• You Are Why You Eat

  • Change Your Food Attitude, Change Your Life
  • By: Dr. Ramani Durvasula
  • Narrated by: Jane Jacobs
  • Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (48 ratings)

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You Are Why You Eat

By: Dr. Ramani Durvasula
Narrated by: Jane Jacobs
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What if you could stop eating, stop working at a bad job, stop a bad relationship - stop anything when you have had enough? Understanding WHY you eat can lead to real and lasting change - both in weight loss and all other areas of life. In You Are Why You Eat food becomes a digestible metaphor. Most of us are unable to walk away - from a plate of food or a bad situation. But instead of staying and trying to please others all the time, what would happen if you listened to your inner voice? Dr. Ramani Durvasula reveals that how you eat and live often ties directly into the desire to please your stakeholders - parents, partners, friends, and society. Understanding WHY you eat will lead to real change and let you take back your life.

In You Are Why You Eat Dr. Ramani takes a fresh, brave, and edgy approach to self-help. Through real-life anecdotes and thought-provoking exercises, she gives you the tools you need to live on your terms. This powerful book will help you trust your gut, while making that gut smaller at the same time. And it will teach you to live a life that is bolder, more authentic, and less riddled with regret.

This book is about learning how to quit, when to quit, when to walk away, and how to acknowledge when you are full. It's about turning off the voices of the world and listening to the one that matters most: your own.

©2013 Ramani Durvasula (P)2013 Tantor

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Lose your husband, then lose weight

The book should have been titled "Lose Your Husband, then Lose some weight". This book is for a very specific audience (women stuck in bad marriages) -- and I am not in that audience.

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mixed bag

It did have some good dieting tips, but it was mixed in with a lot of bad relationship advice. The author seems to have a California hurray for me, screw you attitude when it comes to interpersonal relationships.

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Some Good Tips But Nothing New

What did you like best about You Are Why You Eat? What did you like least?

Once again I fell for the chance to get an answer. Guess what, you may eat because of something other than hunger. Duh! A couple of good hints on motivations but not really anything new. At least it won't be sitting on my bookshelf.

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Years of Therapy in a book

Great. Sometimes a little redundant but sound no nonsense advice on life, love, relationships, personal success. Nice balance of information and related story. Would have been 5 stars with a little light editing.

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excellent book!! for anyone!

I loved every part of this book. this book was so much more for me than I realized I needed. thank you, Dr. Ramani. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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The voice is too robotic for me

I’m sure Ms Jacobs is a great person but I couldn’t comprehend any information because of the way it was narrated. It’s very “customer service robotic system” like. Too flat and too “right”. There is a very narrow amplitude of the voice, I wish Dr.Ramani narrated herself. I have to drop it bc I made it to the half of it, with great difficulty, and can’t even describe what’s it about, fully.

I don’t agree though, with the notion of ordering half the portion at the restaurant (paying full price? I’d rather ask to split it and pack the other half to go, and eat it tomorrow). Or, THROWING IT AWAY??? What a waste. I’m not going to do that. I’m not saying I’d rather eat it than throw it away (like, being human garbage can), I’m saying you can eat it tomorrow.

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Topical Weight Loss Story

Her other book and podcasts were very interesting and informative. She had good content, good read/listening. So I decided to try another from Dr. Durvasuls, just not the same as her other book or work.

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