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kmccann3's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
2.0
Decent resource book, occasionally fat-phobicÂ
athravan's review against another edition
4.0
This is a sequel to "50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food", which I'm afraid I didn't read, so I came into this book not really knowing what to expect. I will openly admit that I am an emotional eater, and I'm fully aware that I can use food as a crutch. I'm always open to exploring anything that helps me move away from this, and I found some of the techniques and thoughts in this book interesting and helpful. A lot of it was stuff I already know or have already thought of as this is something I've been dealing with since I was a teenager.
It is well written in a warm and helpful manner - not at all judgemental, and most of the tips are things that anyone could do at home. I definitely think that a lot of my eating problems can be solved not by lectures on eating healthy - because I already know what's good for me nutritionally - but on getting myself to a place mentally where I feel strong enough to break my bad habits.
There were definitely some tips that didn't seem helpful to me - and overall it took me around a month to read this book as I found it better to tackle in small bite-sized chunks. I don't think it's a miracle cure by any stretch, it's not a replacement for eating well, exercising and keeping healthy - but I did find it contained some interesting ideas for helping myself cope mentally, and I hope that if I can put some of these in action, next time I'm stressed, I may not immediately run for a chocolate fix. Definitely worth the read.
It is well written in a warm and helpful manner - not at all judgemental, and most of the tips are things that anyone could do at home. I definitely think that a lot of my eating problems can be solved not by lectures on eating healthy - because I already know what's good for me nutritionally - but on getting myself to a place mentally where I feel strong enough to break my bad habits.
There were definitely some tips that didn't seem helpful to me - and overall it took me around a month to read this book as I found it better to tackle in small bite-sized chunks. I don't think it's a miracle cure by any stretch, it's not a replacement for eating well, exercising and keeping healthy - but I did find it contained some interesting ideas for helping myself cope mentally, and I hope that if I can put some of these in action, next time I'm stressed, I may not immediately run for a chocolate fix. Definitely worth the read.
booking_along's review against another edition
4.0
This is a great book at pointing out where the problem with soothing yourself with food lies and how you can avoid it yourself.
The tips are easy and mostly just something that you have to train yourself to do, instead of having to spend money on. Because lets me honest, if you are someone that needs food to feel better and want to change that, you don't want to spend a lot of money, but just start doing it! This book offers just that!
I personal am just someone that needs food to soothe myself after a actual tragedy -such as a family death for example as i have sadly learned- this book gave me lots of great tips on how to avoid another trip of needing food to feel better.
I also love that this book doesn't just focus on people that need soothing because of tragic events, but also because of things that you "do" to yourself, as putting yourself on a diet. Because that is most likely when people will fall back into needing the food that they really shouldn't eat.
What i also really enjoyed about this book is that it is not trying to say that food is bad, or that you are horrible for needing comfort food. it is not putting you down if you are someone that has this problem, but rather is written in a tone that feels very much as if the author herself experienced this problem and just shares her knowledge of fighting against it. Which i think is very important in self-help books, that you don't feel that the author is putting your problem down, or doesn't take it seriously or makes it out to be something small and insignificant. This does not happen here!
All in all this book has fantastic tips on how to stop yourself from feeling like you need food when you really are not hungry and how to stop yourself from eating if you don't need to.
If you are someone - or know someone!- that has the need to eat food to comfort yourself, get this book! I am sure that you will find at least one way in it that will help you!
The tips are easy and mostly just something that you have to train yourself to do, instead of having to spend money on. Because lets me honest, if you are someone that needs food to feel better and want to change that, you don't want to spend a lot of money, but just start doing it! This book offers just that!
I personal am just someone that needs food to soothe myself after a actual tragedy -such as a family death for example as i have sadly learned- this book gave me lots of great tips on how to avoid another trip of needing food to feel better.
I also love that this book doesn't just focus on people that need soothing because of tragic events, but also because of things that you "do" to yourself, as putting yourself on a diet. Because that is most likely when people will fall back into needing the food that they really shouldn't eat.
What i also really enjoyed about this book is that it is not trying to say that food is bad, or that you are horrible for needing comfort food. it is not putting you down if you are someone that has this problem, but rather is written in a tone that feels very much as if the author herself experienced this problem and just shares her knowledge of fighting against it. Which i think is very important in self-help books, that you don't feel that the author is putting your problem down, or doesn't take it seriously or makes it out to be something small and insignificant. This does not happen here!
All in all this book has fantastic tips on how to stop yourself from feeling like you need food when you really are not hungry and how to stop yourself from eating if you don't need to.
If you are someone - or know someone!- that has the need to eat food to comfort yourself, get this book! I am sure that you will find at least one way in it that will help you!
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