Stop dieting now!
Subtitle: 25 reasons to stop, 25 ways to heal
By: by Golda Poretsky
Publisher: G. Poretsky
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [New York?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 82
ISBN-13: 9780578057910
Subjects: Weight loss; Psychological aspects; Body image
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Reason #1 : let it be clear : diets don't work; title: pt. I. Physical reasons to stop dieting now (Reason #2. All diets are yo-yo diets; title: Reason #3. Diets make you crave "bad" foods; title: Reason #4. Diets make eating stressful; title: Reason #5. Diet foods are full of chemicals); title: pt. II. Emotional reasons to stop dieting now (Reason #6. Diets make you blame yourself when they don't work (i.e., nearly all of the time); title: Reason #7. Diets lower your self esteem; title: Reason #8. Diets make you hate your body; title: Reason #9. Diets teach you not to trust yourself and reward you for not thinking of yourself; title: Reason #10. Diets make you put off the good things you can have right now; title: Reason #11. Diets can be a band-aid when you really need stitches; title: Reason #12. Diets make food about reward and punishment); title: pt. III. Mental reasons to stop dieting now (Reason #13. Diets create anorectic thinking; title: Reason #14. Diet programs make you feel like you don't know how to eat when you're not on a diet; title: Reason #15. Diets put the focus on weight as the sole indicator of health; title: Reason #16. Diets don't let you think about anything other than diets; title: Reason #17. Diets encourage "lottery" thinking; title: Reason #18. Diets evoke scarcity thinking); title: pt. IV. Economic reasons to stop dieting now (Reason #19. The diet industry needs you to fail; title: Reason #20. Diets are a waste of your money; title: Reason #21. Diet programs are constantly trying to convince you that they're not diets, because you know that they really don't work anyway); title: pt. V. Societal reasons to stop dieting now (Reason #22. Diets put a premium on "staying small"; title: Reason #23. Diets don't account for size diversity; title: Reason #24. The myth that diets work makes size discrimination acceptable); title: pt. VI. Please stop dieting now because (Reason #25. Dieting is just a misguided attempt at finding happiness; title: So if I stop dieting, what do I do now?).