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Skinny Thinking: Five Revolutionary Steps to Permanently Heal Your Relationship With Food, Weight, and Your Body Kindle Edition

by Laura Katleman-Prue (Author), Alan Gass (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 189 ratings
Learn the secret to losing weight and keeping it off in this “well-written guidebook that gets to the root of overweight: the way people think about food” (Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of 365 Prescriptions for the Soul).
 
If you are constantly battling against your weight, it’s time to stop yo-yo dieting and start developing a healthy relationship with food. In Skinny Thinking you will learn how to rethink your food choices, eating habits, lifestyle, and more. Author Laura Katleman-Prue has helped numerous people—including herself—with her simple, five-step Skinny Thinking approach.
 
“Skinny Living is a remarkable compendium of tools and information that guide readers to a healthy body weight not by providing a new fad diet, but by challenging them to permanently change their relationship with food, their thinking, and their bodies. . . . If you devote yourself to implementing these powerful tools, you will heal your body, mind, and spirit and reap the rewards of an infinitely happier and healthier life” (Alan Gass, MD, FACC, from the foreword).
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Finally, a well-written guidebook that gets to the root of overweight: the way people think about food. --Dr Bernie Siegel, Author of 365 Prescriptions for the Soul

Laura Katleman-Prue's Skinny Thinking exposes how thought and belief can sabotage or create a healthy relationship with food and provides us with important tools for transforming our relationship with food. --Georgianna Donadio, MSc, PhD

This book provides an engaging and fun read, while offering sound advice about how thinking differently influences positive eating habits.
--Gerald P. Koocher, PhD, ABPP

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READY TO END YOUR FOOD & WEIGHT WORRIES? If so, Skinny Thinking is for you. The only way to create a healthy relationship with food and stop battling with your weight is to change the way you think about food. This is the missing piece of the eating puzzle. Once you change your thinking, your eating and your body will change. Simply by practicing the five steps presented in this book, you will never again need to worry about food or your weight. HERE'S HOW YOU WILL BENEFIT. Learn to make wise food and eating choices. Permanently change the way you eat and think about food. End your weight struggle forever and free yourself from food worries. Learn to accept your body.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004GXAU0M
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Morgan James Publishing (April 1, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 1, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.6 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1600377491
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 189 ratings

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Laura Katleman-Prue

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Laura Katleman - Getting Skinny With Skinny Thinking

Author of Skinny Thinking; Skinny Thinking for Men; The Skinny Thinking Workbook; Skinny Thinking Daily Thoughts; Skinny Thinking Chew on This; Food, Freedom and Truth and The Mind Body Reset.

Laura attended the Counseling Psychology program at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and received a Certification in Transpersonal Psychology from the Theravision Institute. Her interest in and subsequent work in compulsive eating, chronicled in her seven books, grow out of her own experience with weight loss and food addiction.

She discovered that the root of her problem was the way she thought about food. In fact, changing her diet was irrelevant, if she didn't change her thinking habits. By teaching herself to go on a "thought diet" and transform her relationship with food, she experienced permanent healing.

Laura currently serves as a Dr. Oz Expert in the ShareCare Network and leads workshop in the philosophy of Skinny thinking to help others heal their relationships with food. A long-time meditator, she has been teaching meditation and self-inquiry since 2006.

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Customers find the book helpful in adjusting their thinking about food and eating, with one mentioning it provides good advice on portion control. The book receives positive feedback for its readability, with customers describing it as brilliant and easy to understand.

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44 customers mention "Food awareness"41 positive3 negative

Customers appreciate the book's approach to food awareness, finding it insightful and helpful in changing eating habits, with one customer noting it provides good advice on portion control.

"...This book is helping me pick apart my relationship or way of viewing food in my life so I can question those ideas and make an independent decision..." Read more

"...The author has done a good job of laying out the information that she wants you to consider...." Read more

"...eating in a healthy way: not eating until I'm stuffed, not using food to mask my feelings, and not obsessing over what I'm going to eat for my next..." Read more

"...about this book is that it is all about examining and changing the way we think about food, with intelligence, compassion, and increasing maturity...." Read more

21 customers mention "Readability"21 positive0 negative

Customers find the book readable and brilliant, with one customer noting significant results after reading just a few pages.

"It may be a God book for a person who needs it but it wasn't for me. I thought it would help with my self esteem issues about my body but it didn't." Read more

"...It's good, makes it feel like there isn't much filler. It's all pretty useful...." Read more

"Thank you Laura... Finally THE book...." Read more

"...What an excellent book! ps-my after dinner eating has all but disappeared. Yay! I went from 188-176, for now...." Read more

8 customers mention "Ease of reading"8 positive0 negative

Customers find the book easy to read and understand.

"...but a reader can see for themselves that reading the book which is very easy is the best way to consider the ideas that are discussed...." Read more

"...Her writing style is clear and understandable without being overly clinical. If you are looking for a silver bullet this is not it...." Read more

"...One reading isn't enough, even though it's simple to read and quite clear (and fun)...." Read more

"...It is quite short, so easy to get through, and covers a fair bit of ground. It's good, makes it feel like there isn't much filler...." Read more

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  • ccas
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is a Great book!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2012
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    This is a book I got a year or two ago. I read it when I first got it and then I read it some more over time. It's not just another diet book. I disagree with the reviewers that found nothing of worth here. If you have had a "relationship" with food like is described by the author AND you are ready to at least look at it, this is a very helpful book. It really targeted some of my unconscious wacky thinking about food and eating that has tripped me up for years.

    The author suggests near the beginning of the book to read it through and then look at the steps that seem to make sense for you and that's what I've done. And it happened without my having to be regimented about it. I've begun to implement ideas and habits that were doable for me and continued to add things that became viable as time passed. I picked up this book because I knew that my extra weight had to do with my thinking. My thinking about food was different than people that were average sized. I was about 30 lbs over weight. For years I thought it was simply because I didn't get enough exercise. Then I would have periods of getting more exercise but not losing an ounce so at some point I had to toss that idea. Exercise was not the answer alone, in fact nothing is the answer alone.

    This book is helping me pick apart my relationship or way of viewing food in my life so I can question those ideas and make an independent decision on whether I want to continue that behavior or not. It sounds vague I'm sure but a reader can see for themselves that reading the book which is very easy is the best way to consider the ideas that are discussed. There are no scare tactics, no must haves, or must do as some other diet books might include. Its so flexible and sensible that that might be the reason for some of the criticism. I'm really beginning to see food as "tasty fuel". That is quite a relief.

    I highly recommend this book.
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  • Doc
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good Addition To Weight Loss Library
    Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2014
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    There is no one single solution to managing your weight because there is no one single reason that you might be overweight. The first step should always be to consult with your doctor. Over the years my wife and I have accumulated a small library of books on the subject. We look at this as a good addition. The approach while not simple is sensible.

    The author has done a good job of laying out the information that she wants you to consider. Her writing style is clear and understandable without being overly clinical.

    If you are looking for a silver bullet this is not it. If you are looking to increase your knowledge and take away a few good tools you should not be disappointed.
    6 people found this helpful
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  • Kelli
    5.0 out of 5 stars Truly life-changing
    Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2015
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    This book just made so much sense to me. It spoke to my "food-loving soul" in a way other weight loss books have not. I FINALLY am eating in a healthy way: not eating until I'm stuffed, not using food to mask my feelings, and not obsessing over what I'm going to eat for my next meal. I also think that this is the first time in my adult life that I actually know the difference between hunger and craving. I know what real hunger feels like, and I don't have to be afraid of it anymore. I never even knew I felt that way until I read this book.
    When people ask how I've lost weight (over 20 lbs so far), I tell them that I've "broken up with food"! It sounds silly, but that's really what it feels like. This book has changed the importance of food in my life. But... and this is the key... I can still ENJOY EATING IT! I am just not making it the center of my existence any more. It is such a joyful and freeing way to live.
    I went to a wedding this weekend, drank cocktails AND enjoyed a piece of yummy cake without gaining or guilt. I could never have imagined that before. It's all because this is a lifestyle, not a diet. I'm making choices about food, not being controlled by my cravings (or being controlled by someone else's "diet rules.")

    I think one of the most important revelations of the book, and one that really hit home for me, was the idea that "if you don't have 2 minutes with a particular food, it really won't impact your life." In that moment of craving, it seemed like that food in front of me (or that I was dreaming about) was the only thing in the world that would "fix" my feelings and bring me sunshine and rainbows, but that's not true! Food is not really magical! My cravings have dropped so dramatically after starting my new "food lifestyle" that I don't have to really "battle" them anymore. And this is coming from someone who used to plan vacation itineraries around restaurant visits. I never thought I could be happy, fulfilled, and losing weight at the same time. Maybe this book will help you as it has helped me.
    15 people found this helpful
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  • Tlm
    3.0 out of 5 stars Why
    Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2016
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    It may be a God book for a person who needs it but it wasn't for me. I thought it would help with my self esteem issues about my body but it didn't.
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  • Alexandra Lea
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book. All the information I knew in theory
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 27, 2014
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    Excellent book. All the information I knew in theory, however it was written in a very eye opening way with many 'a-ha' moments. I am already benefiting from reading this book, it was just what I needed to read to finally get my relationship with food in order.
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  • Lena
    3.0 out of 5 stars Ok book
    Reviewed in France on June 22, 2019
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    This book is similar to many other self help books about nutrition. For me it was a good way to repeat the knowledge i have acquired through other books like never binge again or brain over binge which is very similar.
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  • A. L.
    4.0 out of 5 stars Some helpful concepts
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 27, 2018
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    I found the writing style of this book a bit 'wordy'. It felt like there could have been a more succinct way of writing some of the points the author was trying to make. I also found it a bit cheesy. "Wise witness" "the child", not my thing, but it got the point across what the author was trying to express.

    I found the advice very helpful. I have already started to implement some of it (Am I hungry? No? So why do I want to eat xyz, am I upset/tired/bored?) Etc. Sometimes it takes the bleeding obvious to be pointed out to make that penny clang!

    I would definitely recommend giving this book a read, but if you don't like all the self-help cliché terms, it might drive you a bit funny.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Worth a read!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 7, 2014
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    This book is worth a read, makes you open your eyes and think about your relationship with food!!!!
    I have recommended this to a few of my friends and we all enjoyed it and talked about it a lot!
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  • lauren
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good book, shame about the quality
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 7, 2014
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    Im only half way through the book as im often too busy to read. The book makes a lot of sense to me and i can relate well to it. It did take a while to arrive and when i did recieve it, it was obvious that somebody had owned it. There where sections highlighted in bright yellow, notes scribbled inside it ect. Not what i was expecting. Poor quality.
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