This
book is not another eating plan. Izadi assumes, rightly I think, that
we readers know diets, foods, calories, nutrition, etc. We've read
the books and tried the diets. We don't need to understand dieting.
We already do. We've lost weight (and gained it back) many times.
What we need to understand is ourselves, why some diets work for us,
why we quit, why our motivation changes, and why we over eat in the
first place.
Izadi
concentrates on helping us look deep within as we move to change
eating habits. We become aware of our self beliefs and increase our
self awareness over all. She has included many writing exercises to
help us become aware of our feelings and thoughts. I really like her
mind mapping exercises. They were very helpful in creating my own
eating plan, one I know I will follow.
This
is a very good book for people who want to understand their
relationship with food. It provides the foundation we need to develop
our own goals and eating plans we know will be best for us. Izadi
offers very practical ideas to help us shape our thinking about our
bodies, prevent self sabotage, deal with our beliefs from childhood,
and much more.
If
you already know the how of losing weight but want to understand the
why you do what you do, this book is for you. You'll learn how to
treat yourself with forgiveness too.
You
can read an excerpt here.
My
rating: 4/5 stars.
Shahroo
Izadi has a BS in Psychosocial Sciences and a MS in Psychology and
has worked in many areas of social science and addiction recovery.
You can find out more at https://www.shahrooizadi.co.uk/
Photo by Lloyd Sturdy
St
Martin's Essentials, 208 pages.
I
received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My
comments are an independent and honest review.
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