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IsMollyReallyHungry
IsMollyReallyHungry Posts: 15,385 Member
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Book list that was requested:
Overcoming Binge Eating by Dr. Christopher Fairburn (very technical, not easy to read but so worth a read)
Brain Over Binge by Kathryn Hansen
Eat What You Love - Love what you Eat by Michelle May
Anatomy of a Food Addiction by Anne Katherine, M.A.
Codependent No More by Melody Beattie
Any book by Geneen Roth

Please feel free to copy this list and add any books you feel are benefical and a good read on BED.
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  • IsMollyReallyHungry
    IsMollyReallyHungry Posts: 15,385 Member
    There are a host of self help books out on binge eating, compulsive overeating, eating disorders, etc. Just use your library search engines to find what your library have.

    Geneen Roth has a lot of good books on this matter that is not too technical. When I found Bite by Bite, that was not the book I was looking for. I was looking for another one of her books and this was one of the only ones they had on CD so I checked it out. Right now I don't have time to read a book but I have time to listen to them on the way to work or in my car.

    Hope this list helps.
  • anorangie
    anorangie Posts: 975 Member
    bump

    ...and thanks, Mollie. :)
  • eschorre
    eschorre Posts: 185 Member
    Thanks!!!
  • IsMollyReallyHungry
    IsMollyReallyHungry Posts: 15,385 Member
    Book list that was requested:
    Overcoming Binge Eating by Dr. Christopher Fairburn (very technical, not easy to read but so worth a read)
    Brain Over Binge by Kathryn Hansen
    Eat What You Love - Love what you Eat by Michelle May
    Anatomy of a Food Addiction by Anne Katherine, M.A.
    Codependent No More by Melody Beattie
    Any book by Geneen Roth
    The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You by Karla McLaren

    Please feel free to copy this list and add any books you feel are benefical and a good read on BED.
  • Amber82479
    Amber82479 Posts: 629 Member
    These aren't self help, but they were eye opening for me;

    Locked Up for Eating Too Much by Debbie Dankowski
    Confessions of a Carb Queen by Susan Blech

    Both are written by women who are documenting their true life journeys dealing with addictive/binge eating.
  • MamaDee2
    MamaDee2 Posts: 843 Member
    If you just had time to read one which is the best?
  • IsMollyReallyHungry
    IsMollyReallyHungry Posts: 15,385 Member
    If you just had time to read one which is the best?
    Overcoming Binge Eating by Dr. Christopher Fairburn (very technical, not easy to read but so worth a read)
  • poorcopies
    poorcopies Posts: 477 Member
    Overcoming Binge Eating by Dr. Christopher Fairburn is the one my therapist recommended I start to read whilst I had sessions with her. It is very wordy and technical, but it is really good. Lots of exercises to work through as well.

    I'd also say it's very good to give to family / friends who are trying to support you. I know often they have our best interests at heart, but without fully understanding your disorder can often say the wrong thing to trigger you without it being intentional at all and them in turn getting upset because they think they've hindered your progress as a result.
  • liveyourlifex
    liveyourlifex Posts: 149 Member
    i also bought overcoming binge eating by christopher fairburn, but i just stopped reading it lol bc im not a reader. but my therapist recommended it to me, and i already had it.
  • IsMollyReallyHungry
    IsMollyReallyHungry Posts: 15,385 Member
    i also bought overcoming binge eating by christopher fairburn, but i just stopped reading it lol bc im not a reader. but my therapist recommended it to me, and i already had it.
    Well it was not an easy read for me and I am an avid reader so I know it is hard for you to read if not a reader. Try to read it because it explains a lot about BED.

    I am reading Thin for Life now by Anne Fletcher.
  • dwn2erth
    dwn2erth Posts: 144 Member
    Thanks for the List Mollie I have a couple of these books already but haven't read them yet.
  • brittany_at_fusethegap_com
    brittany_at_fusethegap_com Posts: 5
    hi ladies! The Slow Down Diet is amazing for creating a normal relationship with food!
  • calewis23
    calewis23 Posts: 8 Member
    Thanks! Very helpful. I'm definitely going to look for these at my library.
  • Molly182
    Molly182 Posts: 406
    thanks for posting!
  • annehart00
    annehart00 Posts: 42
    I am so happy to see Fairburn's book on your list. Can I also recommend Anita Johnson's Eating by the Light of the Moon?
  • IsMollyReallyHungry
    IsMollyReallyHungry Posts: 15,385 Member
    I am so happy to see Fairburn's book on your list. Can I also recommend Anita Johnson's Eating by the Light of the Moon?
    That is what this thread is for!!
  • IsMollyReallyHungry
    IsMollyReallyHungry Posts: 15,385 Member
    I recommend you sign up for the newletters from ShrinkYourself.com. I am now taking the course and it is very good!!!
  • karendee4
    karendee4 Posts: 558 Member
    I just requested a few of these books from my library. Even though I have lost a lot of weight I still need to fix my binge eating!
  • Kimmybean13
    Kimmybean13 Posts: 18 Member
    I've just read Eating Less: Say Goodbye to Overeating by Gillian Riley. I have found this extremely eye-opening and helpful. I am now following her advice and have given up on 'weightloss' and I've now got a fitness and health in mind and an 'I can eat what I like' attitude, knowing that any choices I make I do so consciously with all consequences. I went out for a food shop last night and HAVEN'T eaten all the yummy trigger foods etc.

    I'm so convinced that this process will get me over my binges/uncontrollable eating that soon I'm going to go out and buy chocolate and put it in a frame for 'break in emergencies' etc type thing and display it, knowing I'll have the control to leave it hanging there for a long time and not eat it just because it is there and 'cannot help myself'.
  • star_sprite
    star_sprite Posts: 10 Member
    'End Emotional Eating' by Taitz

    fabulous book! I would read a couple pages each day after a meal - it was a great distraction from continually eating mindlessly after my meal, and I would take notes in my journal of things that resonated with me.
  • fro99erann
    fro99erann Posts: 10 Member
    Does anyone know if these books are available on Tueble or for free download??
  • slowcrawl
    slowcrawl Posts: 1
    I like Karen Koenig's books. They are easy reads and quite funny.

    Nice girls finish fat:
    http://www.amazon.com/Nice-Girls-Finish-Fat-Yourself/dp/1416592644/ref=tmm_pap_title_0

    Rules of normal eating:
    http://www.amazon.com/The-Rules-Normal-Eating-Commonsense/dp/0936077212/ref=tmm_pap_title_0

    And she's also got a workbook that I've yet to work through. Also trying to press on with Fairburn!
  • AdrieneJ
    AdrieneJ Posts: 141 Member
    I'm currently reading Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink. I really want to figure out how to eat "normally" without feeling so panicky about logging every little thing. I thought reaching my goal weight would make things easier, but I'm still scared to eat at "maintenance." I just want to be... normal.

    I think I will be making a list of these books to work through over the next few months. Thanks all.
  • cbm413
    cbm413 Posts: 36
    Haha, I started writing titles down on a post-it note and ran out of room! I guess I'll just keep coming back to this thread every time I'm ready for a new book :smile:

    I'm in the middle of Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss. It's not about binge eating, but the subtitle is "How the Food Giants Hooked Us", and that pretty much says it all. It will make you MAD about processed food!
  • cbm413
    cbm413 Posts: 36
    Also. . . Full-Filled by Renee Stephens. That's a good one! And it has a six-week plan if you're looking for a structured action plan.
  • skylarloses
    skylarloses Posts: 12 Member
    I just started "Stop Eating Your Heart Out: The 21 Day Program to Free Yourself from Emotional Eating" by Meryl Hershey Beck. I am currently on Day 3 and so far I love it. She talks often about a 12 step program (AA, OA) which I am not completely sold on, but she talks about a lot of other ways to cope with emotional eating. I love the set up of the book because each day there is an assignment to help you further your recovery from emotional eating. Each day you incorporate a new step/assignment while continuing previous days steps/assignments.
  • karendee4
    karendee4 Posts: 558 Member
    I just requested from my library the suggestion of Karen Koenig's books!

    I read Gennen Roth and did like her writing style. Might read another one of hers next.
  • dladisheff
    dladisheff Posts: 43
    Binge Free by Robert Dave Johnston is excellent with a recovery program. I have it in Kindle form but I think you can get it paperback as well.

    Donna L.
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    i just recently bought "brain over binge" - i've heard good things about it, but have yet to crack it open.

    anyone heard anything about it?
  • xvegivorex
    xvegivorex Posts: 31
    i have read:

    the BED/CO workbook by carolyn coker ross
    50 ways to soothe yourself without food by susan albers
    breaking free from emotional eating & women food and god both by geneen roth
    fat is a feminist issue by suze orbach
    the owl was a baker's daughter by marion woodman
    nourishing wisdom by marc david
    eating by the light of the moon by anita a. johnston
    Crave: Why You Binge Eat and How to Stop by Cynthia M. Bulik
    The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite by David A. Kessler
    Lying in Weight: The Hidden Epidemic of Eating Disorders in Adult Women by Trisha Gura

    the first two i refer to on a constant basis and have truly helped me a lot…x

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