This book is informative and full of good looking recipes. I think it boils down to leaning more to plant-based diet and eating 'clean' - the least reThis book is informative and full of good looking recipes. I think it boils down to leaning more to plant-based diet and eating 'clean' - the least refined and processed foods and ingredients.
The author refers to 'studies' many times, but has not included information for any studies she refers to. I think it would have been nice to see some actual citation.
Adding one to my reading challenge to compensate for adding this as 'read.' ...more
I skimmed this book (so not counting it toward my reading goal.)
Great concise information on sleep.
A list of foods that could be helpful to sleep - thI skimmed this book (so not counting it toward my reading goal.)
Great concise information on sleep.
A list of foods that could be helpful to sleep - think healthy foods. Suggestions for what works well for an evening snack and what doesn’t. Some recipes. ...more
I found this workbook to be excellent. Although it is targeted to teens I think it is easily adapted to adults. This workbook guides you through and tI found this workbook to be excellent. Although it is targeted to teens I think it is easily adapted to adults. This workbook guides you through and teaches you some basics of CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy), mindfulness, and intuitive eating. I think it can be helpful in the mental health aspect in general, but the fact that it seeks to help you recognize and identify things that might be driving you to overeat is very helpful. I have been drawn to the mindful approach of eating but have struggled with recognizing the differences between actual hunger and emotional drives to eat. I liked this so much I have ordered a copy for my own....more
I did try to glean what good I could from this book and there were some good things. And I think it adds to my growing understanding of why we eat whaI did try to glean what good I could from this book and there were some good things. And I think it adds to my growing understanding of why we eat what we eat and how much we eat. But overall there were so many things that rubbed me wrong. The overall feeling was that we have and will have an adversarial relationship with food.
Here are the words that were repeated often that I did not like when referring to eating habits: maintain control mistakes entitled supposed to being good or bad
These all have negative connotations when used to describe 'dieting' or how you eat, at least they do for me.
The authors also are adamant that you should weigh yourself Every Day. They explained their reasoning and I understand their logic. It was just another point that added to that adversarial feeling. The scale was to be the determiner of whether or not you succeeded every day.
So what are the good things I gleaned? -make your own list of advantages for losing weight/being a healthy weight (at the same time, you are basically compiling a list of the disadvantages and problems of staying overweight) -identify your 'traps' where you overeat: stress, emotional, food pushers, family problems, travel and eating out, holidays, psychological, getting 'off track.' Each of these 'traps' is discussed. -think through situations that may be difficult for you foodwise and come up with strategies for facing those situations -make reminder cards of your advantages, sabotaging thoughts, and strategies -understand that it will sometimes feel hard - either hard because you are staying aware of what is required, and committed to, being healthy, or hard because you stay overweight with all the associated problems
They say "you absolutely need a reasonable, flexible, nutritious diet if you want to escape your traps, lose weight, and maintain weight loss. You won't have long-term success with an unhealthy or overly restrictive diet. ..... There is no such thing as cutting calories in the short term and then increasing calories without gaining weight."
This may be the book that helps you finally figure out how to face overeating and develop healthier habits. It had some good ideas for me, but ultimately was not great....more
I did not expect the historical part of this story and that was interesting. The part where the women were out-of-jobs almost the minute the war was oI did not expect the historical part of this story and that was interesting. The part where the women were out-of-jobs almost the minute the war was over made me think of the section in The Nightingale where the author talks about the shadow war fought by women. Fascinating and complicated social dynamics.
A likable cast of characters. The story flowed pretty nicely and the characters all intermingled well. I was slightly annoyed at how beautiful, gorgeous, and handsome everyone was. Not a single main character was ‘average.’
I was taken aback by this sentence: “We were cautiously revealing ourselves to each other....” This statement references the things they are willing to say and share, but there is no ‘physical caution’ as they jump quickly into a sexual relationship. It struck me how ‘normal’ and expected this is meant to be. That there is nothing important about physical intimacy, only emotional intimacy. And it really rubbed me wrong.
My biggest question is, would the gingerbread cake still be good if it isn’t soaked in rum?!
I think there may have been a mild profanity or two? Obviously not much if any. Sexual encounters, not graphic. Alcohol use. Talk of drug abuse. Death....more
I cannot understand how these author's can take their ideas, and in this case, even part of it's name (Mindfulness-based Eating Awareness Training), aI cannot understand how these author's can take their ideas, and in this case, even part of it's name (Mindfulness-based Eating Awareness Training), and not give credit to Molly Groger, who wrote https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... "E.A.T.: Eating Awareness Training" in 1983, before the whole 'mindfulness' movement became a thing. EAT is how to eat mindfully, without using those words. So just changing it to 'mindful eating' doesn't change Groger's approach nor does it justify not giving credit to her for this idea.
Since I read EAT before reading any of these other take-offs on that approach, it is difficult to see the basic premise - that our bodies know what and when and how much we need to eat and that we can relearn how to understand our body's messages - and add calorie counting and other extras that, if the program were truly followed, would be unnecessary.
This book gives some additional guidance for getting into the mindfulness/awareness part of eating, so I will give it that....more
Somewhere close to ten years ago, I read a book called EAT: Eating Awareness Training by Molly Groger that introduced me to the idea that our bodies kSomewhere close to ten years ago, I read a book called EAT: Eating Awareness Training by Molly Groger that introduced me to the idea that our bodies know what we should eat, how much, and when we should eat it. She never used the word 'midfulness' because that wasn't really a 'thing' in the '80s. Then I read some Books by Geneen Roth that used the same principles as EAT and it was mindfulness eating. Again, relearning the ability to 'hear' our bodies and listen to what they tell us. This idea resonated with me. Simple approaches, but not easy. I have struggled to implement the practice.
The Half-Diet Diet is a straight-forward, no nonsense approach to this same idea. It eliminates all the questions - well, I keep having questions, like 'If you are eating an apple, do you still eat only half, since it is a "healthy" snack?' I believe the answer is "YES!" Just take it at face value. While the food section is excellent on it's own, Richard Eyre combines it with mental and spiritual aspects in subsequent sections. I am going to go back and read it again, incorporating the elements more fully as I go.
I have begun the 'eat half' discipline and hope to be able to commit to it fully. Will add to this review later....more
Fascinating and sometimes heartbreaking. Even the pieces written in humor had the sad reality underneath. Geneen's sections were full of information. Fascinating and sometimes heartbreaking. Even the pieces written in humor had the sad reality underneath. Geneen's sections were full of information. The stories from her class participants were honest and compelling. I made some unexpected self-discovery while reading....more
Breaking Free goes hand in hand with a book I read previously, Eating Awareness Training. While EAT focuses on learning to hear and trust your own bodBreaking Free goes hand in hand with a book I read previously, Eating Awareness Training. While EAT focuses on learning to hear and trust your own body, Breaking Free gets down to the nitty-gritty of helping you figure out why you eat when you aren't actually hungry for food. I really like this mindfulness and body awareness approach. It is very straight forward. That doesn't mean it is easy, as it can be very difficult to figure out and undo years/decades of mindless and emotional eating.
I find Roth's writing to be clear and generally to the point. I appreciate her openness and honesty. I really want to believe and commit and follow through....more
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