Emotional Overeating: Know the Triggers, Heal Your Mind, and Never Diet Again

by Marcia Sirota M.D.

Overview

Weight loss has been a struggle for countless people in our food-obsessed culture; even achieving a healthy relationship with food is difficult for many Americans. Why is this? Respected author Marcia Sirota examines this phenomenon, exploring the emotional and psychological factors involved with overeating and food addiction.

Emotional Overeating: Know the Triggers, Heal Your Mind, and Never Diet Again starts with the root cause of obesity and ends with practical techniques to find freedom from the urge to overeat. The author provides an overview of the overeating and obesity problem, offers a critical look at the downfalls of dieting, and reveals the reasons why many of us use food to supplant a real emotional need. The book includes numerous exercises and specific tools for healing, as well as an avenue to effortless permanent weight loss.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440804021
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/03/2012
Series:	The Praeger Series on Contemporary Health and Living
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	162
File size:	640 KB

About the Author

Marcia Sirota, MD, is a psychiatrist who practices individual and group psychotherapy in Toronto, Canada.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword by Julie K. Silver, MD
Preface: A True Story about the Disappearance of 100 Pounds
Acknowledgments
1. Compulsive Eating: The Big Picture
2. The Pursuit of True Happiness, and the End of Addiction
3. Food as the False Solution: The Real Cause of Compulsive Eating
4. The Road to Healing: Obstacles, Wrong Turbans, and Finding Your Way
5. Caring for the Child within You: Empowered Choices for Real Happiness
6. A New You Emerging: Letting Go of Your Old Identity
7. Reclaiming Your Power, Sensuality, and Sexuality
8. Conscious Eating: Eating as an Adult, Not as a Child
Notes
Bibliography
Index

What People are Saying About This

Eva Selhub

"A wonderful and important book to read—heal your emotions and discover the healthy body you have always wanted."

Ann Webster

"Emotional Overeating is a masterpiece—a most refreshing and enlightening perspective on overeating and weight loss. Dr. Sirota, from her years of medical experience, offers psychological insights, scientific wisdom and practical techniques for developing consciousness and making change. This is a mind/body/spirit approach to maximizing health."