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Summary: this book stands on its own
Review: A reviewer stated that the author shared none of her own history. I say read the book again.
This book can stand alone from the first book. She repeats what she wrote in the first book and then some. And she repeats the same principles and then some in many different ways ...in order for us brainwashed in the diet mentality to GET IT.
The two times I lost weight effortlessly is when I ate good food when I was hungry and stopped when I was full. Of course when I noticed I panicked and thought I could help it along, and began dieting. Duh!
If the wait to allow your body to become thin naturally seems too long/hard, consider the shape you still won't be in in the next year, two or three by continuing to diet (starve, overeat). Three weeks so far. Watch for my updates.
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Summary: this book stands on its own
Review: A reviewer stated that the author shared none of her own history. I say read the book again.
This book can stand alone from the first book. She repeats what she wrote in the first book and then some. And she repeats the same principles and then some in many different ways ...in order for us brainwashed in the diet mentality to GET IT.
The two times I lost weight effortlessly is when I ate good food when I was hungry and stopped when I was full. Of course when I noticed I panicked and thought I could help it along, and began dieting. Duh!
If the wait to allow your body to become thin naturally seems too long/hard, consider the shape you still won't be in in the next year, two or three by continuing to diet (starve, overeat). Three weeks so far. Watch for my updates.
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Summary: This is a GREAT book!
Review: Anyone who thinks that they have even a slightly unhealthy relationship with food needs to read this book. The author really knows what she's talking about, and she knows how to explain her theories so that anyone can understand them. Essentially, she believes that eating disorders do not have an emotional root, but rather that they are caused by dieting. When you go on a diet, your body knows that calories are severely limited, and goes into "starvation mode" - it slows down your metabolism to preserve calories. Then, when you have lost weight and begin to eat normally again, your metabolism is very slow so you gain the weight back quickly. There is also an explanation for why people who are dieting crave fatty, sugary foods - their bodies are trying to save them from what is seen only as a famine.There are sections that describe how to rescue yourself from this "food jail" - you must eat often, whenever you are hungry, until you are no longer hungry. You must understand that initially this will probably cause weight gain, and you must trust that eventually your body will adjust and believe that there won't be any more famines, and then you will lose weight naturally, without trying. There is also a great section on feeling better about yourself - it suggests looking at art by artists like Renior, throwing away your scale, ignoring the sizes of your clothing, and appreciating the things that your body can do, regardless of any extra pounds you may be carrying. The focus is on eating healthy, whole foods when you are hungry, and stopping when you are full. It's so simple, but people with a history of eating disorders need to have it spelled out for them, and this book does that remarkably well. Reading this allowed me to start along the road to recovery from a lifetime of eating disorders, and the weight that I gained allowed me to conceive my son. I recommend this book highly!
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Summary: Excellent Resource
Review: I am a holistic health health counselor and I work with many women who have been suffering with dieting and eating disorders for years! This book truly enabled me to comprehend what's behind so many women's (and men's) eating problems. Sure, I have had immense knowledge about the societal and emotional components to disordered eating, but Jean Antonello shared so much more in this great resource. In this book, the big breakthrough for me was that underating is the primary cause for overeating. Since learning this, I have started asking my clients who's chief complaint is binge-eating, if they restrict their diets at all and they always answer yes to this question.
This has really helped me to help them! This book is a phenomenal resource with suggestions on how to break patterns of undereating and overeating. This book also offers great suggetsions on how to develop a better body image!
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Summary: Excellent Resource
Review: I am a holistic health health counselor and I work with many women who have been suffering with dieting and eating disorders for years! This book truly enabled me to comprehend what's behind so many women's (and men's) eating problems. Sure, I have had immense knowledge about the societal and emotional components to disordered eating, but Jean Antonello shared so much more in this great resource. In this book, the big breakthrough for me was that underating is the primary cause for overeating. Since learning this, I have started asking my clients who's chief complaint is binge-eating, if they restrict their diets at all and they always answer yes to this question.
This has really helped me to help them! This book is a phenomenal resource with suggestions on how to break patterns of undereating and overeating. This book also offers great suggetsions on how to develop a better body image!
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Summary: Could put the gurus out of business
Review: If everyone followed the advice in this book, it would put a lot of eating disorders therapists, as well as diet gurus out of business. The author's theory is that eating disorders are biological in origin rather than emotional, and that the artificial food restriction of dieting causes a rebound effect in the body. If you stop the artifical restriction, and eat according to your hunger signals, your normal eating patterns will return and your weight will normalize. Unlike some books that advocate a similar philosophy, the author does not advocate eating poor quality foods. She explicitly states that you should eat high quality real foods whenever you are hungry. Thus, this book DOES NOT ignore good nutrition which some of these books do. She states that if your appetite always satisified, you'll soon lose interest in poor quality foods. I cured my own binge eating problem by following this advice, and don't eat much in the way of junk type foods anymore. I don't understand why more obesity researchers don't advocate this approach, and why Ms. Antonello seems to be a lone voice of sanity crying out in the wilderness.
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Summary: Good book but not as good as the original
Review: This book is a follow-up to Jean Antonello's first book on this subject, "How to Become Naturally Thin by Eating More". Although this book is good, I would definitely recommend that "Naturally Thin" be read first in order to get the most out of "Food Jail". Without the benefit of reading the first book, this volume may seem a bit boring and confusing to readers. It contains great information on how the body responds to the self-starvation that dieters well-meaningly put it thru by simply slowing down and holding on that much more stubbornly to excess fat. It explains how to get off the roller-coaster of yo-yo dieting by eating good, real food whenever you are hungry. But, unlike the original book on this subject, the author gives no personal information about herself or her own struggles and eventual triumph with over-weight. Because of this, "Food Jail" seems disjointed and even a bit repetetive in the presentation of it's information. In my opinion, it is important to read "Food Jail" as a companion to "Naturally Thin" and not on it's own to get the most out of Antonello's theories.
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Summary: Good book but not as good as the original
Review: This book is a follow-up to Jean Antonello's first book on this subject, "How to Become Naturally Thin by Eating More". Although this book is good, I would definitely recommend that "Naturally Thin" be read first in order to get the most out of "Food Jail". Without the benefit of reading the first book, this volume may seem a bit boring and confusing to readers. It contains great information on how the body responds to the self-starvation that dieters well-meaningly put it thru by simply slowing down and holding on that much more stubbornly to excess fat. It explains how to get off the roller-coaster of yo-yo dieting by eating good, real food whenever you are hungry. But, unlike the original book on this subject, the author gives no personal information about herself or her own struggles and eventual triumph with over-weight. Because of this, "Food Jail" seems disjointed and even a bit repetetive in the presentation of it's information. In my opinion, it is important to read "Food Jail" as a companion to "Naturally Thin" and not on it's own to get the most out of Antonello's theories.
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