Don't Diet--Live it! And other fave anti-diet books

[HolisticWellness.com]

Don't Diet--Live it!
by Andrea LoBue

Diets Don't Work
by Bob Schwartz

The End of Diets: Healing Emotional Hunger
by Dilia de la Altagracia

French Toast For Breakfast
By Mary Anne Cohen

These and other wonderful books, coupled with the help of a professional, will help you get off the diet torture treadmill.
Best,
Kristin
Holistic Wellness - Your Virtual Wellness Center

[stephencp]

I tend to agree that any "diet" work unless it's permanent.
Links for referenced books:

Amazon.com: The Don't Diet, Live-It! Workbook: Healing Food, Weight and Body Issues: Books: Andrea LoBue,Marsea Marcus

Amazon.com: The End of Diets: Healing Emotional Hunger: Books: Dilia de la Altagracia

Amazon.com: French Toast for Breakfast: Declaring Peace With Emotional Eating: Books: Mary Anne Cohen

Amazon.com: Diets Don't Work: Stop Dieting Become Naturally Thin Live a Diet-Free Life: Books: Bob Schwartz

Amazon.com: Diets Still Don't Work: Books: Bob Schwartz

Stephen
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[floramorada]

This book was an enjoyable read:

Amazon.com: French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating For Pleasure: Books: Mireille Guiliano

[Markus74]

You've got to change your whole way of eating. Crash diets don't work on the long run. Eat less, eat the right stuff, ignore the junk food and exercise. Those are sure ways to get healthier.

[Dimitry]

I think going to the extreme also and eating only the foods that are "100% great for you" and nothing else is a little too much also.

If you eating lots of fruits and veggies, mostly whole wheat stuff and a small to no quantity of lean meat/fish then you should be good. Whether you have white rice/pasta once in a while or go out for that steak on your friends birthday, for the most part you should be good.

I believe it's about what you constantly choose to eat instead of occasionally.

[DavidH]

Create a healthy sustainable lifestyle one day at a time. This is more likely to be permanent. A diet in my opinion is a temporary activity that could have some short-term beneficial results but may be tough and potentially unhealthy to maintain for a lifetime.

As with most things in life, balance is a key.

peace
DavidH

[HolisticWellness.com]

Thanks for adding the links, Stephen!

Dieting is out. Healthy lifestyle is in. It is torture for anyone on the diet-no diet treadmill. The whole thing is directly linked to eating disorders too.

Once people sort out why they overeat--emotional eating, boredom/dissatisfaction with life, lack of body awareness, ignorance about food choices (which the food industry encourages)--then they are on their way to a relaxed and healthful relationship with food.

Kristin
Holistic Wellness - Your Virtual Wellness Center

[moltar]

Add The Food Timing Diet book to this list as well. I already have a thread about this diet (i.e. lifestyle) book: The Food Timing Diet thread.

[Ibanez]

I always viewed the word diet as your daily, monthly, yearly eating habits. Most diets don't work because people do them wrong or they go back to eating crap they don't need. I've only had to diet to make competition weight other than that I just consume healthy foods.