– Customer review on 16/12/2011

This book is changing my life. I first read it a year ago when it was on Oprah. However at that time I was not ready to give up dieting, because I was getting married and was too afraid of what would happened. Still it helped me then, I read it slowly and even though I was still dieting, it helped me with the emotional aspect of dieting.
Then I went through bunch of huge events, and a year later I found myself 15 pounds heavier and on my road to depression. I decided to read this book again to see if it could help me with my struggle with weight as it had before.
Before I say whether it has or hasn't, because truthfully it has only been a few weeks and I stopped weighing myself, so I really don't know where I am at, I want to say that it has completely changed my outlook. I got the audio version, and listen to it daily. I have learned to look deep into my feelings about food, and been having all sorts of epiphanies. I love myself more, I respect myself more. I am less self-conscious, have stopped a lot of my anti-social behavior. I started meditating, and learning to be present and the joy that this journey has brought into my everyday life is startling. I have rediscovered all the things I love about myself and I am happy.
Now I realize this sounds like an infomercial testimonial, and I have also brought spirituality and divinity in my life as well, so that is part of it. I am also waiting for the other shoe to drop, because it usually does is for me. However, as of right now, which is all I really have, this book has been a revelation.
I recommend reading it slowly and reading it often, each time you will find that a different, a chapter, excerpt or sentence, that will speak to where you are now. It took a while for all the bits of wisdom to penetrate into my psyche, hence my regimen of reading it daily, and as Roth says, compulsive eating dies a slow death, bite by bite.