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Summary: This book will help many people attain their diet wishes!
Review: I Wish I Were Thin...I Wish I Were Fat, is one of the most thought provoking books in the diet/weight control area of self-help. Ms. Levine has not only written what needed to be said, but I feel she somehow knows me and my diet history. I will wait for her next book impatiently.
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Summary: A thought-provoking psychology book , not a diet book.
Review: Anyone who reads Michelle Joy Levine's "I Wish I Were Thin, I Wish I Were Fat," will not find a book filled with recipes and diet tips. Levine's approach is to give the reader the tools to work on his or her "inner self". Working on the "outer self" comes later. Are you interested in the dynamics of what makes you overeat in the first place? Do you believe that psychological reasons underlie your desire to remain obese? Some people believe that obesity is purely genetic and has no psychological component. I am open to the idea that it is possible to have an unconscious wish to remain obese because of unresolved psychological problems. Levine's book is well-written and clear. She describes various scenarios in the form of mini-case studies to show how people sabotage their weight-loss efforts as a result of emotional conflicts dating from childhood. For instance, a person who never separated emotionally from his mother may crave the nurturing that he misses now that he is an adult. Food often equals nurturing to our subconscious minds. Sometimes, a woman who fears getting close to a man may remain obese to avoid intimacy. Obviously, no one can be sure that by reading this book, he or she will be able to lose weight. However, I think that Levine offers "food for thought" that may be helpful for those who want to get in closer touch with their "inner selves".
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Summary: Psychological Horse Puckey!
Review: I kept turning the pages looking for help in my addiction. But, every story written, or explaination given seemed to place the root of the blame on relationships with ones mother. I didn't find this to be a constructive way of looking at the problem, or finding a solution.
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Summary: Not everything is about my mother....
Review: I kept turning the pages looking for help in my addiction. But, every story written, or explaination given seemed to place the root of the blame on relationships with ones mother. I didn't find this to be a constructive way of looking at the problem, or finding a solution.
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Summary: Good, but certain chapters were way off the mark
Review: Information discussed from a psychodynamic perspective.
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Summary: Psychological Horse Puckey!
Review: Once again another diet/self-help book that blames the overeater's heritage for their addiction to food. Though some of the author's theories are borrowed from conclusive scientific studies, the majority of her theory is that we are fat because our mothers made us that way. Yes, we might have issues with either of our parents, but in the long run we must assume responsibility for our eating patterns. This book was patronizing and over-simplistic in its approach. Save yourself the $24 and buy a comforting book by Geneen Roth or Overeater's Anonymous.
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