'I can tell you exactly the day it all went wrong - the day my mum attacked my dad with a kitchen knife. In those few, short seconds, a black hole opened up in my life and I fell right in.' Tina McGuff's life was perfect - or so she thought. Living in Dundee with her devoted parents and three younger sisters, she was a happy, healthy and confident thirteen-year-old. But all that changed in one horrifying act of revenge and Tina's world collapsed overnight. Terrified, lost and confused, she turned to the one thing she thought she could control - food. And so began the biggest fight of her life. Tina's life-or-death struggle with anorexia is told with devastating honesty in this extraordinary account of a girl at war with herself. Through her years in and out of psychiatric wards, Tina takes us to some of the darkest places of the mind. But in the end her courage, conviction and sheer determination win out. It took Tina seconds to snap and a lifetime to recover - but today, as a passionate campaigner for mental health, she is living proof that there is always a reason to hope that one day, things will get better.

I am... Drawing Conclusions is dedicated to telling my story of treatment for an eating disorder. These are my emotions reflected in visual form and serves as evidence of the growing transparency of my soul as told through graphite and acrylic. The art is intended to depict the day-to-day and sometimes even hour-to-hour thoughts and feelings that consumed my mind, recording the transformation over time. The drawings and paintings are very personal to my journey and me but I hope that you can find your own meaning in them as well and be able to make them personal to you. Remember that although our struggles may not be the same, we all have challenges in our lives that push us to become more than the person we are right now. And with that said, I invite you to join me on my journey.

We're obsessed with weight, we dislike our bodies, we worry about the food we eat, we feel guilty, we diet. Too many of us are locked into a war with our own bodies which we'll never win, and which will never make us happy. "The Ministry of Thin" takes a controversial, unflinching look at how the modern, international obsession with weight loss, youth, beauty, and perfection has spun out of control. Emma Woolf, author of " An Apple a Day, " explores how we might all be able to stop hating and start liking our own bodies again. She rallies against the industries of food, health, exercise, beauty, sex, and surgery that seek to create a world that verges on the Orwellian --with the victims of this onslaught trapped and dominated by the societal pressures to conform.
And she dares to ask: if losing weight is the answer, what is the question?

This workbook contains over twenty exercises that have helped compulsive overeaters and others find tools to cultivate peace, a connection to a HP, and growth in an abstinent life full of recovery. This workbook references The Twelve Steps of Overeaters Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous. The Authors have compiled and designed exercises and prayers that can be of use in your daily journal writing, working with your sponsor or use in a recovery group.

Change your mind about changing your body. Let go of the dieting dilemma with essential mindfulness principles and practices. o Learn the 5 a's of essential daily practice to get past the dieting impasse o Create your own daily yogic plan of action to focus on fitness not fatness o Stop your old dieting habits with mindful mediterranean food plans to eat well by o Exorcise your exercise demons to find your path to essential movement that brings balance, health and wellness o Choose essential daily wellness practices to discover your inner self o Master the dieting mindsets of skinnyism, perfectionism and dietism with simple but powerful principles that change the course of the die-iting mind. Change your mind about changing your body. Transform body and mind with essential mindfulness principles and practices.

"Interpersonal" follows twenty year old Erin after her stays in the Intensive Outpatient Program for Eating Disorders at Stafford Hospital. As she tries to navigate through life without acting on eating disordered behaviors, readers are shown what's most important in treatment: relationships between patient and professional. While expressing her emotions and fears, her treatment team explains things from their points of view. Just when Erin becomes more comfortable in sharing her thoughts, an unexpected change occurs, with the potential to derail her track in recovery.

This book of Haiku Poems deals with the issues of control, change, and acceptance. These issues for overeater's are difficult to come to terms with. As the reader pages through the Haiku poems, the author hopes they will experience a poetic and spiritual balance in their healing process. Read daily these positive meditations, bring the experience of food overeater's into the light where hope resides, making change and healing possible.

There is an answer to the emotional, physical and spiritual horrors of food addiction. The Hungry Ghost is based on Gay Norton Edelman's own personal victory over food addiction and obesity. Combining her training as a journalist focusing on psychological and spiritual problems, and her years of mentoring food addicts and compulsive overeaters, Gay spells out the solutions to eating insanity in clear, warm, realistic, no-holds-barred terms. Included: Her 5 step Feed-the-Hunger Plan. It works if you work it

Starting a diet? Easy. Sticking to a diet? Not so much. Every woman knows that the hardest part of weight loss is staying on a diet. The secret to accomplishing your goal is to find a healthy diet plan that works for you. "How To Stick To A Diet: Weight Loss Tips for Women" gives you practical diet tips, motivational strategies and alternative therapies to get through setbacks, realistic diet planning ideas, ways to find support, avoid stress eating, and use positive affirmations. This book will assist you to discover the foods that help you lose weight, stick with your diet, and feel good about yourself in the process. Whichever weight loss plan you choose - low carb, high protein, low fat - you need this book as the companion guide to keep you on track. Get this weight loss support program today

The Appetite Connection is an easy-to-read book that will gently, firmly and non-judgmentally guide readers through a six step process to stop overeating permanently. "I want each reader to embrace their personal journey as they create their own delicious life of peace, balance, joy, radiant health and craft the body they long for "

This book provides a fascinating, detailed account of the family background and social context in which the writer's eating disorder developed and manifested. However, this book covers much more than an account of the sufferer's lengthy struggle with anorexia nervosa and its many effects. The book is about the author's lifelong work to recover, and to understand the illness from a psychological and spiritual perspective. It also includes broader discussion of related social and ecological matters.

Compulsive overeating and bulimia disorders, affects an estimated 30 percent of the population in the UK. As well as obesity, common results include shame, guilt and social distress, while physical complications include the risk of fatigue, high blood pressure, diabetes and some cancers as well as a host of unpleasant symptoms.. A psychological approach to overeating can be an effective form of treatment. But in this practical book, Ruth Searle also examines the physical and physiological causes of the disorder which are often overlooked. The topics covered include: Understanding how the modern diet contributes to food addiction The motivations for eating and drinking Why a natural diet is best Why diets don't work Finding your triggers for overeating Taking control again Coping with eating and social situations Your lifetime plan for keeping your weight under control Breaking Free of Compulsive Overeating and Bulimia shows that there are simple, effective and enjoyable ways of overcoming compulsive eating and bulimia. Ruth Searle explores how sufferers can free themselves from addictive cravings, discover their social and psychological triggers and, instead of dieting, establish a lifetime plan of healthy eating and sensible exercise."

What you will learn in this book...how this book can help you and why: Food addiction is something that many individuals are fighting to get over. This book will help those who are struggling with this condition, to learn how to conquer it. Those who may not be dealing with food addiction will be able to learn what it is and what the signs and symptoms are. They can also learn what the negative effects of food addiction are, and how the condition can be treated.

Feeding Your Anorexic Adolescent is an action plan for parents of children suffering from anorexia. It is an efficient resource for parents who are desperate to know what to do right now, at this meal, at the next meal, and then again tomorrow. This book provides in an in dept explanation of the physiological and psychological effects of the starvation associated with anorexia nervosa. It summarizes the science behind the enormous nutrient needs during recovery. It also discusses possible family eating patterns that may be counterproductive to recovery. Importantly, Feeding Your Anorexic Adolescent is the only book which outlines in a systematic way how to establish normal eating patterns once weight has been restored. The second section of the book provides parents with calorie-rich recipes, divided into meal categories so parents can plan efficiently and with minimum stress. In a world of concern about obesity, parents struggle to find recipes and ideas which will help their child restore weight. The book has the endorsement of leading figures in the field of adolescent eating disorders: Dr. James Lock of Stanford University, author of the best-selling book Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder, and Laura Collins, author of Eating with Your Anorexia.

Grace King was an only child brought up by her mother, a single parent. She had a normal childhood and was always a high achiever with a positive attitude. But without her father's acceptance and love, underlying feelings of rejection, inadequacy, and guilt engulfed her. Her great-grandmother died, and Grace had her heart broken by her first love; guilt, regret, and self-hatred soon set the foundation for her to fall victim to the vicious grip of bulimia.

For more than ten years, she struggled to free herself from bulimia's hold and became lonely, depressed, and desperate. After years of self-destruction, disappointment, and regret, her conscience collapsed, and she longed for her healthy and meaningful life back more than ever. Grace was forever grateful for the friendships she forged and for the relationships she endured, knowing how much they had taught her about the meaning and purpose of life. She was always hopeful that one day, looking in the mirror would bring back the feeling of acceptance and happiness to a now repulsed, sad, and lost soul.

She embarked on a transformational journey that depended on the choices she made each day. Her heart was filled with endless hope, courage, and commitment to searching for the solution toward knowing herself again and being true to herself. Through prayer, she found the path that led her to the light and allowed herself to be cured.

It was through surrendering her bulimia to God, she learnt to love and forgive herself and she finally embraced her healing. She is a survivor and hopes her story will help save other lives too.