9781422288429

Contents

Introduction / 7

1. Emotional Eating: Why “Just Say No” Doesn’t Work / 9

2. Defining Your Feelings: Emotions That Lead Us to Overeat / 27

3. Facing Facts: Why We Eat the Way We Do / 43

4. Heeding Your Hunger: The Mind-Body Connection / 61

5. Overcoming: Putting Food, Diets, and Thinness in Their Places / 75

6. Changing Through Choice: Healthy Ways to Feed Your Soul / 87

Series Glossary of Key Terms / 99

Further Reading / 101

For More Information / 102

Index / 103

About the Author & the Consultant / 104

Picture Credits / 104