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Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything |  | Author: Geneen Roth
Publisher: Scribner
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 1416543074
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.8526
EAN: 9781416543077
ASIN: 1416543074
Publication Date: March 2, 2010
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 Excellent read September 6, 2010
nancy (BUNN, NC, US)
This book is excellent for anyone who struggles with weight. What makes the book so great is it will be a great read for anyone who has a friend or loved one who is obese and wants to try and understand the problem.
Finally September 6, 2010
creative quilter (Oceanside, CA USA)
Thank you Geneen Roth for recognizing that eating only cabbage soup, cutting out all carbs, and all of the other fad diets are just that---fads. Instead she offers a healthy approach which can result in weight loss. She encourages the reader and members of her retreats to learn to feel what is really inside, emphasizing that it is critical to feel what is inside when they are tempted to eat altho not hungry. There are many examples and discussions of the import of the tapes one plays in the mind....the ongoing story of how things should/could be if only. The reader is encouraged to see what the mirror, and life, really shows...time to leave the negative feelings and thoughts behind. Roth does a wonderful job of using real life scenarios, including her personal experiences, to make the book relevant to the reader. If you have struggled with your self image, with your weight, or just life issues in general, this is the read for you. It is worth reading several times to reinforce the concepts in your mind. A real book, not another fad.
Great message with some issues September 2, 2010
Sara A. Potter (St. Louis, MO)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been resisting Geneen Roth books for years. I knew all about *her*. She's this skinny blonde idiot who somehow doesn't have to diet anymore and makes her clients eat *chocolate*. Eat what you want? Are you kidding me?
Still not sure why I picked up the book, but the phrase that grabbed hold of me was this:
"Diets are based on the unspoken fear that you are a madwoman, a food terrorist, a lunatic. The promise of a diet is not only that you will have a different body; it is that in having a different body, you will have a different life. If you hate yourself enough, you will love yourself. If you torture yourself enough, you will become a peaceful, relaxed human being."
Sounds obvious in print like that, but yes, I did/do think that way--and wasn't really aware of it. Also, it's easy for a lot of compulsive eaters (like yours truly) to hear "eat what you want" as "eat everything you're craving until you physically cannot eat any more." There's a difference, and she actually does address that specifically at one point. Others have accused her of not including nutritional information or diet plans, but I suspect she is deliberately vague on nutrition because most chronic dieters are already experts on that subject, and know almost every plan out there (though we're always looking for new ones). Every body has different needs, so one person may have to cut out sugar, or wheat, or keep a food diary, or engage in suspiciously diet-sounding activities to best support his or her own health. That's up to the individual; Roth seems more worried about the mentality that drives those choices. She tries to dispense as little actual advice as possible, even couching that advice as "if love speaks" guidelines, trying to avoid anything that sounds like a hard-and-fast rule to be rigidly followed or rebelliously broken.
The book has issues, no question. Roth is an upper-middle class professional woman writing for people who are more or less like her, and that is likely the crowd with whom she is most successful (case in point: Oprah). At times it reads like a long, beautifully printed ad for one of her seminars (which I can't afford) or her personal coaching (ditto). A lot of what she said was clearly not directed at me, yet since I read the book, I've been eating more thoughtfully and binging less, and staying off the scale. I haven't found nirvana or anything, but life is a little more peaceful on the food front, so I'm grateful for that.
Oh, and also--if you're looking for the path to the Judeo-Christian God in this book, it's not here. Her concept of God is quite different and much more broad, which could be a relief to some and offensive to others. Still, her emphasis on honesty, kindness, non-judgmental listening and noticing what's going on in one's mind, body and life is spot-on, and frankly can't be repeated enough.
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