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From the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself.
"I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . . I was trapped in my body, one that...
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From an obesity and neuroscience researcher with a knack for engaging, humorous storytelling, The Hungry Brain uses cutting-edge science to answer the questions: why do we overeat, and what can we do about it? 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...
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Following her father's sudden death, Jane North-Robinson and her mother are forced to move to the old North house in Maine, where Jane uncovers her family's disturbing secrets.
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This self-help guide for young readers delivers real talk about eating disorders and body image; tools and information for recovery; and suggestions for dealing with the media messages that contribute so much to disordered eating, written in a easy-to-understand, conversational way.
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Freedom from food addiction is a book about daily management to curb emotional eating using tricks and tips which could be incoporated in your life.Food addiction comes from emotional eating and that particular emotion can and should be resolved before engaging in a health program.
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"How can Chasing Hunger, the 90 day Bulimia Breakthrough Method help me with my recovery? Whether you are in recovery and taking care of yourself at home now, or attempting to help yourself make a decision about seeking help, this book offers specific step-by-step strategies to help you target areas that can trigger binge eating. In Chasing Hunger, understanding the source that can trigger such behaviour like having certain emotions trigger a binge...
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La obesidad es omnipresente hoyEn muchas ciudades, más de la mitad de los adultos son obesos y muchos de los niños también lo son. Uno de los mayores contribuyentes a la obesidad es el atracón de comida. El atracón de comida es cuando alguien se ve obligado a comer compulsivamente y sigue comiendo pasando el punto de plenitud e incluso llegando el punto de dolor físico.
A menudo se realiza en un estado alterado de conciencia en el que el comensal...
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In this non-fiction story of struggle and grief, My Secret Life: A Memoir of Bulimia details one teenager's battle with Bulimia Nervosa. After years of bullying, Leanne Waters examines the development of her illness and looks closely at the psychological foundations of this ambiguous disease. It is a first-hand account of a secret world that lurks behind closed doors in daily life. A penetrating insight into the mentality of a Bulimic, the story follows...
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In a matter-of-fact style, the author takes you into the mindset of a compulsive eater.Experience the disparity, the anger, the utter hopelessness felt during the stages of pre-recovery. Celebrate the victory and success of conquering this life-threatening illness. Discover how the author, with the help of God, found inner peace to aid his recovery from compulsive eating.If you or someone you know has struggled with this or a like eating disorder,...
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Stories I Tell My Patients by Arnold Andersen, MD has been an intermittent feature in Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention from 1993 to 2015. The complete set of 101 stories is collected here in one volume for the first time. Combining myth, metaphor, fable, tall tale, and inventive fantasy, they were originally intended for professionals treating eating disorders to read and share with their clients, though they can also be read...
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"Father Hunger" is the emptiness experienced by women whose fathers were physically or emotionally absent void that leads to unrealistic body image, yo-yo dieting, food fears and disordered eating patterns. The term, which is now part of the psychology lexicon, originated with the first edition of this work in 1991. After having completed a decade's worth of further investigation, Dr. Maine has updated the information about men and their daughters...
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Of all the books written about eating disorder, only one looks at what the Bible says about this all-too-common struggle in the lives of young women. Hungry Souls digs deeply into God's Word to uncover the origins of eating disorder in history, sins that contribute to anorexia and bulimia, prophecies relevant to eating disorder, the relationship between eating disorder and sexuality, an anorexic woman in the Bible, why eating disorder is prevalent...
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Do you constantly think about food, your body shape or weight? Do you feel guilty if you eat something 'bad' or miss out on a gym session?
Do you experience negative thoughts that get in the way of you living an optimal life? Well, guess what? You are not alone.
Food Jail is written by Psychologist, Public Speaker and Food Enthusiast Stephanie Georgiou. In this compelling Self-Help Book, Stephanie shares her own dark and personal journey through...
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Eating disorders are becoming ever more common, but for many people they are still a taboo subject. Drawing on the author's own experience and that of fellow sufferers, this essential survival manual for victims not only reveals what having an eating disorder is really like, but also shows that it is possible to break free, recover, and live a healthy and satisfying life. Written specifically for teens and their families, this guide is packed with...
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Cynthia Rowland was an outwardly vivacious and successful television news reporter, who inwardly had slipped into the depths of bulimia. An addiction to binging and purging and heavy doses of laxatives finally landed her in treatment. The Monster Within tells the story of her descent into sickness, her struggle to learn why she was engaging in slow suicide, and the courage and grace it took to get well. This updated edition includes a section of answers...
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Surviving an Eating Disorder has become a classic since it was first published in 1988. It was one of the first books to offer effective support and solutions for family, friends, and all others who are the "silent sufferers" of eating disorders. This updated and revised edition provides the latest information on how parents, spouses, friends, and professionals can thoughtfully determine the right course of action in their individual situations.
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What really happens, when someone develops an eating disorder? What therapies work best? Can a cure be, found? Will life ever return to normal? These are just a few of the questions that run through the minds of ordinary people and their loved ones when faced with anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder.
In Through the Eyes of an Eating Disorder, ordinary women open up and invite readers inside their own secretive world to give honest-and sometimes,...
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Through the Eyes of an Eating Disorder is an intimate collection of true stories offering an inside look at a powerful, biologically influenced illness as seen through the eyes of 13 women who live with anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and binge eating. Filled with answers to poignant questions, readers struggling with their own eating disorder will find compassion and hope, family members will discover better understanding, and professionals will appreciate...
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For 11 years, I lived with Lillie, my secret eating disorder.
She crept like a shadow, invading every corner of my life,
stealing my joy and whispering sweet you'll-be-nothings.
Now, I'm free and happy
and I want to share my secrets of freedom with you.
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If you're holding this book, there's a part of you that wants your life back.
That part of you stretches to believe in the possibility of recovery
and a life of freedom and happiness.
Throwing...
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