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

"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.

'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.

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.

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."

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 "

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.

If you are out of control with your eating and can't seem to stop, Julie Latz knows exactly how you feel. For 45 years, Julie went through the yo-yo dieting/binge cycle time after time. She suffered the shame, guilt and embarrassment of feeling out of control that every binge eater feels. After discovering her simple yet highly effective method to take control of her eating, Julie now enjoys whatever food she wants while never feeling deprived and never feeling the urge to binge. She calls this very calm place "living in the magic zone." Julie's system teaches people how to eat what they want in moderation, even if they have never been able to do that before. In Stop Binge Eating and Start Living Again, Julie will teach you the exact step-by-step system that has helped her and those she personally coaches to put an end to food addiction and binge eating and making deprivation a thing of the past. If you want to stop the insanity of yo-yo dieting and learn how to eat the foods you enjoy while losing the weight you want to lose, this book will give you fast results so you can start reclaiming your life and stop feeling like a slave to food.

In "A Bellyful of Bliss," Adams shares her torturous struggle with bingeing and her mental obsession with food and her body. The pain of smothering her spirit with each compulsive bite drove her into the depths of despair in the middle of Hollywood. In her desperate search for freedom, Adams discovered that all the yummy feelings she craved from food were already alive inside her, just waiting to be activated. She reveals exactly how she stopped obsessing over food, how she started loving her body, and how she became naturally thin and healthy. Adams uncovered her Bellyful of Bliss and so can you.

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.

Lean Diet: Get Lean and Clean with Delicious Lean Recipes The Lean Diet book has recipes that support the lean diet. The lean diet is a diet in which is low in fat and low in unhealthy carbs. The idea behind the lean diet is to help aid the body to a more ideal weight level. Weight issues cause so many problems with heath. Dieting is the best way to both lose weight and maintain a good weight level. The foods included in a lean diet are foods that help the body to lose excessive weight and fat and help the body to stay within a good weight range, but it is a lifestyle change.

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.
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