The Binge Eating and Compulsive Overeating Workbook: An Integrated Approach to Overcoming Disordered Eating (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)

Author: Carolyn RossPublisher: New Harbinger PublicationsPaperback:ISBN 10: 1572245913ISBN 13: 978-1572245914 Some people use food to calm themselves when they feel overwhelmed. Others find it difficult to discern between eating out of hunger and eating out of habit. There are nearly as many reasons why people overeat as there are reasons to stop. While overeating can often bring comfort in the short term, it can lead to feelings of guilt later on. If you feel like you're caught in a cycle of unhealthy eating that you can't stop, this workbook can help you overcome it. In The Binge Eating and Compulsive Overeating Workbook, you'll learn skills and nutrition guidelines recommended by doctors and therapists for healthy eating and how to quell the often overpowering urge to overeat. Using a variety of practices drawn from complementary and alternative medicine, you'll replace unhealthy habits with nourishing rewards and relaxation practices. This potent combination of therapies will help you end your dependence on overeating as a way to cope with unpleasant feelings and shows you how to develop new strategies for a healthier lifestyle. This workbook will help you: •Identify the trigger foods and feelings that spur you to binge or overeat •Determine how stress, depression, and anxiety may be affecting your eating •Calm yourself in stressful times with nourishing self-care practices •Learn to appreciate and accept your body Review "Dr. Carolyn Ross’s workbook is a breath of fresh air! Jam-packed with cutting edge information, The Binge Eating and Compulsive Overeating Workbook helps readers find freedom and health in our weight-obsessed culture. By shedding light on the truth about recovering from binge-eating disorder and compulsive overeating, this book promises to make a real difference in people’s lives." —Jenni Schaefer, author of Life Without Ed and Goodbye Ed, Hello Me "Dr. Ross’s holistic explanation of binge eating and obesity can change our views of dieting forever. She has lectured to medical and professional audiences about changing our country’s dieting mentality. Her wisdom about healing the relationship with food, weight, and body image is presented in a way that finally makes sense. This book can make a difference that can last a lifetime." —Rebecca Cooper, MA, CCH, CEDS, author of Diets Don’t Work and founder of Rebecca’s House Eating Disorder Treatment Programs "This is the best practical information I’ve seen on managing eating disorders. Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross’s sound advice can help the many people trapped in destructive relationships to food regain control of their lives and health." —Andrew Weil, MD, integrative medicine pioneer and author of Eight Weeks to Optimum Health and Healthy Aging From the Publisher The Binge Eating and Compulsive Overeating Workbook offers a comprehensive recovery program for people with binge eating disorder and other overeating disorders. Readers will learn to use proven complementary and alternative medicine therapies to develop a healthy relationship to food and eating. See all Editorial Reviews