key to abolishing the pattern of restraint and subsequent rebound overeating is to give yourself unconditional permission to eat. This means: • Throwing out the preconceived notion that certain foods are “good” and others are “bad.” No one food has the power to make you healthy or not. • Eating what you really want. Yes, what you want. • Eating without obligatory penance. (“Okay, I can have the cheesecake now, but tomorrow I diet.”) These kinds
