tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post8889156304913428601..comments2023-10-28T05:44:34.489-07:00Comments on family feeding dynamics: poor Oprah, the "non-diet" weight loss showfamilyfeedingdynamicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09049399245893420332noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post-78059091738797794972010-05-14T11:42:21.427-07:002010-05-14T11:42:21.427-07:00Ila, I missed some of your blog. I really like Int...Ila, I missed some of your blog. I really like Intuitive Eating as well. Very helpful. I find Secrets to be even more concrete, which some folks need. Again, I have not read if W,F,G mentions weight loss, but the show sure did have that bent. I TOTALLY agree that size acceptance is critical. If folks go into the "non-diet" approach expecting weight loss, and don't, they likely will end up right back where they started.familyfeedingdynamicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049399245893420332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post-4111141645762006942010-05-14T07:42:40.732-07:002010-05-14T07:42:40.732-07:00What's so interesting to me is that she has ha...What's so interesting to me is that she has had other "Health at Every Size" guests on in the past, but didn't seem swayed. I am not convinced she is ready to "hear" another way yet...familyfeedingdynamicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049399245893420332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post-76034902247156529712010-05-14T07:03:37.086-07:002010-05-14T07:03:37.086-07:00I haven't read When You Eat at the Refrigerato...I haven't read When You Eat at the Refrigerator, and Women, Food and God just doesn't appeal to me. However, I have read Roth's Breaking Free from Emotional Eating (2004) and I think it is a useful book for people who are trying to deal with the emotional side of binge eating. The focus is on dealing with the binges and the feelings that cause them, not on weight loss. I didn't perceive a covert weight loss agenda in this book, but at the same time, I wished she had been more explicit about the fact that, for some people, overcoming a binge eating disorder does not mean automatically losing all the "extra" weight. She does write in passing about her own dieting experiences, and about her disappointment when she discovered that thinness didn't immediately bring her confidence and happiness – this is a very important point that I think can't be overstated, and I wished she had given it more prominence.<br /><br />I agree that she doesn't offer a lot of concrete, practical advice on how to eat: a book I found very helpful in this respect is Tribole and Resch's Intuitive Eating. I would say Breaking Free and Intuitive Eating complement each other – I read them together and found them very helpful. <br /><br />I am saddened by the idea of Geneen Roth promoting weight loss, or pushing her ideas on emotional eating as "the" path towards thinness, or some kind of "no-diet diet". For me, an essential part of binge eating recovery is size acceptance and a healthy body image.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post-52401439766440503102010-05-13T22:10:49.724-07:002010-05-13T22:10:49.724-07:00I understand your points but actually like a lot o...I understand your points but actually like a lot of what Roth had to say in her new book. I've never read her other books so can't speak for them. <br /><br />I'm just glad that Oprah has recognized someone in the non-diet arena. Maybe that will lead to other guests with different points of views.<br /><br />But I agree that Roth doesn't talk enough about the other reasons people eat more than they need. She mainly deals with the covering feelings issue which may not apply to all.<br /><br />Maybe I should read her other books to see how they compare to Women Food and God...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460541388010989556noreply@blogger.com