed me that it wasn't that I was failing at the diets or that I hadn't found the right one but that DIETS fail all of us beacuse they just don't work. If you want to really transform your relationhip with food, this book is well worth the read.

Helps with fixing the emotional side of over eating
I bought this book over 15 years ago and found it the most useful book I have ever read. I was a compulsive eater all my childhood through to my twenties. This book is invaluable as it doesn't suggest yet another diet or willpower strategy, instead it works with the emotional side of why people comfort/compulsively eat. Occasionally when things get out of hand I start to eat too much but this book helps to work through relapses and breaks the cycle of overeating, berating yourself, feeling bad and eating even more. If you feel you eat too much, don't go out and buy yet another diet book, get this one and read it cover to cover (like the book says - don't skip bits that seem difficult to do). Unlike most diets, this book helps to realistically change your eating long term and shows you how the way you live your life has an impact on your eating habits and how to stop the negatives having such an impact.

Finally I am smiling again!
This book takes you through the various stages of overcoming overeating. Starting with no longer judging yourself as "fat", taking you through to dealing with compuslive eating and then no longer feeling the need to compulsively eat.

I am eating so much less binge wise now easily, rather than the diet struggles triumphs and failures that usually plague me. And I smile!