Breaking Free from Emotional Eating

Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestselling author of Women Food and God There is an end to the anguish of emotional eating—and this book explains how to achieve it. Geneen Roth, whose Feeding the Hungry Heart and When Food Is Love have brought understanding and acceptance to tens of thousands of readers over the last two decades, here outlines her proven program for resolving the conflicts at the root of overeating. Using simple techniques developed in her highly successful seminars, she offers reassuring, practical advice on: • Learning to recognize the signals of physical hunger • Eating without distraction • Knowing when to stop • Kicking the scale-watching habit • Withstanding social and family pressures And many more strategies to help you break the binge-diet cycle—forever.