Guest guest Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 I reviewed the reading list and realized I've read many of them. There is a glaring omission I'd hate for anyone to miss! I recently finished reading " Lily " Hills' book " The Body Love Manual: How to Love the Body You Have While You Create the Body You Want. " She espouses the IE method as the body-honoring way to attain and maintain our personal healthiest weight. The book is all about self-care, and learning to love ourselves enough to listen to our bodies. The truly amazing thing is that something clicked inside me while reading this and now when I look at my (morbidly obese and middle-aged) naked body in the mirror, I can HONESTLY say to myself, " I look lovely and feminine. No wonder my husband is attracted to me. " In the past, I could only focus on all the rolls and specific body parts to criticize and beat myself up over and felt " less than " most other women. Now I am finding myself WANTING to take better care of myself and live instead of punishing myself with too much food and sitting locked up within a sedentary body! There is a small amount of New Age philosophy, which I could have done without. But nothing like the amount Geneen Roth puts in all of hers or the massive amount of feminist rhetoric in " When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies. I highly recommend it. While I've gotten some out of most of the books on the list I've read, the only other one I'd highly recommend is " The Seven Secrets of Slim People, " which is very clear, simple to follow, and very much action-oriented as opposed to just lecture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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