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Comer sano/ Eating Mindfully: Aprende y disfruta con las reglas de la alimentacion equilibrada/ How to End Mindless Eating & Enjoy a Balanced Rrelationship ... Food (Manuales Para La Salud/ Health Guides)
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Susan Albers (Goodreads Author)
Healthy eating is conscious eating, according to eating disorders specialist Susan Albers. In this book, she introduces concepts of acceptance and awareness of one's eating behaviors, new exercises steeped in Buddhist practices for healing negative patterns in this area, and a means for restoring tranquility to meals. Albers does not encourage a diet of deprivation, but in...more
Paperback, 212 pages
Published
June 1st 2007
by Oniro
(first published March 2003)
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Lisa Vegan
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Recommends it for:
anyone who has eating or body image issues, very mild to very severe
This book is an excellent adjunct to a book such as Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn or another general mindfulness book. While it stands on its own, both a general mindfulness book and, most importantly, a class or a therapy, is, in my opinion, the best combination of tools needed to deal with any type of mindless eating or other mindless behavior. There was nothing new for me in this book, as I expected, but unlike what I anticipated, I really enjoyed reading it, and feel that it’s a ...more
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I typically do not find myself drawn to self-help books, but my nutritionist suggested I borrow her copy in the hopes that it would give me a few additional tools to aid in my recovery.
Eating Mindfully is a quick read, and while I found a few useful points and exercises to practice, there was a recurring "theme" that bothered me. Some of the skill-building exercises suggest an ethnocentric approach to the healing process that takes place between those with unhealthy eating h...more
Eating Mindfully is a quick read, and while I found a few useful points and exercises to practice, there was a recurring "theme" that bothered me. Some of the skill-building exercises suggest an ethnocentric approach to the healing process that takes place between those with unhealthy eating h...more
I really enjoyed this book, and it's a quick and easy read. It reads like a novel but also as a kind of how-to manual, with many different exercises that one can adapt and apply to his/her own life and eating habits.
I think what I liked most was the approach. This is not a diet book with recipes. It doesn't tell you what you should or should not be eating. Instead it is an encouragement to approach the foods that you put in your body with awareness, mindfulness, purpose.
Not everythin...more
I think what I liked most was the approach. This is not a diet book with recipes. It doesn't tell you what you should or should not be eating. Instead it is an encouragement to approach the foods that you put in your body with awareness, mindfulness, purpose.
Not everythin...more
The main reason I didn't like this book is that the author spends most of the time contradicting the premise of mindful eating, which she actually states on page 141: Mindfulness encourages you to eat what works well in your life, rather than what you think is 'right' or 'correct.' Albers does a lot of telling you what is good and bad, right and wrong, instead of focusing on teaching you how to be mindful in eating. It's just another 'diet' book with a different twist.
lauren
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Recommends it for:
anyone who ever stuffs themselves to the point of feeling uncomfortable
Recommended to lauren by:
k.s.
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This book was so great in that it's made me really think about what and how i eat, like considering whether or not eating a hunk of chocolate is what i really want to do. sometimes the answer is yes, sometimes i'm really glad i didn't go for it and don't have the subsequent sugar high and crash. It's not a diet book, it's just about being mindful of what you're eating and how much you're eating. it's got just the right amount of woo.
A lot of psychological mumbo jumbo and silly exercises, but I did get a few things out of it:
Relaxation techniques
Cravings are the result of deprivation
Just because you feel an emotion doesn't mean you have to do anything about it.
When stressed, lay down and imagine a massage...start at the top of your head all the way down to your toes.
Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines but it is to the one who endures that the final vi...more
Relaxation techniques
Cravings are the result of deprivation
Just because you feel an emotion doesn't mean you have to do anything about it.
When stressed, lay down and imagine a massage...start at the top of your head all the way down to your toes.
Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines but it is to the one who endures that the final vi...more
oh my lord. HOW DID IT TAKE ME THIS LONG TO FIND THIS BOOK??!
honestly, i think this might be the one book i would give someone who wanted to know about mindfulness. it not only has EXCELLENT examples of what mindfulness is, it incorporates it in a very real, healthy way into how we eat.
this is sincerely one of the best books i have read in a long, long time about either subject - mindfulness, or eating. i would give this as a gift to everyone i know. i probably will.
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honestly, i think this might be the one book i would give someone who wanted to know about mindfulness. it not only has EXCELLENT examples of what mindfulness is, it incorporates it in a very real, healthy way into how we eat.
this is sincerely one of the best books i have read in a long, long time about either subject - mindfulness, or eating. i would give this as a gift to everyone i know. i probably will.
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While the concepts in this book were good, the writing was dry and lacked interest. I've read similar ideas elsewhere that were presented in a more effective manner
I read this a few years back and I found it to be really helpful. I just unearthed it in my attic again - think I'll read it again.
Brandon
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Recommends it for:
Therapist, Individuals with Food Issues
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The author does an excellent job of applying mindfullness strategies specifically to food. The author is a psychologist with a history of treating clients suffering from eating disorders, so you will find a lot of practical knowledge in tihs book. Although I loved the book, the book had too many exercises in it to warrant a 5 star rating. I think the author does an excellent job of introducing the reader to general mindfulness techniques, too.
I would highly urge therapists to read...more
I would highly urge therapists to read...more
buddhism principles applied to food, a new way of thinking about how we eat.
good intro on mindfulness with regards to eating
Great information about meditation/mindfulness. Some easy to do skill building activities. I liked it and found it well written, however, I gave it three stars because it wasn't one of those books that made me feel transformed after reading it, like "I can do this." It might be different for someone in a different place than I am.
I was all excited to read this book; I thought it would engage more in the Buddhist principles while eating. However, this book seemed written for the dieter in encouraging them to alter their eating patterns to being more mindful. Not what I wanted at all.
Lots of stating the obvious. I had to do a lot of digging to get to the helpful nuggets. I did appreciate that the author addressed chronic under-eating and chaotic eating.
Lots of great exercises for getting more in touch with what we're really hungry for.
Had some good ideas for making eating less emotional.
Much better than the similar The Zen of Eating.
five stars and lots of !!!! from furies
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Dr. Susan Albers is a psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital and is the author of three books. Her work has been quoted in O, the Oprah Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Self Magazine and Natural Health. She gives mindful eating lectures at women's groups, organizations and colleges across the nation. Her new book, Eat, Drink & Be Mindful will be released in summer 2008. She is also an...more
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