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A Breakthrough Plan for Overcoming Emotional Eating--Without Dieting

A highly visible authority on eating and weight disorders, Dr. Edward Abramson uses a refreshing, thought-based approach that brings new perspective to the subject--and new hope to diet junkies everywhere. Like the groundbreaking book Emotional Intelligence, Dr. Abramson's exciting life program redefines old beliefs. It teaches people to rethink their eating habits, reinvent their body image, and resist the endless cycle of quick-fix diets. This is what he calls Body Intelligence--a simple, safe, and smart three-step program that can show anyone how to eat intelligently, look at the body intelligently, and use the body intelligently.

This is the intelligent way to eat well, lose weight, and live life to the fullest. There are no rigid meal plans, no low-fat recipes, no carb and calorie counters. Instead, Body Intelligence offers a unique weight-control plan that goes to the root of most eating problems--the thought patterns that affect the way people eat, the way they see themselves, and the way they live. It's a complete, lifelong program that can open minds and transform bodies--without dieting. Dr. Abramson gives even lifelong dieters the power to:

Understand cravings and eating habits Learn how to enjoy eating again--without guilt Develop a realistic, positive body image Experience a more active, fulfilling life Body Intelligence also includes personal selfquizzes, thought-provoking exercises, and journaling techniques to help readers understand their feelings about food--and change their lives forever.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #373639 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

From the Back Cover

Finally ready to jump off the diet merry-go-round? Are you fed up with risking your health on diet pills and supplements that don’t deliver on their promises? Have you had it with feeling ashamed about your weight and guilty about every bite you eat? Well, you’ve come to the right place. Body Intelligenceoffers you a smart, mature alternative to diets, pills, and surgical procedures that can help you shed excess weight and keep it off—for life.

Nobody is born with a dysfunctional relationship with food or a negative body image. In fact, babies are very good at regulating their food intake; guided by instincts evolved over millions of years, they know when to eat and when they’ve had enough. In Body Intelligence, psychologist, Dr. Edward Abramson explains how, as we develop, our perceptions of food and of our bodies can become warped by countless advertising messages, peer pressure, and sometimes, even our parents’ good intentions. More importantly, he shows you how to rid yourself of that negative programming and reconnect with the body intelligence you were born with.

In Body Intelligence you won’t find rigid meal plans, low-fat recipes, carb counters or any of the other crutches that stop people from achieving a healthy, balanced relationship with food. Instead you get a simple, safe three-step program for learning how to eat intelligently, look at your body intelligently, and use your body intelligently. Dr. Abramson arms you with science-based strategies developed in his work with hundreds of people with eating disorders and weight problems, along with self-quizzes, exercises, journaling techniques and other powerful tools that let you:

• Zero in on the sources of your unhealthy cravings and bad eating habits
• Understand your feelings about food and free yourself from the cycle of quick-fix diets
• Develop a realistic, positive body image
• Rediscover the joy of movement and leading an active, healthy life
• Enjoy eating like you never have before—without guilt!

The time has come to free yourself from the emotional and psychological traps that are keeping you overweight and unhappy. The intelligent alternative to fad diets and “miracle cures,” Body Intelligence is your ticket to the healthy, fulfilling life you were born to lead.

A breakthrough plan for conquering the psychological and emotional barriers to weight loss—without dieting

“Ed Abramson is the go-to authority on the ‘why’ of weight gain.”

--Men’s Health

By now you’ve probably realized that dieting just doesn’t work and that the real key to weight loss can be summed up with one simple equation: eat less + exercise more. So what’s stopping you from losing that weight and keeping it off? Find out in Body Intelligence.

Not another fad diet, Body Intelligence is a smart, safe, effective way to eat well, lose weight, and live life to the fullest. Here a leading international expert on eating and weight disorders helps you identify the emotional and psychological knots that keep you tied up in an unhappy cycle of dieting and guilty overeating. More importantly, it arms you with a simple, three-step program for opening your mind and transforming your body—without diets. You'll learn how to:

Rethink your eating habits

Reinvent your body image

Say goodbye to quick-fix diets and pills forever

Lose weight and keep it off

Learn to enjoy eating again—without guilt

Experience a more active, fulfilling life

"Based on sound science and years of clinical experience, Dr. Abramson's readable, practical guide shows you how to replace restrictive diets with sustainable, positive, and healthy strategies for weight management."--Barbara J. Rolls, Ph.D., author of The Volumetrics Eating Plan and Professor and Guthrie Chair in Nutrition, Penn State University

"Dr. Abramson's book provides guidance for people to gain self-control of their physical, social and emotional relationship to food, eating and their body experience."--Gilbert H. Newman, Ph.D., President-elect, California Psychological Association and Director of Clinical Training, The Wright Institute

About the Author

Edward Abramson, Ph.D. is an internationally-recognized expert on eating and weight disorders who lectures to professional and lay audiences around the world. He is a professor of psychology at California State University and a former director of the Eating Disorders Center at Chico Community Hospital. Dr. Abramson has appeared on “Hard Copy,” “20/20,” PBS, “Good Day LA,” “Joan Rivers,” and other TV and radio programs, and his work has been written about in Reader’s Digest, Cosmo, Good Housekeeping, Self, theNew York Times, The LA Times, the Washington Post, and other major publications.

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Customer Reviews

Excellent!
How many of us have read and tried to follow the advice of countless diet books, and walked away more frustrated then when we began? Inside the covers we read, do this, do that, eat this, don't eat that; and the list goes on. Not so in this outstanding work by author Edward Abram. Yes,there is hope for you and for me.
Our author goes to the root of the problem of not being able to maintain a healthy weight by diving into our thought patterns and showing us how they affect the way we eat, see ourselves and live. Believe me he will write about things you have long ago filed in your mind but you really have not forgotten. You will be shocked to see how these memories affect your weight and life.
I enjoyed this book; learned a lot and I truly believe it is a real eye opener.
If you have tried every diet you can find and feel as if nothing will ever work for you; I strongly suggest you give this book a try. I believe by understanding the information given in this book you will finally breath a sigh of relief and get on the right track to a healthier you.
Highly recommended.

Must Read Book for those like me looking to lose weight!!!
At first I was skeptical that this book would be like all the other diet books. But after doing some research on the author I found that he is an award winning Psychologist who is an expert in weight loss. I have been a yoyo dieter for many years I went from 250lbs to 165lbs at age 16 and gained it all back after I lost my girlfriend at age 19 by eating 8 whoppers a day(2before class, 2 after class, 2 during work, and 2 after work).

After reading this book I found something that I really agree with. I found that one of the main reasons that I have a problem in losing weight is that it isn't the foods that I am eating it is the amount. At the office I spend all day in front of a computer and when I get bored or frustrated I go to the kitchen to look for a snack. My company is one of those tech companies that order $2000 dollars worth of junk food from Costco to keep developers full of energy. I ended up binging on all that junk food. Today I watch my self when I go to the kitchen and I ask my self am I really hungry or is it that I am bored, frustrated, depressed, etc. Once I find the cause of my hunger I am able to work on the real problem, my emotions. Thanks Dr. Abramson for writing this book, I don't know how else to thank you but to write this review.

Thanks,
Sam

WOW what an easy way to replace dieting!!!
If you're still looking for the quick and easy, effortless diet, forget this book. This is for people who are tired of the dieting hype and want to learn why you eat the way you do, and how to change. It is full of very useful tips. I especially liked the sections on how to eat chocolate (Oh ya!!) and how to improve your body image. Oprah is gonna like this one as much as I do!! TT