Brain-Powered Weight Loss: The 11-Step Behavior-Based Plan That Ends Overeating and Leads to Dropping Unwanted Pounds for Good

by Eliza Kingsford

Losing weight and successfully maintaining it over the long term is not as much about what you put in your stomach; it’s more about what’s happening in the brain. In  Brain-Powered Weight Loss,  psychotherapist and weight management expert Eliza Kingsford shows that more than 90 percent of people who go on diet programs (even healthy ones) fail or eventually regain because they have a dysfunctional relationship with food. Changing this relationship by changing the way you think about and behave around food is what it takes to  permanently  achieve weight-loss success. Kingsford’s 11-step first-of-its-kind program enlists dozens of mind-altering and behavior-changing exercises and techniques and shows you how

• Identify and reverse the conscious and unconscious thinking errors and food triggers that lead to the behaviors that drive our food decisions.
• Let go of the mindset of going on or off a diet in favor of a conscious quest to pursue a lifestyle of healthy eating and everyday activity—one that can last forever. 
• Successfully use what Kingsford calls “dealing skills” to outsmart high-risk situations, tame stressful times, and prevent an eating “slip” from leading to a setback or all-out binge.
• Find out if you have what emerging research shows is an addiction to certain high-fat and sugar-added, processed foods that can be as powerful as addiction to cigarettes and narcotics.
• Design a personal healthy eating program built on Kingsford’s 10 Principles of Healthy Eating.

Genres: Health, Nonfiction, Audiobook, Food, Nutrition, Self Help

232 pages, Hardcover

Published January 3, 2017

Reviews

[Mini · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eliza Kingsford's book, "Brain-powered weight loss: the 11-step behavior-based plan that ends overeating and leads to dropping unwanted pounds for good", came to me at a good point in my life. I was just starting my weight loss journey again! Kingsford explains that food addiction begins and ends in the brain. This book will teach you to retrain your mind and help to identify food triggers that derail dieting efforts. This is not a diet book but a lifestyle book. It is well worth reading as it gives you tools to change your way of thinking about food.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

We all have our demons. Some like alcohol or prescription drugs may remain hidden for a while but when you’re overweight, your secret’s on display 24/7, everywhere you go. For the whole world to see and often judge - your willpower, your socioeconomic status, your work ethic, your intelligence and sometimes even your character. From the looks you get when you sit next to a stranger on a plane to whispers as you walk through a restaurant to people who overaccommodate your arrival by moving wayyyy across the table or aisle just to be anywhere you aren't. You don’t have to live to eat, but you do have to eat to live. And therein lies the conundrum of overeating.

Eliza Kingsford’s “Brain-Powered Weight Loss” focuses on cultivating a healthy obsession with food as well as resistant biology which means an overweight person’s body, on a very organic and even primitive level, is battling constantly against becoming thin.

There is good news: Kingsford affirms the fact that the brain is our most powerful tool in leading a healthy, vibrant life. Her 11-step plan is behavior-based and is more about living a new lifestyle rather than going on a diet. I highly recommend it whether you have only a few pounds to shed or are reading it in the spirit of inquiry. There is a lot to learn about the person behind the fat.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This very detailed 11-step behavior-based plan that claims to end overeating seems quite complicated for those with busy, hectic lives. There are many, many exercises to complete and a lot of journaling to do; therefore a person will require the time and patience to complete. There is very sensible information that has been proven to work at the author's Wellness Weight Loss Program.

A great self-help book if you are able to dedicate the time and effort required and follow all the principles.

[Kelly Deriemaeker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tussen een drie en een vier, fijn om eens een boek over gezond eten te lezen dat focust op gewoontes in plaats van op oplossingen die meestal makkelijker lijken dan ze zijn.

[Debbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of this book is common sense, some is info that we’ve already heard many times. Other parts of the book contain good reminders. I chose this book to focus on the cbt exercises for weight loss. Now that I’ve read the whole book, I plan to go back through and work on the worksheets. I’m already practicing some of what she has suggested in this book, but I think the worksheets will be good added tools to use. I did find some of her examples to be superficial. Many of us have deeper reasons for why we attack the sweets or engage in unhealthy eating that isn’t because we feel upset about not being invited to a neighborhood party. I found some suggestions would work better than others for me.

[Yunis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I took a lot of notes and I am ready to face reality about weight control. I think that book highlights many particular steps that should move a person from diet point of view into lifestyle point of view.

[JoniB · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading this book made me think that the author heard every thought I ever had regarding my struggles with food. I have started re training my brain and feel most hopeful that this is the help I’ve been looking for, for over 30 years.

[Ashley Johnson]

*WON A COPY FROM A GOODREADS GIVEAWAY*

I could not connect with the method proposed in this book.

[Kara Bayliss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great way to look at life and food

I enjoyed the book, it was easy to read and the resources from the website are great. I know i am going to re-read the book (possibly a few times) and I'm trying to meet my goals.
I have it 4 stars instead of 5 for a few reasons:
Some of the additional book resources were not there.
It wants me to pledge to walk 10,000 steps a day at least and I have some impediments (RA, Fibro) that make that difficult. I was doing 3,000 steps for a bit, but found myself sneak eating i did it so I stopped walking and started Tai chi.
Also, I'm in ww online and track my food thru there and while i have and will try to eat healthier things I still eat everyday food from time to time though I did learn i have to be more careful with serving sizes.

But i liked the book and instructions with in it and am going to add this to what i am doing to get even healthier and try to become a long term weight loss. I know this is going to be the rest of my life and that's alright. I can do this.

[Victoria Travis · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you only read one book on how to control your eating to create health and vitality, THIS IS IT!

Eliza offers wonderful tools to put into practice immediately to make more conscious food and life choices! She helped me replace my emotional thinking with wiser choices. And it wasn’t even that hard.
Thank you for this amazing book that is helping me making new healthy life changing decisions!

[Meteachu61 · Rating 5 out of 5]

THE best weight-loss book I've ever read and I've read quite a few. After reading Brain-Powered Weight Loss, I real confident that I will be able to make the life-style changes that I desire in my life. The strategies/activities that Eliza Kingsford provides in her book, are both practical and life changing!

[Corinne · Rating 4 out of 5]

There is so much to learn and remember using this system that I listened to the whole book, and then I will listen to it again and do all of the exercises presented. This book provides a solid framework and plan to revamp my old thinking about food and improve my behavior around food.

[Tishy Wishy]

Could not relate and didn't enjoy the author's approach.

[Alyssa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really good if you're looking for motivation to get over a mental hurdle to start losing weight and view food in a healthier way.

[Natalie Delorme · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great eye openner.

Easy and refreshing look at weight loss program. Behavioral change techniques, not just how to reduce calories. Long term healthy habits

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 Stars

[Katherine Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book and will return to it again and again. If you're ready to change your relationship with food and do the mental work necessary to change your life, this will help you.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book will empower anyone who has struggled with their weight. Must buy and read more than once. Great resources on her website as well to really put the work into practice.

[Jessica Peveler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed this book & content. Has helped me to refocus and make a plan for a life of "healthy obsession."

[Kelly Morris · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF

[Tina Humphrey Boogren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent mental strategies for physical health.

[Haley · Rating 5 out of 5]

blew my mind and actually taught me stuff i dont know that really makes me think

[Sienna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always love the dramatic titles. A helpful, honest, encouraging book.

[Jamie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am surprised by how much I am enjoying this book! And I especially enjoy listening to author's voice on the audio version.

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this book is a great way to get started on thinking about weight loss and health differently. It helps a lot but to really make a difference in your life and get to the next level with your diets and health, you need The Shift. It is an 11 week course that will change your life! It's given by Eliza herself via zoom, email, and text. It takes you from knowing to DOING!!! Its fun and eye-opening. It will help in all areas of your life including relationships, career, financial, spiritual, emotional and physical. Don't take my word for it, read the reviews!!
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