From their ground-breaking work with CBT techniques in London's only NHS clinic for obesity, Drs Jeremy Gauntlett-Gilbert and Clare Grace have developed this accessible self-help guide, based on clinically tested methods that will help change thinking and overcome weight problems once and for all. How to:- - Develop real motivation to change - Deal with negative patterns of thinking and blocks and understand why you have gained weight and can't shift it - Develop a healthy and sustainable eating plan and understand why quick-fix diets are not the answer - Bring more activity into life over the long term - Handle difficult emotions and physical feelings
This clinically tested, comprehensive course based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques can provide a longer-term solution to your weight problems. You'll come to understand your own psychological blocks to managing weight and discover how to sustain a healthy lifestyle. Learn how you can: - Develop the motivation to change your eating and activity - Respond to emotional eating in a helpful way - Work with the thoughts and emotions getting in the way of change - Work out a simple, healthy and sustainable eating plan that fits with your daily routine - Find easy ways to add more physical activity into your everyday life Overcoming self-help guides use clinically proven techniques to treat long-standing and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical. Many guides in the Overcoming series are recommended under the Reading Well scheme. Series editor: Emeritus Professor Peter Cooper
We all think we know what we have to do to manage our weight, and blame ourselves when we don't meet the goals we have set. In reality, we need to understand the biology behind the body's regulation of weight to achieve the control we are hoping for. And we need strategies for overcoming obstacles: the stress of daily life, emotional upsets, and people who sabotage our efforts or attack our self-esteem. The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Weight Management is a different kind of weight management guide that focuses on helping you stay disciplined and dedicated to your weight management goals by using cognitive behavioral therapy. This approach has been used by therapists for years to treat a diverse range of mental health conditions, and researchers have found that it also helps people make healthy changes that last. This workbook includes exercises and worksheets to help you design a customized weight management strategy most likely to be effective for you based on the habits and lifestyle you have now. You'll set specific goals to improve your body image and your health, and follow a realistic weight management plan designed specifically for you. It is possible to feel good about yourself as you work toward a healthier lifestyle. This book will show you how. Learn to: Manage situational, emotional, and interpersonal eating triggers Overcome body image difficulties and critical thoughts Make changes toward weight management that you actually enjoy Use support from friends and family to bolster success
Many people occasionally suffer from a negative body self-image but, for an increasing number of people, this can turn into a more serious preoccupation. One per cent of the population will develop Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), a condition characterised by severe preoccupation with a perceived physical defect. Body image problems can cause significant distress and can lead to further problems such as anxiety, eating disorders and social phobia. It has long been recognised that negative body image problems are a factor in the onset and maintenance of many eating disorders. However, they can be successfully treated with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Praise for Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the Overcoming series: '[Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder] is an affordable and highly recommended read.' The Psychologist 'The best consumer-friendly CBT-based books...All are very thorough.' Observer
Discrimination based on body shape and size remains commonplace in today's society. This important volume explores the nature, causes, and consequences of weight bias and presents a range of approaches to combat it. Leading psychologists, health professionals, attorneys, and advocates cover such critical topics as the barriers facing obese adults and children in health care, work, and school settings; how to conceptualize and measure weight-related stigmatization; theories on how stigma develops; the impact on self-esteem and health, quite apart from the physiological effects of obesity; and strategies for reducing prejudice and bringing about systemic change.
Fully updated edition of the bestselling self-help book, now recommended on the national Books on Prescription scheme. This ever-popular guide offers a self-help programme, written by one of the UK's leading authorities on anxiety and based on CBT, for those suffering from anxiety problems. A whole range of anxieties and fears are explained, from panic attacks and phobias to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and generalised anxiety. It includes an introduction to the nature of anxiety and stress and a complete self-help programme with monitoring sheets based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. The following websites may offer useful further information on anxiety disorders: www.social-anxiety.org.uk www.stress.org.uk www.triumphoverphobia.com
If you feel you are no longer in control of your behavior, that your actions may have interfered with your family, social, or working life, this workbook can help you take back control.Impulse control disorders (ICDs) include pathological gambling (PG), kleptomania/compulsive stealing (KM), pyromania/fire setting (PY), and compulsive buying (CB). ICDs are characterized by difficulties resisting urges to engage in behaviors that are excessive and/or ultimately harmful to oneself or others. ICDs are relatively common and can be significantly harmful - even life threatening. They can also be effectively treated with behavioral therapies.Overcoming Impulse Control Problems is written by researchers with years of experience studying the psychology of impulse control disorders. This book represents the treatment they have found to be the most effective at controlling urges to gamble, steal, set fires, and over-spend. It will also help you to better understand the true nature of impulse control problems, and will help to prevent future problems. Intended for use in conjunction with supervised therapy, this workbook includes various self-assessmnets and exercises designed to help you realize the truth behind your actions, and to reach the ultimate goal of changing your impulsive behaviors.This workbook and the corresponding therapist guide form a complete treatment package that will help you overcome your impulsive behaviors and learn skills that are useful for a lifetime.
“What is it about me and food?” Millions of readers, disgusted with diets and dieting, agonize over this question. Moreover, they’re disgusted with themselves...frustrated, guilty, even despairing over repeated failures. Successful health author Lisa Morrone bypasses diet plans and zeros in on heart plans—because food isn’t the real problem. She gives readers tools to assess themselves, not just their food intake, then presents well-tested methods for breaking the cycle of food addiction from the inside out. Openly sharing her own emotional struggles and the candid stories of other women, she shows readers how to address the true underlying causes of overeating avoid using food as a time-filler, mood elevator, or painkiller find freedom to achieve steady, lasting results from any reputable weight-loss method deal appropriately with inevitable setbacks make long-term changes to improve their overall health A resource filled with hope...and the promise of a healthy, joy-filled, productive life!
Looking for the best weight loss diet book, again, when really it's your food addiction and emotional eating that's stopping you from losing weight and keeping it off? Healthy Eating, God's Way is a Christian weight loss book and daily devotional / bible study for women that provides the biblical tools you need to eat healthily and lose weight. Cathy Morenzie is an award-winning author, international speaker, and Christian weight loss coach who has empowered hundreds of thousands of women to transform their bodies by embracing their true identity in God and harnessing the power of His Word. Healthy Eating, God's Way is the latest addition to Cathy's celebrated series of Healthy by Design weight loss devotionals for women. In this powerful faith-based weight loss motivation book, Cathy will help you achieve your health goals by showing you how to transform your relationship with food and finally start eating the way God created you to. Over 28 life-changing days, you will discover how to: Make sense of what your cravings really mean Understand what scripture actually says about food Develop an actionable, bible-based plan for healthy weight loss Adopt (and maintain) healthy eating habits And more. In this transformational women's devotional book and Christian weight loss bible study, Cathy will guide you through: Inspiring scriptures related to losing weight and healthy living for women Engaging devotions that will both comfort and challenge you Simple steps you can take to propel yourself forward on your weight loss journey An impactful opportunity for guided prayer and journaling AND Bonus scriptures that will help you gain a greater understanding of God's will for your health and body. Alongside this devotional, Cathy will also offer you these exclusive bonus resources: An easy-to-use weekly meal plan template that you can use to fast-track your weight loss journey A healthy eating checklist that will help you to feel confident in your food choices every day A printable healthy eating journal that will allow you to track your progress, celebrate your successes, and stay committed to your goals Cathy's popular guide 3 Steps to Overcoming Emotional Eating that will reveal how to reverse impulsive eating habits and turn your needs over to God instead. In Healthy Eating, God’s Way, you will be equipped with proven practical strategies for weight loss, as well as powerful spiritual tools for inviting God into your personal transformation and dramatically increasing your chances of success. If you're ready to find freedom from unhealthy eating habits and finally enjoy a healthy, God-given relationship with food, this book is for you. About the Author Cathy Morenzie has been a leader in the health and wellness industry for over 30 years. She once struggled with emotional eating herself, but experienced a powerful breakthrough when she realized that the answer to her problems lay in 'faith, not food'! Now, Cathy's life mission is to equip millions to live a healthy lifestyle by helping them to rediscover their true identity in Christ. Other Healthy by Design books by Cathy Morenzie Weight Loss, God's Way: The Proven 21-Day Weight Loss Devotional Bible Study Weight Loss, God's Way: Low-Carb Cookbook and 21-Day Meal Plan Pray Powerfully, Lose Weight: 21 Days of Short Prayers, Declarations, Scriptures, and Quotes for a Healthy Body, Spirit, and Soul Love God, Lose Weight: Freedom from Emotional Eating, Overeating, and Self-Sabotage by Accepting God’s Love Get Active, God's Way: Lose Weight, Learn to Love Exercise, and Glorify God with Your Body
Are you seeking out a healthy way to help yourself overcome eating issues or an eating disorder? Are you already familiar with the concept of mindful eating, but you want to find a book that you can use as your bible on the subject? Maybe you have tried eating mindfully before, but know that without the relevant and vital information you need, any attempts to change your diet will likely be futile. Or perhaps you have never even heard of mindful eating, but you are desperate to make a change for the better and are willing to try anything? Have no fear! Mindful Eating is the perfect book for you, packed with essential tips and tricks about how you can begin changing your diet for the better, and subsequently improve your life in the process. And the best part? If you follow the guidance in this book, then you can still eat whatever you want! Mindfulness is a practice that allows you to gain control over your eating habits and make changes for the better. Mindful eating allows you to seek methods that tackle eating problems head on, and release their power over you. Gone will be the days of stressfully counting calories, restricting what you can eat, and creating a bad relationship with food. Reading this book will not only change the way that you eat, but it will also change your life. Can you really afford to miss out and such life-altering information? In this book, learn more about this and so many more benefits that come from mindful eating. Inside Mindful Eating discover: -How to to find the middle ground between restrictive eating and eating mindlessly -How you can eat any food you want if you are a mindful eater (absolutely no foods are off-limits) -How to Find Joy in Every Bite -How to cope with your personal and emotional problems without overeating -How to identify overeating triggers and how to deal with them -Practical tips to help you with your weight loss efforts -How to eat Mindfully during holidays, special events, or when going out -How to overcome binge eating, emotional eating, and other eating disorders in a healthy way -How to deal with your cravings And much, much more! Isn’t it time you took back control of what you put into your body? Grab a copy of Mindful Eating, and change your life for the better today!
