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Think Thin, Be Thin: 101 Psychological Ways to Lose Weight

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If you've been struggling with your weight, you know how hard it can be to lose those extra pounds and keep them off. In the groundbreaking Think Thin, Be Thin, nationally prominent psychotherapist Doris Wild Helmering and award-winning health writer Dianne Hales assert that the true key to a healthy body weight is a healthy attitude toward food and exercise. Their logic is simple: Your brain ultimately controls what you eat and whether you work out. If you change the way you think, you can change the way you behave. And you can lose weight. Using proven psychological strategies and scientifically based exercises, you will learn how to harness your thoughts to transform your behavior, body, and life. With practical advice on such troublesome issues as curbing emotional eating, motivating yourself to exercise, and overcoming diet plateaus, this book is the ideal complement to any diet and weight-loss program.

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Bio of Dianne Hales

Dianne Hales is one of the country's most widely published authors of books & articles on health subjects. Her husband, Robert E. Hales, M.D., is a nationally renowned psychiatrist. He is professor & chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, Davis, & the author of more than 125 scientific publications. Together, they are also the co-authors of the definitive, award-winning reference work "Caring for the Mind: The Comprehensive Guide to Mental Health."

Bio of Doris Wild Helmering

My name is Doris Wild Helmering. I'm a psychotherapist in private practice. I've written eight relationship books, 1,000 newspaper columns, numerous e-booklets, appeared on Oprah three times, had my own segment on television, my own radio show, consulted for a number of fortune five-hundred companies, and have logged over 51,000 hours doing individual, marital, and group therapy. Yikes! As you can see, a lot of my life has been dedicated to helping people set goals, solve problems, and have healthier and happier lives.

Customer Reviews

  • 5 stars out of 5Finally! Something that gets to the root of the problem

    Posted January 21, 2008 by yamigurljamie, Washington, DC

    OK, so we all know that too much food and not exercising makes us fat....This book goes beyond "eat less, exercise more" and gets to the root of why we overeat. You'll want a little notebook to go along with this one, since it does ask you to do little writing exercises, affirmations, etc. I would recommend it to anyone unhappy with their body weight, even if they don't know if they're ready to lose weight.

Additional Info

Imprint

Random House

Filesize

2.12 MB

Number of Pages

256

eBook ISBN

9780767920261

Excerpt from: Think Thin, Be Thin by Dianne Hales

101 Ways to Change

One of the truisms of psychology is that a problem never has just one cause, but rather stems from many causes. Just as there is no single cause for a problem, there is no one solution. For most problems, there are many solutions that can and do work.

This is especially true for weight.

Because each individual is different, a diet, a therapeutic technique, a concept, a suggestion, or an exercise program that helps one person lose weight may be unappealing or ineffective with another. However, when offered many weight-loss strategies and solutions, almost everyone will find one, or several, that work.

The basic premise of Think Thin, Be Thin comes from the "mere exposure effect," the well-documented principle that the more you see, hear, or read a message, the more positively you view it. The logos for Coca-Cola and Nike appear the world over because their manufacturers realize that mere exposure elicits a positive response to a brand or product. However, at some point, we stop paying attention to the same message presented over and over in the same fashion. We crave novelty and variety. That's why the debut of new commercials on Super Bowl Sunday draws almost as many viewers as the action on the field.

This book repeatedly exposes you to the simple concept that you can control your weight. Because no one strategy will work for every reader, we offer 101 fresh and varied weight-loss alternatives. Although you may not be aware of what's happening, mere exposure to these options will open your mind to the possibility that you can change the way you deal with food. And something in these pages-an insight, a technique, or a new approach-is sure to inspire you. When you make just one small change, you open the door to more changes.

This is not wishful thinking. Compliance experts, who study how people are influenced, know that once a person believes that change is possible, change occurs. With each change, you will come to see yourself as someone who can take charge of your weight. Through this process of self-indoctrination, you will develop a new inner responsibility for your body that will take on a momentum of its own.