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Zusatztext Helen Steinberg! C.S.W.! B.C.D. psychotherapist; fellow! Society of Clinical Social Workers ...thought-provoking work...gives hope to those who have had persistent failure in their effort to lose weight. Informationen zum Autor Michelle Joy Levine is a certified psychotherapist and psychoanalyst in practice over twenty years. She has helped many chronic overeaters break the destructive diet/binge cycle and achieve real weight-loss success. She lives with her family in Dix Hills on Long Island, New York. Klappentext A certified psychotherapist uncovers the real reasons for overeating, bingeing, and the failure of most diets: an unconscious desire to be fat or a fear of being thin. Zusammenfassung JUMP OFF THE WEIGHT GAIN/WEIGHT LOSS TREADMILL AND DISCOVER THE REAL REASON MOST DIETS FAIL! With so many diet programs available! most overweight people try one after another! with varying degrees of temporary success! but never succeed in reaching the permanent weight loss they so desperately want. In the bestselling I Wish I Were Thin! I Wish I Were Fat! Michelle Joy Levine! a psychotherapist for over twenty years! uncovers the real reason why most dieters fail: an unconscious yet powerful fear of being thin or a desire to be fat! As incredible as this may sound! the poignant and revealing case histories presented in this book demonstrate how childhood experiences affect our eating habits! and the helpful exercises included will teach you how to stop sabotaging your goal of permanent weight loss. Understanding why we overeat is the first step toward a healthy weight and happier life. This highly acclaimed! remarkably insightful book is a must for anyone who is serious about eliminating destructive eating habits from their lives forever. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsPrefacePART ONEFOOD FOR THOUGHTFood for ThoughtFattening WishesOur UnconsciousWishes Can Come TruePART TWOHUNGRY FOR YOUHungry for YouLoss of Childhood BlissEating to Recover the Lost UnionMerged or Lonely"The Pounds Have Been Melting Away"Nurturing Ourselves EmotionallyFeast or FamineThe Ba-BaEating to ComfortFantasyThe Golden FantasyCannibalistic FantasiesFilling the EmptinessFilling the VoidThe ExperimentPART THREETO BE OR NOT TO BE: THAT IS THE QUESTIONTo Be or Not to Be: That Is the QuestionIn Complete ControlNow I Have ControlDefianceDefying OvereatingOvereating to PleasePrisoners of ChildhoodPleasing YourselfPART FOUROEDIPUS REXOedipus RexOedipal WishesResolution or Not"Chocolate Is Something You Have an Affair With"Allowing Ourselves to Be Sexually DesirablePART FIVETHE EVIL EYEThe Evil Eye"Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall"A Voracious Hunger"I Thought If I Became Pretty My Mother Would Die"I'm Just an Unattractive, Unassuming Fat IndividualBeing Beautiful and Tolerating EnvyPART SIXFAILING TO EAT OR EATING TO FAIL -- MASOCHISMFailing to Eat or Eating to FailFreedom from SufferingPART SEVENTHOSE EATING-MY-HEART-OUT BLUESThose Eating-My-Heart-Out BluesEating the Pain Away"No One Loves Me as I Want to Be Loved"Hunger PainsPART EIGHTSMORGASBORDSmorgasbordWonderful ConnectionsLosing Weight Versus the Feeling of InvulnerabilityThe Unthinkable and UnspeakableSeparating Trauma from SexualityPART NINEFURTHERMOREDeveloping AwarenessThe Quest for the Perfect BodyDiet and ExerciseGetting HelpNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex...
