| View Larger Image | Overcoming Overeating: Conquer Your Obsession with Food Forever | Paperbackby Jane R. Hirschmann (Author), Carol H. Munter (Author)
| List Price: | $18.60 | |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Vermilion | | Page Count: | 256 Pages | | Publication Date: | January 06, 2000 | | Sales Rank: | 122,564nd |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
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. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 47 reviews)
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Life Changing by Erica Bernhard  5 Stars
November 01, 2009
If you are wondering whether or not to purchase this book - BUY IT!! It's life changing. Written by experienced psychologists who work closely with these issues, it opens your eyes to new ideas. Excellent - see for yourself.
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It's working for me! by K. Browne (Georgia, USA) 5 Stars
March 03, 2009
I've combined this book and "The 10,000 Step Diet," and have lost 15 pounds in 9 months. Still losing, too. It's slow, but it does work and it's not hard.
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Weight Problem? A Book To Avoid. by B. Barnett (Northeast)  1 Stars
February 02, 2009
At the time that I found this book I had just finished another weight loss/ weight gain cycle and was ready for something that would transform the way that I viewed food as well as my weight. I thought that this was the answer to what I had been dealing with for as long as I remember and I must say that I was extremely disappointed and let down.
They first encourage you to drop all the pretenses that you have about what is "good" and "bad" food and eat accordingly. You are supposed to re-imagine the cultural standards of beauty and health and search for yourself, and find peace pretty much in the way that you are right now. There are a set of steps that you are supposed to undertake, from recording what you eat without judging, and trying to understand why you eat what you eat and when.
I think that allowing and encouraging people with problems with emotional eating to eat emotionally is not the answer. I gained over forty pounds following this (I don't know the exact number because you are advised not to weigh yourself, and I didn't). And, through the whole process was told through the book and associated message boards that I had to accept this, and the sooner that I wasn't afraid of gaining weight the sooner I would be able to lose it without trying by simply not restricting myself and therefore wanting to eat things that are healthy.
I have to honestly say that I have to take the blame for the path that I went on as a result of reading this, but I think that it is irresponsible to encourage those with a history of weight problems to follow this program. It seems like it has all the right answers because it stops you from the insane cycle of dieting and lets you have a vacation from the real world of calories, fat, etc. meaning something.
However, I did gleam something useful from this- that self acceptance is key no matter what, especially with weight. I am currently on the way to losing the weight that I gained, slowly and reasonably. If you are seriously wanting to lose weight and feel better about yourself while stopping the insane cycle of dieting understand that weight loss takes work, it takes calorie counting and being aware of what you are eating, it takes working out- but all these things need to be done in a way that you can continue the rest of your life. If you are doing something that is causing you to gain weight (like with this book) or is something you can't continue indefinitely then you are not doing something that will help. As for the self-esteem/emotional eating you need to work on that separately. I would recommend www.shrinkyourself.com for a way to deal with that without eating yourself into oblivion and clothes that are 6 sizes too big. Avoid this book the same way you would avoid a fad diet that will just be a waste of time and hope.
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Finally, something sensible! by A. Williams 5 Stars
July 06, 2008
I had already been using some of the principles of the Weigh Down Workshop but found it a bit judgmental. This book helped me learn to care for myself properly and not be so critical. As a result, I lost 60 pounds and took it back off after a pregnancy. I'm pregnant again and not worried about shedding the baby weight. I really appreciate a wholistic approach to this issue!
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Eating is Emotional by H. Chapman 5 Stars
February 20, 2008
I was given this book a couple of years ago by the therapist seeing my prior to having gastric bypass surgery. I was shocked and so pleased to finally see what I had known all along. That diets succeed only in making us fatter. That I was not a failure because I could not loose a hundred some pounds on this diet or that. Here was the tool I needed. Along with this book and some therapy I learned the emotional pain behind why I ate. I had never tapped into that before. Two years later I have not had the surgery. I did get married. I learned to love and accept myself. That's more important than a flat stomach. Please, if you've struggled with a real weight problems, read this book and find a compassionate therapist.
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