Compulsive Eating

If you regularly eat when you're not truly hungry, choose unhealthy comfort foods, or eat beyond fullness, something is out of balance. The good news is that the brain can be rewired for optimal emotional health. When Food Is Comfort presents a breakthrough mindfulness practice called inner nurturing, a comprehensive, step-by-step program developed by an author who was herself an emotional eater.

There is an end to the anguish of emotional eating - and this book explains how to achieve it. Geneen Roth, whose Feeding the Hungry Heart and When Food Is Love have brought understanding and acceptance to tens of thousands of fans over the last two decades, here outlines her proven program for resolving the conflicts at the root of overeating.

If you struggle with binge eating, emotional eating, stress eating, or if you repeatedly manage to lose weight only to gain it all back, you may be approaching things with the wrong mindset. From his perspective as a formerly food-obsessed psychologist - and previous consultant to major food manufacturers - Dr. Livingston shares specific techniques for isolating and permanently dis-empowering your “fat thinking self”.

No one wants to overeat. And certainly no one wants to overeat for years, become overweight, and end up with a high risk of diabetes or heart disease--yet two thirds of Americans do precisely that. Even though we know better, we often eat too much. Why does our behavior betray our own intentions to be lean and healthy? The problem, argues obesity and neuroscience researcher Stephan J. Guyenet, is not necessarily a lack of willpower or an incorrect understanding of what to eat.

Filled with secrets from a therapist's toolkit, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before teaches you how to fortify and maintain your mental health, even in the most trying of times. Dr Julie Smith’s expert advice and powerful coping techniques will help you stay resilient, whether you want to manage anxiety, deal with criticism, cope with depression, build self-confidence, find motivation, or learn to forgive yourself.

Do you eat to escape from worries, relieve stress, or to comfort yourself? A more successful life with food means acknowledging and respecting your personal limits. These are the limits within which you know you can maintain control and free will, enjoying both your food and your dignity. You’ll find that the concept of limits also applies to various practices; some practices will work for you and some won’t.

Looking for a way to curb unnecessary eating habits? Want to have a mindful relationship with food? Want to understand how emotions affect your eating habits? The hard fact is that we have all been guilty of unhealthy binge eating from time to time. Sometimes our emotions take the better of us and we indulge in overeating without knowing why? If you are one of the many people to whom this applies, and if you want to correct this behavior, then you must keep reading. In order to get over binge eating and unhealthy eating habits, you need to be mindful of the food that you are eating and ...

In this illuminating and groundbreaking new book, food psychologist Brian Wansink shows why you may not realize how much you're eating, what you're eating, or why you're even eating at all.

Looking for a way to get over emotional eating? Want to stop binge eating and improve your relationship with food? Are you indulging in compulsive eating habits? Most of us have, at one point or another, spiraled into unhealthy and compulsive eating habits. There are many surface-level reasons for this, but the root cause is usually our own emotions. If this applies to you, and if you are looking for a way out, then we urge you to keep on reading. Although most people do not realize it, our emotions have an unyielding hold on our attitudes and habits, and eating is not an exception. The ...

Are you tired of feeling guilty and out of control around food? Do you find yourself eating when you're not even hungry, and unable to stop once you've started? It's time to take control of your relationship with food and put an end to overeating once and for all. The 30 Days to Stop Overeating workbook offers a comprehensive program to help you identify the root causes of your overeating and develop strategies to overcome them. With daily exercises and prompts, you'll learn how to cultivate mindfulness, tune into your body's hunger signals, and develop a healthier relationship with food. ...

With plenty of expert tips & easy-to-follow techniques that you can effortlessly implement into your life, the DBT Workbook for Emotional Eating reveals how you can finally break free from compulsive overeating and recover from your food addiction.

Weight loss advice, laughter, and inspiration from the delicious, caloric, yet uncomfortably large life experiences of a formerly fat man. Allen Zadoff spent years believing that a big, healthy man should have a big, healthy appetite and that his rapidly increasing girth was just a regular guy thing. However, at 350 pounds, it became clear that what had started as a minor weight issue was now threatening his well-being. In a desperate search for a new way of living that would guide him toward a healthier future, Zadoff began to focus less on what he ate and more on the physical and ...

Do cravings control you more than you’d like? What starts as comfort or reward can easily turn into compulsion. But freedom is closer than you think. This ultra-short book is designed for daily use. In one clear and powerful self-hypnosis session, you will experience the Switch: moving from “I can’t resist” to “It can choose.” By giving control back to your subconscious and your body’s natural wisdom, the struggle fades and lasting choice begins. Inside you will discover: A concise hypnosis script you can return to anytime A guided inner journey to meet your helper, thank old ...

You're about to discover a proven strategy for how to overcome your shopping addiction for the rest of your life. Millions of people suffer from shopping addiction and throw away their personal and professional success because of this issue. Most people realize how much of a problem this is but are unable to change their situation simply because it's been a part of their mind-set for so long.

Whether or not you’ve been formally diagnosed with a binge-eating disorder, you know that something needs to change. But like many disorders, what helps one person may not help another. That’s why The Binge Eating Prevention Workbook offers a wide range of evidence-based tools to help you take charge of your eating habits.

Looking for a way to curb emotional and unnecessary eating habits? Want to have a meaningful relationship with food? Want to understand the role of emotions in compulsive eating? The fact of the matter is that most of us have, at some point in our lives, been afflicted with unhealthy and compulsive eating habits. Though there can be many external factors behind this, the root cause generally lies within ourselves. If you are someone who is frustrated with anxious and compulsive eating, then you have to keep reading. Emotions play a vital role in most of our attitudes and behaviors, ...

We are all vulnerable to addiction. Whether it’s a compulsion to constantly check social media, binge eating, smoking, excessive drinking, or any other behaviors, we may find ourselves uncontrollably repeating. Why are bad habits so hard to overcome? Is there a key to conquering the cravings we know are unhealthy for us? This book provides groundbreaking answers to the most important questions about addiction.

A guide for those dealing with the disease of compulsive eating, yet having trouble finding long-term recovery. Looking at the Big Book, 12 & 12, and Steps through a different lens. It it hoped that the re-framing of core concepts might help those who find themselves stuck in the chronic relapse cycle.

If you have struggled with overeating for years and have lost hope that anything will ever help, this book offers a groundbreaking approach that could change everything. In Why We Overeat and How to Stop, the author uses basic brain science—explained in simple, everyday terms—to show why most of us continue to overeat despite desperately wishing we could stop, and why our efforts at change so seldom stick. You’ll see what does work and why, backed up with practical and effective strategies to help you get started, all written in a style that is clear, compassionate, and easy to follow...

Your Mind, Reimagined: Discover the Secret to Quieting Intrusive ThoughtsHave intrusive thoughts ever made you question your sanity or control over your life? Do you find yourself paralyzed by unwanted thoughts that you can't seem to shake off? Are you ready to regain control and silence the intrusive thoughts that plague your mind? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then know that there are millions of other people who struggle with intrusive thoughts just as you do. A common misconception is only people with severe mental illness experience intrusive thoughts. When in ...