Review: If you love dieting, don't read this book!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 27, 2012
I have had serious eating problems for about 6 years, ever since college. There were a lot of girls at my school who were bulimic, but I thought that I was the only one who hated myself for it. So it may sound cliché, but this book really changed my life by helping me realize how much damage I was doing to myself. I read this book about 6 months ago and have been able to stop compulsive overeating/bingeing for the last four months.One of the things that helped me turn my life around is that I recognized how many negative feelings I was suppressing with food, eating and my preoccupation with dieting and my body. Until recently, just the idea of going on another diet would make me run for the bakery counter. But now, I've gotten a lot more patient and gentle with myself, and have learned to ask "What is this feeling?" rather than lump all my feelings together as "hunger," and as Felicity Garver states, try to use food as an all purpose solution for every emotional pain.So if you love dieting, and it's working for you, this is not the book you should read. But if you are like me, and the whole diet roller coaster is not for you, you'll enjoy reading this book, and probably come away with a few insights and good tools for healing your ED.