Review of Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat: How to Break Your Eat-Repent-Repeat Cycle (Hardcover)

Reviewed by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views (10/09)

When I finally shed the extra pounds that have hounded me for many years, everybody wanted to know which of the miracle diets I've used to achieve it and most got quite upset when I firmly told them "I do not believe in diets and that I did not use any." What I achieved was a bit of trial and error, underscored with tenacity and an important health goal in mind, but I certainly did not have the knowledge to tell those curious people exactly how it worked for me. After having encountered "Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat" by Dr. Michelle May, I was quite surprised about the number of things that she highly recommends and also explains in no uncertain, quite scientific way, which were identical to many of my totally intuitive and/or trial and error findings. While I wish this book would have been available to me when I was struggling with my issues, I am simply grateful that it exists, and that I am now able to point any- and everybody in the right direction by recommending it.

Dr. May's book is wise, witty and very empowering.It teaches the reader how to conquer the obsession with food and start enjoying both the food and the life considerably more. Consider the titles of the four parts of the book: Think, Nourish, Live and Eat. Not only do they really sum up the key ingredients of a successful change, but they do it in the most logical way. First one needs to understand the "whys" and the "hows" of the situation one finds oneself in. Without understanding why, the same patterns will be repeated with the same end results, basically dooming you from the first step. Dr. May's insights on being in charge and trusting yourself more are deceptively simple, yet brilliant.The same sort of wisdom continues through the next three parts, with numerous examples, practical advice and uplifting thoughts. Even opening the book at random and reading one of the short "Mindful Moments" will set you on the right path.

With practical advice for everything from setting and maintaining goals to getting adequate exercise and challenging yourself to do better, this is a life-changing book.Reading it will definitely change your life and make you realize that diets are not the way to permanent change, yet simple adjustments and better judgment may well be it. Add to this a bunch of utterly delicious menus, a healthy handful of humor and several pinches of common sense and you are pretty much guaranteed to succeed if you even vaguely adhere to the recipe outlined within the "Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat" by Dr. Michelle May.

Product Description
Do you regularly deprive yourself, succumb to temptation, feel guilty, and then start the process all over again? If so, you need this book. Dr. Michelle May will guide you out of the food-focused, diet-driven downward spiral that leads you to eat, repent, and repeat. She offers a powerful alternative: stop being afraid of food and start eating mindfully and joyfully.
No more rigid rules, strict exercise regimens, questionable drugs, or food substitutes. This book will soon have you eating the foods you love without fear, without guilt, and without bingeing. Create the healthy, energetic, and vibrant life you deserve.
Called ''the antidote to ineffective dieting,'' Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat is a rare prescription for optimal health of the body, mind, heart, and spirit. After twenty years of yo-yo dieting, physician Michelle May discovered a peaceful, joyful relationship with food. Now Dr. May will show you how to resolve mindless and emotional eating and break free from your eat-repent-repeat cycle.
With uncommon sense and a powerful mind-body approach to healthy living, Dr. May helps you rediscover when, what, and how much to eat without restrictive rules. You'll learn the truth about nutrition and how to stop using exercise to earn the right to eat. You'll finally experience the pleasure of eating the foods you love--without guilt or bingeing.
In down-to-earth language that conveys her compassion for people who are sick of overeating and dieting, Dr. May offers you unconventional strategies for eating fearlessly and mindfully. With your new, powerful patterns of thinking, you ll live the balanced, vibrant life you desire.
Praise for Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat:
''There is much wisdom embedded in this eminently practical book. Eat What You Love,Love What You Eat is a valuable guide for those seeking freedom from struggles withfood and dieting.''
--Anita Johnston, PhD, author of Eating in the Light of the Moon,director of 'Ai Pono Eating Disorders Programs
''Throw away all your diet books and replace them with Dr. Michelle May's Eat What YouLove, Love What You Eat--it is fabulous, comprehensive, and the last book most dieterswill ever need to break free of their dieting cycle.''
--Kathleen Zelman, MPH, RD
''Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat gives the recipe for joyous and healthy eating.''
--Joe Scherger, MD, vice president for Primary Care, Eisenhower Medical Center;clinical professor of family medicine, University of California, San Diego
''An increasing number of experts have gotten on the non-diet bandwagon. Dr. Mayhas taken it to a whole new level by creating a simple and compelling mind-heart-bodyapproach that brings pleasure back to eating.''
--Margaret Moore (Coach Meg),founder and CEO, Wellcoaches Corporation

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